All the links in today’s news digest lead to current stories. Please note that some media organizations update their web sites regularly, which may result in broken links in the future.
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http://www.energynewsdigest.blogspot.com/
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- Avista Customers Getting Big Bills
- State Auditor Critical of Centralia Utilities Spending
- Idaho Energy Czar: Give Transmission Priority Attention
- San Diego Gas & Electric Power Line to Desert Clears another Hurdle
- Nevada - Critics: Power Line Routes Favor Coal
- Texas - Electricity Rates Can Jolt the Unwary
- Endless Enron - Skilling's Attorneys File New Appeals
- Solar storms: how much grid liability they imply
- Lake Trout Harvest Gives Kokanee Shot at Comeback
- Green River - Damage Restricts Level at Howard Hanson Dam
- Seattle Times Op/Ed - Don't flush pharmaceuticals down the drain
- California Farmers Divided Over Sacramento Delta Canal Proposal
- States Join E.P.A. Study of Pathogens in Ohio River
- New Oregon Wind Farm Site Being Considered
- Solar Power Needs a Bailout Too
- Scripps News Service Op/Ed - Wind, Obama and the Energy Answer
- Phase-Out For Old-Style Light Bulbs Begins In 2012
- Smart Appliances Will Figure out How to Save You Energy
- BPA Surpasses Energy Efficiency Targets
- New Hampshire Hopeful about New Focus on Weatherizing Homes
- Gregoire Pushes Cap-And-Trade Bill
- Carbon Prices Tumble as Global Downturn Bites
- Does Broadband Need a Stimulus?
- Microsoft to delay starting new construction on Redmond campus
- FCC Fines Cable Operators over Channel Changes
- FCC Probes Comcast's Phone Practices
- Switch to Digital TV May Not Be as Smooth as Advertised
- Online Video of Inauguration Sets Records
- State stimulus plan a hard sell, officials say
- Washington State Bankruptcies Increase 40 Percent in 2008
- Port Of Shelton Commission Takes No Action on Manager
- Cox Replaces Hailey as State Rep
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Remora • \rih-MOR-uh\ • noun - 1: any of various marine fishes that have a suction disk on the head by means of which they cling especially to other fishes 2: hindrance, drag
Rudolph Valentino had many drags on his career as he rose to superstardom at the dawn of cinema. One of the least talked about is the presence of his “assistant” Fredo, who followed him, remora-like in hopes that the shine of Rudolph’s romantic reputation would rub off…benefiting him. It did not work, but the nagging presence continued for years, due to a mysterious favor from “Greasy Thumb” Cioppino that the actor could not refuse.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast and Weather Alerts
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa
ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES
Avista Customers Getting Big Bills - Lots of Avista Utility Customers Are Getting a Surprise in Their Power Bill This Month (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008650779_apwaavistabills.html?syndication=rss
State Auditor Critical of Centralia Utilities Spending (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?State-Auditor-Critical-of-Centralia-Util=1&blockID=36557&feedID=410
Idaho Energy Czar: Give Transmission Priority Attention (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/733160.html
San Diego Gas & Electric Power Line to Desert Clears another Hurdle (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/21/state/n044240S05.DTL&feed=rss.business
Nevada - Critics: Power Line Routes Favor Coal - And, they say, feds failed to adequately account for effects on wildlife (Las Vegas Sun, NV)
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jan/20/critics-power-line-routes-favor-coal/
Texas - Electricity Rates Can Jolt the Unwary (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/012109dnbuselectricity.3f58cc3.html
Endless Enron - Skilling's Attorneys File New Appeals (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/20/financial/f120807S75.DTL&feed=rss.business
Solar storms: how much grid liability they imply (Energy Pulse Commentary)
http://www.energypulse.net/centers/article/article_display.cfm?a_id=1910
FISH & WILDLIFE
Lake Trout Harvest Gives Kokanee Shot at Comeback “…they gobble up endangered bull trout and Kokanee, a landlocked sockeye salmon that once formed the basis of a multimillion-dollar fishery in Lake Pend Oreille…” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_id_mackinaw_harvest.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Green River - Damage Restricts Level at Howard Hanson Dam (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008650646_apwahowardhansondam.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Don't flush pharmaceuticals down the drain
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008651132_opinc21moore.html
California Farmers Divided Over Sacramento Delta Canal Proposal (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008652676_apfarmscenedeltafarmers.html?syndication=rss
States Join E.P.A. Study of Pathogens in Ohio River (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/us/21ohio.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1232553269-00/ZPU14FTwbFJwYaeTjzQ
RENEWABLE ENERGY
New Oregon Wind Farm Site Being Considered (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1806557~New_wind_farm_site_being_considered.html?cid=rss-Oregon_Headlines
Solar Power Needs a Bailout Too (Time Magazine)
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1872345,00.html?xid=rss-health
Scripps News Service Op/Ed - Wind, Obama and the Energy Answer
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/40139
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Phase-Out For Old-Style Light Bulbs Begins In 2012 (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090120/BIZ/701209778/0/NEWS01
Smart Appliances Will Figure out How to Save You Energy (The Oregonian, Portland, OR)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/01/smart_appliances_will_soon_fig.html
News Release - BPA Surpasses Energy Efficiency Targets, Plans For Even More Effective Programs (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/249901/
New Hampshire Hopeful about New Focus on Weatherizing Homes (Associated Press)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28750291/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Gregoire Pushes Cap-And-Trade Bill - Emissions Would Come At a Cost (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/396852_cap20.html?source=rss
Carbon Prices Tumble as Global Downturn Bites - Remember that windfall from carbon auctions? Sorry Charlie (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/carbon-prices-tumble-as-global-downturn-bites/
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Does Broadband Need a Stimulus? (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/does-broadband-need-a-stimulus/
Microsoft to delay starting new construction on Redmond campus (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2008651775_microsoft21.html
FCC Fines Cable Operators over Channel Changes (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/20/financial/f122828S07.DTL&feed=rss.business
FCC Probes Comcast's Phone Practices – May Be Discriminatory To Other VOIP Providers (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/20/technology/AP-FCC-Comcast.html
Technical Difficulties - Switch to Digital TV May Not Be as Smooth as Advertised (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/20/AR2009012004015.html?nav=rss_email%2Fcomponents
Online Video of Inauguration Sets Records (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/us/politics/21video.html?_r=1
GENERAL NEWS
State stimulus plan a hard sell, officials say - Budget woes, deadline dim hopes for Gregoire package (Associated Press)
http://columbian.com/article/20090121/NEWS02/701219923/-1/NEWS
Washington State Bankruptcies Increase 40 Percent in 2008 (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1806065~Wash__bankruptcies_increase_40_percent_in_2008.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Port Of Shelton Commission Sets Officers for 2009 - No Action on Manager (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/6142/reftab/1632/t/PORT-COMMISSION-SETS-OFFICERS-FOR-2009---NO-ACTION-ON-MANAGER/Default.aspx
Cox Replaces Hailey as State Rep - Represents the Ninth District (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/01/20/news/doc497641f0d2c48736417990.txt
DIVERSIONS
France Looks Into "Magic Cheese" Case in South America
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE50J78920090120?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
At Art Exhibit – Indian Artist Finds Most of His Pictures on Display Are Fakes
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE50I13J20090120?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Mayor Denies Kissing Ban, Invites All To Pucker Up
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090121/ap_on_fe_st/lt_odd_mexico_kissing_capital;_ylt=AoxRr_Qo2weWAuDJlMhnikztiBIF
Buried Box Yields Texas Treasures after Hurricane
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/21/national/a080309S62.DTL&feed=rss.business
SONG OF THE DAY
Stardust – Nat King Cole (1957)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFyKAUBkdOs
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
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