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)
- State Senator Pridemore Targets Centralia Coal Plant’s Tax Credits
- Puget Wind Power May Go South
- Oregonian Op/Ed - Bonneville: Powering Up the Northwest Economy
- We should be thankful that Bobby Jindal does not run the BPA
- Cuts at power companies raise red flags about reliability
- Peggy Fowler calls it quits after 35 years at Portland General Electric
- Oregon Appeals Court Allows Taller Power Poles
- Oregon State University Professor: Nuclear Power Has Bright Future
- California Power Company Denied On Clean Power Study
- Colorado Governor, Others Ask Obama to Support 'Clean Coal' Technologies
- Getting Data on Your Electricity Consumption
- Virginia - Electric Sticker Shock
- Seattle P-I Editorial - Washington Century: Salmon – Snake Dam Removal
- Idaho Statesman Columnist - Barker: Salmon Judge Sets Stage for Settlement
- Rare Sea Otter Sighted On Oregon Coast
- Resident Orcas on Verge Of Collapse
- Jefferson PUD Eyes Port Townsend City Water
- Seattle Times Editorial - Seattle Water Customers Pay Their Own Rebate
- Drought to Cut off Federal Water to California Farms
- Next Up: A National Renewable Portfolio Standard?
- Energy Stimulus May Power Port of Vancouver
- Home Solar Firms See Wave of Mergers
- Texas Home Power Producers Not Assured Of Payment for Generating Excess Electricity
- Seattle Times Columnist - Reality Check on Plug-In Cars
- Electric Cars Still Years Away From Paying Off
- Snohomish County PUD Offers 10 Easy Energy Savers for Businesses
- Cap-And-Invest Approach Good for Environment and Economy
- Greenhouse Gas Plan Could Raise Kentucky Electric Bills
- British Fight Climate Change with Fish And Chips
- Internet Domain Names Grow To 177M
- New Bill Would Require Wi-Fi Hotspot Owners Retain Data
- Minnesota - North St. Paul Caught In Middle of Fiber Optic Fight
- Internet Taking Piece of Cable TV Business
- Web Fails To Access a Screen in Our Lives: TVs
- Allyn Standoff, Fire Leaves Man Dead, Woman Critical
- Mileage Tax Idea Gains Steam
- Mason County Still Building, Despite Economy
- Ex-FAA Worker Accused of Stealing Plane, Yacht
- Daughter Fills Father's 16th District Seat
These And Links To More Stories In Today’s Energy News Digest
WORD OF THE DAY
Pleonasm • \PLEE-uh-naz-um\ • noun - 1: the use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense: redundancy 2: an instance or example of pleonasm
Join the competition for the most exemplary, fantastic, and mind-blowing pleonasm you can come up with. Anymore, “it was a dark and stormy night” seems tame when compared to some of the entries in the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.
http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/
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
State Senator Pridemore Targets Centralia Coal Plant’s Tax Credits (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
Http://Columbian.Com/Apps/Pbcs.Dll/Article?AID=/20090222/NEWS02/702229714/
Puget Wind Power May Go South - PSE Has Agreed To Sell Virtually All The Green Power Produced By Its Wind Farms For The Next Two Years To Southern California Edison (Seattle Times)
Http://Seattletimes.Nwsource.Com/Html/Businesstechnology/2008771283_Sundaybuzz22.Html?Syndication=Rss
Oregonian Op/Ed - Bonneville: Powering Up the Northwest Economy
Http://Www.Oregonlive.Com/Opinion/Index.Ssf/2009/02/Bonneville_Powering_Up_The_Nor.Html
Columbian Columnist - Leery in Louisiana; timid in Texas - All Northwesterners should be thankful that Bobby Jindal does not run the Bonneville Power Administration…
http://www.columbian.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090222/OPINION03/702229724
Cuts at power companies raise red flags about reliability (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2009-02-22-utility-cuts_N.htm
Peggy Fowler calls it quits after 35 years at Portland General Electric (Portland Business Journal)
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/02/23/story5.html?ana=from_rss
Oregon Appeals Court Allows Taller Power Poles (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1863921~Oregon_Appeals_Court_Allows_Taller_Power_Poles.Html?Cid=Rss-Oregon_Headlines
Oregon State University Professor: Nuclear Power Has Bright Future (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1865341~OSU_Professor__Nuclear_Power_Has_Bright_Future.Html?Cid=Rss-Oregon_Headlines
California Power Company Denied On Clean Power Study (Reuters – Similar To Kalama Power Project)
Http://Uk.Reuters.Com/Article/Behindthescenes/Iduktre51k0mt20090221
Colorado Governor, Others Ask Obama to Support 'Clean Coal' Technologies (Denver Business Journal)
Http://Www.Bizjournals.Com/Denver/Stories/2009/02/16/Daily69.Html
Getting Data on Your Electricity Consumption (SF Chronicle)
Http://Www.Sfgate.Com/Cgi-Bin/Article.Cgi?F=/C/A/2009/02/22/BU2B161PBG.DTL&Feed=Rss.Business
Virginia - Electric Sticker Shock (Tricities.Com)
Http://Www.Tricities.Com/Tri/News/Local/Article/Electric_Sticker_Shock/20721/
FISH & WILDLIFE
Seattle Post Intelligencer Editorial - Washington Century: Salmon – Snake Dam Removal
Http://Seattlepi.Nwsource.Com/Opinion/400916_Salmoned.Html
Idaho Statesman Columnist - Barker: Salmon Judge Sets Stage for Settlement
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/676678.html
Rare Sea Otter Sighted On Oregon Coast (KING-TV, Seattle)
Http://Www.Nwcn.Com/Topstories/Stories/NW_022009ORB-Sea-Otter-Ks.36108de7.Html
Resident Orcas On Verge Of Collapse “…Treating Them Like A Financial Resource — With Tourist-Filled Boats Chasing After Them — We Run The Risk Of Consuming Them Down To The Last One…” (Seattle Times)
Http://Seattletimes.Nwsource.Com/Html/Opinion/2008767685_Opinc22anderson.Html?Syndication=Rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Jefferson PUD Eyes Port Townsend City Water (Peninsula Daily News)
Http://Www.Peninsuladailynews.Com/Article/20090221/News/302219996
Seattle Times Editorial - Seattle Water Customers Pay Their Own Rebate
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008768034_edita21water.html
Drought to Cut off Federal Water to California Farms (Examiner.Com)
Http://Www.Examiner.Com/A-1863317~Drought_To_Cut_Off_Federal_Water_To_Calif__Farms.Html?Cid=Rss-California_Headlines
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Next Up: A National Renewable Portfolio Standard? (NY Times)
Http://Greeninc.Blogs.Nytimes.Com/2009/02/20/Next-Up-A-Renewable-Portfolio-Standard/
Energy Stimulus May Power Port Of Vancouver - Cantwell Visit Highlights Bill’s Wind Energy Provisions, Which Could Boost Business, Jobs The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
Http://Www.Columbian.Com/Apps/Pbcs.Dll/Article?AID=/20090221/NEWS02/702219968
Home Solar Firms See Wave of Mergers (Contra Costa Times, CA)
Http://Www.Contracostatimes.Com/Business/Ci_11742236?Source=Rss
Texas Home Power Producers Not Assured Of Payment For Generating Excess Electricity (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
Http://Www.Star-Telegram.Com/804/Story/1216652.Html
Seattle Times Columnist - Reality Check on Plug-In Cars
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2008771363_danny22.html
Electric Cars Still Years Away From Paying Off (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101024296&ft=1&f=3
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Snohomish County PUD Offers 10 Easy Energy Savers For Businesses (Edmonds Beacon, WA)
Http://Www.Edmondsbeacon.Com/Index.Php?Option=Com_Content&View=Article&Id=724:Pud-Offers-10-Easy-Energy-Savers-For-Businesses&Catid=79&Itemid=185
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Seattle Times Op/Ed - Cap-And-Invest Approach Good for Environment and Economy
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008773754_opinb23butler.html
Greenhouse Gas Plan Could Raise Kentucky Electric Bills “…restrictions on carbon emissions could mean an end to electric rates that are among the lowest in the nation…” (Lexington Herald-Leader, KY)
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/703885.html
British Fight Climate Change With Fish And Chips (NY Times)
Http://Www.Nytimes.Com/2009/02/22/Science/Earth/22cook.Html?_R=1
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Internet Domain Names Grow To 177M (Puget Sound Business Journal)
Http://Www.Bizjournals.Com/Seattle/Stories/2009/02/16/Daily42.Html?Ana=From_Rss
New Bill Would Require Wi-Fi Hotspot Owners Retain Data (Broadband Reports)
Http://Www.Dslreports.Com/Shownews/New-Bill-Would-Require-Wifi-Hotspot-Owners-Retain-Data-101002
Minnesota - North St. Paul Caught In Middle Of Fiber Optic Fight (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
Http://Www.Startribune.Com/Local/East/40009047.Html?Elr=Karksd:Adyaep:Kd:Aut:Adyaep:Kd:Auid3apc:_Yyc:Auu
Internet Taking Piece of Cable TV Business (SF Chronicle)
Http://Www.Sfgate.Com/Cgi-Bin/Article.Cgi?F=/C/A/2009/02/22/BUAQ161OOT.DTL&Feed=Rss.Business
Web Fails To Access a Screen in Our Lives: TVs (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008773810_nettv23.html
GENERAL NEWS
Allyn Standoff, Fire Leaves Man Dead, Woman Critical (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/feb/22/standoff-leaves-man-dead-woman-critical/?partner=RSS
Mileage Tax Idea Gains Steam (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
Http://Www.Mynorthwest.Com/?Nid=11&Sid=136762
Mason County Still Building, Despite Economy (The Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
Http://Www.Kitsapsun.Com/News/2009/Feb/22/Mason-County-Still-Building-Despite-Economy/?Partner=RSS
Ex-FAA Worker Accused of Stealing Plane, Yacht (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008774009_fraud23.html?syndication=rss
Daughter Fills Father's 16th District Seat (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008774021_staterep23m.html?syndication=rss
DIVERSIONS
Mice Fall from Ceiling Of Florida Courthouse
Http://Www.Kirotv.Com/News/18758936/Detail.Html
Woman's Hair Weave Stops Bullet
Http://Www.Kirotv.Com/News/18757381/Detail.Html
Arkansas Cemetery Double-Booked Burial Plots
http://www.kirotv.com/money/18750575/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Heat Wave - Marilyn Monroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0-0ygVvv4c
Monday, February 23, 2009
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