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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• BPA: Plan To Sell Energy to Aluminum Smelters Draws Ire of Franklin PUD
• Snohomish PUD and AIG Duking It Out In New York Courtroom
• Grays Harbor County PUD Power Rates Won’t Go Up This Year
• BPA Sets Rules to Deal with "Explosive" Power Growth
• Columnist - Hydro Projects Hold Much Promise
• News Release - Puget Sound Energy Files Updated Energy Strategy
• BPA Power Line Installation; WSDOT Pavement Repairs Will Impact Traffic This Week
• Natural Gas Pipeline Proposal Topic Of Fed Meetings
• Op/Ed - California should revive nuclear energy option
• If Nuclear Power Has a More Promising Future…
• Pacific Gas & Electric Workers Get $17.25 Million in OT Case
• Texas - Electricity customers may pay for Oncor Smart meters
• Electric Distribution Co-Ops Report Strong Performance during Downturn
• Northern Wasco County PUD Building Expansion Project Nears End
• Bill Opens Possibility of Lower Snake River Dam Removal
• Redfish Lake Sockeye Making A Comeback After Near Extinction
• Fall Salmon Season Opens Today In Columbia River Basin
• Alaska - Declining King Salmon Run Devastating to River Villages
• Town on Columbia, Tribes Clash Over 1855 Treaty
• Quotas on the Way to Oregon Fisheries, Bolstering Stocks
• BPA Plans Public Meeting On Hatchery Changes
• Kittitas County - Lawmakers Address Exempt Well Moratorium
• Idaho Water Officials Enforce Curtailment Order
• Tribes Combine Science, Canoes for Water Quality
• Utility Raises Cleanup Cost in Tennessee
• Wildlife Hinders (Radar Ridge) Wind Farm Strategy
• Sage Grouse Unlikely Focus Of Wyoming Wind Wars
• Montana Wind Farm Taking Toll on Bats, Birds
• Oregon Governor Signals Intent to Veto Rollback of Wind Energy Tax Breaks
• $100 Million - Kittitas Solar Plant Could Be Super Expensive
• Rep Inslee - House Will Get another Shot at Feed-In Tariffs
• Offshore Windmills Hold Clean-Energy Promise
• Oregon – Port Of Morrow's Bio-Gen Power Plant Finds Buyer
• Editorial – Renewable Energy: Power Co-Ops Should Quit Whining
• Renewable Energy - The Transmission Question
• Alaska – Home Wind Turbine Looks Good As Energy Costs Rise
• Weak Economy Makes Solar Panels More Affordable to Homeowners
• EPA Ranks Top 20 On-Site Green Power Producers
• $23 Million for Weatherization Work Spreads Across Washington State
• Taking Energy Credit Where It's Due
• Feds Warn About Misleading Claims of Benefits from Energy-Saving Devices
• Duke Energy Elbows Co-ops for Carbon Permits in Climate Measure
• Clean-Tech Is On the Rebound from a Steep Plunge in Investments
• Op/Ed - Falling Behind On Green Tech
• Clearwire to Launch WiMAX in 10 U.S. Cities
• Kitsap County Backs Out of Agreement for High-Tech Development
• Cable Industry: Our Awesomeness Cannot Be Denied
• Wildfire Contained In Mason County
• Fires in Olympics Prompts More Trail Closures
• Judge To Consider WaMu Exec's 'Golden Parachutes'
• Weyerhaeuser's Quarterly Loss Widens
• Bank Teller Tackles Suspected Robber, Gets Canned
• AP newsman Rory Marshall dead at 54
WORD OF THE DAY – THE HAIKU VERSION
Ideate • \EYE-dee-ate\ • verb – To form an idea or conception of - to form an idea
Ideate a Plan
Put it into Motion Now
Seemed Right at the Time
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
BPA: Plan To Sell Energy to Aluminum Smelters Draws Ire of Franklin PUD (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1406/story/667771.html
Snohomish PUD and AIG Duking It Out In New York Courtroom (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090801/NEWS01/708019920
Grays Harbor County PUD Power Rates Won’t Go Up This Year (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/07/31/local_news/doc4a732e2e65b2c975321488.txt
BPA Sets Rules to Deal with "Explosive" Power Growth (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ARTCL&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=367212&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
Spokesman Review Columnist - Hydro Projects Hold Much Promise
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/newsdisplay/s-133672955.html
News Release - Puget Sound Energy Files Updated Energy Strategy with State Regulators (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/worldenergysource/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090730005203&newsLang=en
BPA Power Line Installation; WSDOT Pavement Repairs Will Impact Traffic This Week (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://www.masoncountydailynews.com/News/NewsArticle/tabid/1897/smid/3468/ArticleID/7938/reftab/1632/t/POWER-LINE-INSTALLATION-AND-PAVEMENT-REPAIRS-WILL-IMPACT-TRAFFIC-THIS-WEEK/Default.aspx
Natural Gas Pipeline Proposal Topic Of Fed Meetings - It would run along Washington side of Columbia River Gorge (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090803/NEWS02/708039982
Sacramento Bee Op/Ed - California should revive nuclear energy option
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/story/2078569.html
If Nuclear Power Has a More Promising Future ... Seth Grae Wants to Be the One Leading the Charge (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/24/AR2009072401847.html?nav=rss_email/components
Pacific Gas & Electric Workers Get $17.25 Million in OT Case (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12969243?nclick_check=1
Texas - Electricity customers may pay for Oncor Smart meters: Whether it was Oncor's $93 million mistake or the Public Utility Commission's, electricity customers will probably end up paying for it (Dallas Morning News, TX)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-oncor_03bus.ART.State.Edition1.3cf2fb0.html
Electric Distribution Co-Ops Report Strong Performance during Downturn (Penn Energy)
http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/display/367251/s-articles/s-utility-automation-engineering-td/s-industry-news/s-electric-distribution-co-ops-report-strong-performance-during-downturn.html
Northern Wasco County PUD Building Expansion Project Nears End (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/07/news07-31-09-02.shtml
FISH & WILDLIFE
Bill Opens Possibility of Lower Snake River Dam Removal (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/830620.html
Redfish Lake Sockeye Making A Comeback After Near Extinction (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2009583916_outn02.html?syndication=rss
Fall Salmon Season Opens Today In Columbia River Basin (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/adventure/outdoors/story/830573.html
Alaska - Declining King Salmon Run Devastating to River Villages: Three years of weak returns raise questions on bycatch (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/money/industries/fishing/story/885663.html
Town on Columbia, Tribes Clash Over 1855 Treaty (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_or_fishing_rights.html
Quotas on the Way to Oregon Fisheries, Bolstering Stocks (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/08/quotas_on_the_way_to_oregon_fi.html
BPA Plans Public Meeting On Hatchery Changes - Events provide for community input on upgrades and improvements (Bonneville Power Administration)
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/297389/
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Kittitas County - Lawmakers Address Exempt Well Moratorium (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/07/31/news/doc4a737a3aa8672358898415.txt
Idaho Water Officials Enforce Curtailment Order (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/927857.html
Tribes Combine Science, Canoes for Water Quality (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_paddling_for_science.html?source=pimail
Utility Raises Cleanup Cost in Tennessee (Associated Press)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/02/us/02tennessee.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Wildlife Hinders Wind Farm Strategy - Turbines not the obvious "winner" state initially thought (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20090802/NEWS02/708029968/Wildlife+hinders+wind+farm+strategy
Sage Grouse Unlikely Focus Of Wyoming Wind Wars (Reuters)
http://in.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idINTRE5720AF20090803
Montana Wind Farm Taking Toll on Bats, Birds (Associated Press)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_ef85f7f5-8bf2-5263-9915-5cd16c3cab6c.html
Oregon Governor Signals Intent to Veto Rollback of Wind Energy Tax Breaks “...They don't employ very many people and they send most of their power to California…” (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/07/kulongoski_signals_intent_to_v.html
$100 Million - Kittitas Solar Plant Could Be Super Expensive (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/408805_solarplant3.html?source=rss
Rep Inslee - House Will Get another Shot at Feed-In Tariffs (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/08/03/03greenwire-house-will-get-another-shot-at-feed-in-tariffs-70749.html
Offshore Windmills Hold Clean-Energy Promise (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/02/BA0Q18ABIT.DTL&feed=rss.news
Oregon – Port Of Morrow's Bio-Gen Power Plant Finds Buyer (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=96068&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48
Fargo Forum Editorial – Renewable Energy: The Power Co-Ops Should Quit Whining
http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/248547/
The Transmission Question - There will be no magic involved in adding new renewable energy to the electricity mix (EnergyBiz Insider)
http://www.scoop.com/remote/article/include/104988765/53616c7465645f5ff99a2eb05b194f8087766c98003ea9a176e1be2836949b2d
Alaska – Home Wind Turbine Looks Good As Energy Costs Rise (Anchorage Daily News, AK)
http://www.adn.com/3221/story/884945.html
Weak Economy Makes Solar Panels More Affordable to Homeowners (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cover-solar2-2009aug02,0,7808025.story
EPA Ranks Top 20 On-Site Green Power Producers (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS176651644220090731
Here’s the Top-20 List; two are in Oregon
http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top20onsite.htm
Top 20 Local Government
http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top20localgov.htm
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
$23 Million for Weatherization Work Spreads Across Washington State (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009584131_weatherize02m.html
Taking Energy Credit Where It's Due (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/business/story/668315.html
Feds Warn About Misleading Claims of Benefits from Energy-Saving Devices (Federal Trade Commission)
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/04/energysurf2002.shtm
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Duke Energy Elbows Co-ops for Carbon Permits in Climate Measure (Bloomberg News)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aQQH_8kliSTU
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Clean-Tech Is On the Rebound from a Steep Plunge in Investments (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12969563
Washington Post Op/Ed - Falling Behind On Green Tech
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/02/AR2009080201563.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Clearwire to Launch WiMAX in 10 U.S. Cities - The markets include Boise, Idaho; Bellingham, Wash. (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/08/03/clearwire-to-launch-wimax-in-10-u-s-cities-in-september/
Kitsap County Backs Out of Agreement for High-Tech Development near Kitsap Lake (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/jul/30/county-backs-out-of-agreement-for-planned-near/
Cable Industry: Our Awesomeness Cannot Be Denied - NCTA says cable efforts have saved consumers $35 billion EVERY YEAR (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Cable-Industry-Our-Awesomeness-Cannot-Be-Denied-103702
GENERAL NEWS
Wildfire Contained In Mason County (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/20259941/detail.html
Fires in Olympics Prompts More Trail Closures
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/aug/02/fires-in-olympics-prompts-more-trail-closures/?partner=RSS
Judge To Consider WaMu Exec's 'Golden Parachutes' (NW Cable News)
http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_080309WAB-wamu-golden-parachutes-SW.a3bdcbe8.html
Weyerhaeuser's Quarterly Loss Widens (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/07/31/business/AP-US-Earns-Weyerhaeuser.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Bank Teller Tackles Suspected Robber, Gets Canned (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/52271217.html
AP newsman Rory Marshall dead at 54 (Sorry to see this today in the SF Chronicle. I always liked sending feeds to Rory. He seemed like such a good guy.)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/02/national/a162757D47.DTL&feed=rss.business
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Raccoons Infest Storage Unit, and Company Won't Pay For Damage
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-thu-problem-public-storage-jul30,0,2048166.column
Phone Lost 4 Days At Sea Found, Recharged, Returned
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE56U4A920090731?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews
Ukuleles Have Gone Viral
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ukuleles25-2009jul25,0,5302658.story
New York Post Sends In the Clown – The Newspaper made the phrase “media circus” literal when it hired a clown to roam the corridors of the New York State Capitol
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/business/media/03clown.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Judy Collins - Send in the Clowns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5yG1Dy5b4A
Roger Whittaker - Send in the Clowns (I like Roger Whittaker, but this version will haunt your dreams for weeks!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7TriKN-8i8
Monday, August 3, 2009
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