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.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
- News Release - BPA Proposes First Rate Increase In Six Years
- Stimulus Money: Hanford to Get Big Boost From Bailout
- Settlement Reached On Spokane River Dams Dispute
- PUD 3 workers Chain Up for February Snowstorm
- Grant County PUD Asks Attorney to Reapply for Job
- TransAlta Profit Falls on Reduced Output
- Arkansas Power Users Asked To Back Higher Rate
- Northwest Power Council Approves Columbia River Management Plan
- Klamath dam removal bill clears senate committee
- Oregon - No Spring Chinook Season On the Deschutes
- Less Water, More Heat Forecast For State
- Free E-Cycling Off To Strong Start in Northwest
- BC Company Withdraws From Makah Wave-Power Project
- Riding the tide - Is tidal energy a possibility in Puget Sound?
- Kitsap Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Work Quietly Continues
- Solar Energy 'Power Towers' To Light up California
- California - Wind Farm Approved Southwest Of Lompoc
- Study: Ethanol Production Could Boom By 2030
- Puget Sound Energy Rebates Helping Customers Save Money
- ‘Smart’ Streetlights Hit the Streets
- Report: Climate Change to Wallop State
- Can Technology Save Us From Climate Change?
- How the Stimulus Package Fails Rural Broadband
- Technology’s Fingerprints on the Stimulus Package
- Intel's $7 Billion Plan Could Benefit Clark County
- Southwest Tests Airborne Internet Access
- 500 TV Stations Still Plan to Make Digital Switch Next Week
- Twitter may charge companies that 'tweet'
- Senate Approves Stimulus and Begins Intense Talks
- Labor and Industries Computer Code Cost State Millions
- Seattle Police Chief to Become Nation's Drug Czar
- U.S. Postal Service Raising Rates
- Washington AG office warns of scammers targeting Hispanics
- Muzak Files for Bankruptcy Protection
- Thousands of Congressional Reports Now Available Online
These And Links to More Stories in Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Lexical • \LEK-sih-kul\ • adjective - 1: of or relating to words or the vocabulary of a language as distinguished from its grammar and construction 2: of or relating to a lexicon or to lexicography
Sweat poured off the dumbstruck spelling bee contestant. He had aced every lexical challenge presented in the first five rounds. Not to mix metaphors, but his Achilles’ heel reared its ugly head when the judge asked him to spell the word “receive”. For some reason, the “I before E, except after C” rule had never nestled itself into his consciousness…it had always lurked in the darkness, just beyond the reach of his thoughts. Needless to say, he was bounced from the competition.
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
News Release - BPA Proposes First Rate Increase in Six Years (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/253538/
Stimulus Money: Hanford to Get Big Boost From Bailout (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/474625.html
Settlement Reached On Spokane River Dams Dispute (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008730302_webdams10.html?syndication=rss
PUD 3 workers Chain Up for February Snowstorm (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/photos/galleries/2009/feb/10/february-snowstorm/2984/
Grant County PUD asks attorney to reapply for job - Foianini believes some commissioners trying to replace him (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/02/10/news/doc4991ac621372b901398116.txt
TransAlta Profit Falls on Reduced Output (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews/?TransAlta-Profit-Falls-on-Reduced-Output=1&blockID=39433&feedID=410
Arkansas Power Users Asked To Back Higher Rate - Southwestern Electric Power customers will find a direct mail appeal asking their support of a sizable rate-increase request (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Now THAT’S chutzpah!)
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/252012/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Northwest Power Council Approves Columbia River Management Plan (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008730503_webcolumbiaplan10.html?syndication=rss
Klamath Dam Removal Bill Clears Senate Committee (The Oregonian, Portland, WA)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/klamath_dam_removal_bill_clear.html
Oregon - No Spring Chinook Season On the Deschutes (The Oregonian, Portland, WA)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/no_spring_chinook_season_on_th.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Less Water, More Heat Forecast For State - Report Details Climate Change in Washington (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/399586_climate11.html
Free E-Cycling Off To Strong Start in Northwest (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/breakingnews/story/755062.html
RENEWABLE ENERGY
BC Company Withdraws From Makah Wave-Power Project (Examiner.Com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1845745~BC_company_withdraws_from_Makah_wave_power_project.html?cid=rss-Washington_Headlines
Riding The Tide - Is Tidal Energy A Possibility In Puget Sound? (Grist Magazine)
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/2/10/145023/460
No Green Light, but Kitsap Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Work Quietly Continues (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/10/no-green-light-but-seed-work-continues/?partner=RSS
Solar Energy 'Power Towers' To Light up California (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10161348-54.html
California - Wind Farm Approved Southwest Of Lompoc (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/a-1845454~Wind_farm_approved_southwest_of_Lompoc.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Study: Ethanol Production Could Boom By 2030 (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11675631
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy Rebates Helping Customers Save Money (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_021109WAB-pse-rebates-LJ.6852fbb.html
‘Smart’ Streetlights Hit the Streets (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/smart-streetlights-hit-the-streets/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Report: Climate Change to Wallop State - A warmer, drier Washington could mean less hydropower and more air conditioners in summer, bigger forest fires and more drought (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008731012_climate11m.html
Can Technology Save Us From Climate Change? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/environment/2009/feb/Can-Technology-Save-Us-From-Climate-Change-.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
How the Stimulus Package Fails Rural Broadband (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/02/10/how-the-stimulus-package-fails-rural-broadband/
Technology’s Fingerprints on the Stimulus Package (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/technology/11corporate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Intel's $7 Billion Plan Could Benefit Clark County (Associated Press) http://columbian.com/article/20090210/BIZ01/702119981/-1/BIZ
Southwest Tests Airborne Internet Access (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/02/09/daily14.html?ana=from_rss
500 TV Stations Still Plan to Make Digital Switch Next Week (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/10/AR2009021002473.html?wprss=rss_technology
Twitter May Charge Companies That 'Tweet' (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10161103-93.html?tag=nl.e703
GENERAL NEWS
Senate Approves Stimulus and Begins Intense Talks (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/us/politics/11obama.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Labor And Industries Computer Code Cost State Millions - Duplication resulted in overpayments to "Retro" programs (The Olympian, Olympia, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/localnewsfeed/story/754973.html
Seattle Police Chief to Become Nation's Drug Czar (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008732707_webkerlliskowske11m.html?syndication=rss
U.S. Postal Service Raising Rates (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/09/daily27.html?ana=from_rss
Washington AG Office Warns Of Scammers Targeting Hispanics (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/02/09/daily19.html?ana=from_rss
Muzak Files for Bankruptcy Protection (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008729813_webmuzak10.html?syndication=rss
Thousands of Congressional Reports Now Available Online (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/11/AR2009021101388.html?wprss=rss_technology
DIVERSIONS
Damaged Wind Turbine: It Wasn’t Aliens
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/damaged-wind-turbine-it-wasnt-aliens/
Man Returns Hidden Treasure To Rightful Heir
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/39433887.html
Pot Fans Smoking Mad At Kellogg
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090211/BIZ/702119852/-1/RSS03
Understatement Of The Decade - Octuplets' Mom “No One Can Care For 14 Kids Alone”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/10/national/a203839S94.DTL&feed=rss.news
SONG OF THE DAY
Hound Dog – Big Mamma Thornton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XUAg1_A7IE
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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