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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Bonneville power to up rates by 7 percent – Clallam PUD
• Bonneville Power to boost rates in October – N Wasco PUD
• Rate increase may be ahead – Grays Harbor County PUD
• Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended
• Centralia Looks to Collect Old, Unpaid Utility Bills
• Frank Chopp: Nuclear Power Will Rise Again
• Oregon LNG Sues Port of Astoria over Lease
• Alaska - Homer Electric Association Coal Plant Part Ways
• U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul
• California - Energy Firms Help Pay for State Regulators' Far-Flung Trips
• China: Four Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project
• New Technology Improves Salmon Passage at Hydropower Dams
• Think Pink Salmon
• Colville Tribes to Get New Salmon Hatchery
• PNNL Biologist Tells All He Knows About Fish
• Op/Ed - A New Twist in Dam Removal on the Snake River
• A Hydroelectric Future Faces A Fish Predicament
• Op/Ed - Déjà Vu on the Columbia: In Defense of the Wild
• Crusader Targets Drivers Who Clobber Birds On the Beach
• Capitol Lake - Only Bats Solid on Lake vs. Estuary Question
• Governor Gregoire Won't Lift Kittitas County Well Ban
• Algae Restricts Water Flow In Whatcom County
• Nine Mile Falls Dam Safety Restrictions Lifted
• Marbled Murrelet May Keep Pacific County Wind Farm from Getting Off the Ground
• Ebbs and Flows of Wind Power Stress the Northwest Grid
• Wild Horse Wind Farm Expansion, Adding Turbines and Revenue
• European Wind Lobby Distances Itself from UK Turbine Factory Occupation
• Hydropower Conference Set For Spokane Next Week
• Kentucky - Electric-generating barges sought for Ohio River
• Colorado - Solar Customers Fuming Over Proposed Fee
• Food Waste Helps Power Wastewater Plant
• Audit Finds Wasted Energy, Money at DOE's Buildings
• Government's Green Home Push Can Save You Money
• Three Out Of Five Would Change Electrical Consumption If Given Smart Grid Technology
• Tips for Reducing Your Home Energy Bill
• Tennessee Valley Authority Helps Pay To Make Homes Energy Efficient
• Why People Are Cool To Global Warming
• Pacific Gas And Electric Pushes To Extend Unpopular ClimateSmart
• Qwest: Remember How We Said Speed Didn't Matter? Forget That
• Qwest Plans to Double Broadband Speeds in Spokane
• Fiber-To-The-Home Installs To Grow 30 Percent A Year
• The FCC Finally Takes Off Their Rose-Colored Broadband Glasses
• The Evergreen State College Seeks Missing Money
• Boeing Drone Maker Creates Technology Jobs near Columbia River
WORD OF THE DAY
Quaff • \KWAHF\ • verb - To drink deeply
Dilbert rushed up to the bar in a frenzy and quaffed down the first frosty, cold drink he could lay hands on. His efforts were only slightly unwelcome when he discovered that the drink was a pitcher of clamato juice.
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
Bonneville power to up rates by 7 percent – Clallam PUD (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090724/NEWS/307249986
Bonneville Power to boost rates in October – Wasco County PUD (The Dalles Chronicle OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/07/news07-23-09-03.shtml
Rate increase may be ahead – Grays Harbor County PUD (The Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/23/local_news/doc4a68b83d1d19e346140188.txt
Montana - Columbia Falls Aluminum Operations Extended (Associated Press)
http://www.kxmb.com/News/411467.asp
Centralia Looks to Collect Old, Unpaid Utility Bills - Cleaning up: City Light Department Owed Almost $55,000 in ‘Sleeper Bills’ (Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/07/25/news//doc4a69ff0839fd7792936675.txt
Frank Chopp: Nuclear Power Will Rise Again (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/174610.asp
Oregon LNG Sues Port of Astoria over Lease (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10790324
Alaska - Homer Electric Association Coal Plant Part Ways (Kenai Peninsula Clarion, AK)
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/072309/new_468615020.shtml
U.S. Electric Grid Needs Major Overhaul (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE56N0HQ20090724
California - Energy Firms Help Pay for State Regulators' Far-Flung Trips (Sacramento Bee)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2056375.html
China: Four Die as Landslide Destroys Dam Project (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/world/asia/24briefs-chinadam.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Technology Improves Salmon Passage at Hydropower Dams (RedOrbit)
http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1726317/new_technology_improves_salmon_passage_at_hydropower_dams/
Think Pink Salmon - One of the largest pink salmon runs in recent times is about to swim through area waters, fueling 2009 “Humpy Madness’ (Everett Herald)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090726/SPORTS/707269841/1004
Colville Tribes to Get New Salmon Hatchery (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_colville_hatchery.html?source=pimail
PNNL Biologist Tells All He Knows About Fish (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1358/story/658771.html
Seattle Times Op/Ed - A New Twist in Dam Removal on the Snake River
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2009527114_lance24.html
A Hydroelectric Future Faces A Fish Predicament - As a nation looks to dams for their renewable energy possibilities, protection of salmon and other fish is an increasing concern, particularly in the Pacific Northwest (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hydro-power27-2009jul27,0,2321552.story
Oregonian Op/Ed - Déjà Vu on the Columbia: In Defense of the Wild
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/deja_vu_on_the_columbia.html
Crusader Targets Drivers Who Clobber Birds On the Beach (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/crusader_targets_drivers_who_c.html
Capitol Lake - Only Bats Solid on Lake vs. Estuary Question (Olympian)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/921309.html
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Governor Gregoire Won't Lift Kittitas County Well Ban (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=192326
Algae Restricts Water Flow In Whatcom County (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/51654137.html
Nine Mile Falls Dam Safety Restrictions Lifted (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/24/nine-mile-falls-dam-safety-restriction-lifted/
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Marbled Murrelet May Keep Pacific County Wind Farm from Getting Off the Ground (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/27/top_story/doc4a6bf58e28c40373155301.txt
Ebbs and Flows of Wind Power Stress the Northwest Grid (The Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/07/27/breaking_news/doc4a6c7df6bf5f6433661873.txt
Wild Horse Wind Farm Expansion, Adding Turbines and Revenue (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=10781715
European Wind Lobby Distances Itself from UK Turbine Factory Occupation (EU Observer)
http://euobserver.com/9/28493
Hydropower Conference Set For Spokane Next Week - About 1,500 workers will meet (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/25/hydropower-conference-set/
Kentucky - Electric-generating barges sought for Ohio River - They're part of potential $22 million ‘green' initiative (Louisville Courier Journal, KY)
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090723/NEWS01/907230332/1008
Colorado - Solar Customers Fuming Over Proposed Fee: Monthly Xcel Charge Would Apply To Solar Users Even If They Use No Electricity (KMGH-TV, Denver, CO)
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/20174458/detail.html
Food Waste Helps Power Wastewater Plant (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/23/BAS618T9N9.DTL&feed=rss.news
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Audit Finds Wasted Energy, Money at DOE's Buildings (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/07/24/24greenwire-audit-finds-wasted-energy-money-at-does-buildi-10606.html
Government's Green Home Push Can Save You Money (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2009534041_harney26.html
Three Out Of Five Would Change Electrical Consumption If Given Smart Grid Technology (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-15681-Milwaukee-Environmental-News-Examiner~y2009m7d24-Three-out-of-five-would-change-electrical-consumption-if-given-smart-grid-technology
Tips for Reducing Your Home Energy Bill (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12902923
Tennessee Valley Authority Helps Pay To Make Homes Energy Efficient (Tennessean)
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090726/NEWS01/907260360/1006/TVA+helps+pay+to+make+homes+energy+efficient
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Why People Are Cool To Global Warming (Calgary Herald, Alberta)
http://www.calgaryherald.com/people+cool+global+warming/1828561/story.html
Pacific Gas And Electric Pushes To Extend Unpopular ClimateSmart - Program that asks customers to fight global warming by paying a little extra on their electricity bills has enrolled just 31,000 people and takes far more money to run than it generates (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/26/BAKQ18SLO5.DTL
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Qwest: Remember How We Said Speed Didn't Matter? Forget That - Those speeds we said you didn't want? Well, you want 'em. (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Qwest-Remember-How-We-Said-Speed-Didnt-Matter-Forget-That-103596
Qwest Plans to Double Broadband Speeds in Spokane (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jul/24/qwest-plans-double-broadband-speeds-spokane/
Fiber-To-The-Home Installs To Grow 30 Percent A Year (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10293916-76.html
The FCC Finally Takes Off Their Rose-Colored Broadband Glasses - After a decade of bad policy based on even worse data (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-Finally-Takes-Off-Their-RoseColored-Broadband-Glasses-103592
GENERAL NEWS
The Evergreen State College Seeks Missing Money - Evergreen: College looks at options to recover $50,000 in student cash (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/919587.html
Boeing Drone Maker Creates Technology Jobs near Columbia River Gorge (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009538790_insitu26.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Shelton CONNECTICUT - Police Arrest 19 in Finch-Fighting Ring
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20190268/detail.html
Police: Fake Officer Pulls Over Real Officer
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20177757/detail.html
Principal Fired For Jumping On Students
http://www.kirotv.com/education/20157707/detail.html
Toupee Wearer 1, South Carolina Roller Coaster 0 - Man Says Coaster Isn't As Hair-Raising As Commercials Claim
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20156233/detail.html
SONG OF THE DAY
Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhUkGIsKvn0
Monday, July 27, 2009
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