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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
· New York - Businesses, farms get power deal
· Environmental Assessment: No Impact for PUD 3 Proposed Operations Center on John's Prairie
· Chelan PUD Sees Little Sizzle in 2010 Budget
· PUD 3 Commission Report for October 27, 2009
· Avista Earns $8.1 Million for Quarter
· TransAlta Reports Higher Earnings
· NW Natural to Reduce Rates
· Little Consensus at States Energy Meeting in Wyoming
· Hanford - Energy Department Releases Massive Document Outlining Cleanup Options
· West Virginia Intends to Issue Coal-to-Gas Plant Permit
· Coal, Oil, Biomass Plants - Denmark's Dong Energy to shut two power station units on low demand
· Obama Putting $3.4 Billion toward A ‘Smart’ Power Grid
· Oregon Gets $30 Million in Stimulus Funds for Smart Grid Projects
· Snohomish PUD Will Use Federal Grant Money for Power Grid Innovations
· $20 Million Awarded for Avista Upgrades (
· Idaho Power Notified of Selection for $47 Million Smart Grid Investment
· Stimulus Energy Dollars: More Than Just a Jump Start
· PNGC on the List - Electric Coops Receive $215 Million for Smart Grid Investments
· WECC Gets $53.8M Grant to Improve Western Grid; SRP Part of
· Oregon - Salmon on the Run: Largest Salmon Run In Nearly A Decade Floods Sandy Hatchery
· FDA To Ban Sale of Raw Oysters from Gulf of Mexico
· Asotin PUD - Sewer Service another Detail to Work Out for Industrial Park
· Corps Maps Show Green River Flooding Scenarios (
· Ocean Acidification’s Effects Documented in New Study of Shellfish
· Profit Jumps for Wind Turbine Maker Vestas
· FPL Power Line May Complicate Texas Wind
· 3TIER Expands Geographical Coverage of Most Advanced Solar Map & Dataset
· Grant PUD Discusses Energy Conservation
· Why It’s Better To Invest In Efficiency Than to Hold Electricity Rates
· Administration Steps up Efforts on Climate Bill
· A Nuclear Power Boost for Climate Bill
· EPA Proposes Tougher Pollution Controls
· US Chamber Sues Activists over Climate Stunt
· Flu-Wary Telecommuters May Clog Web Networks
· Comcast Still Fighting FCC Throttling Sanction
· Ask.com Owner Reports Quarterly Profit, But Ad Revenue Still Slips
· Google to launch free phone-navigation service
· Heavy Rain on the Way
· South Carolina Gives First Nod To Package Meant To Lure Boeing
· Poll Finds Washington Voters Leaning Against I-1033
· Investigation Finds No Tribal Authority for Detention of Shelton Hunters at Gunpoint in Brinnon
· Seven Billion in Recovery Dollars Flowing to Washington State
· Tri-Cities Has State's Lowest Cost Of Living
· California Would Lose Seats under Census Change
WORD OF THE DAY
Luculent • \LOO-kyuh-lunt\ • adjective - Clear in thought or expression: lucid
You could hear the eyeballs rolling back in the heads of the board members. The CEO chose the least luculent of his minions to communicate the proposed buy-out of the firm’s most virulent competitor. “Lassie,” he said, “this project is all yours.”
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
New York - Businesses, farms get power deal: New York Power Authority will take $10 million from the sale of energy unused by Alcoa to pay 10 percent of north country businesses' power bills for the next year (Watertown Daily News, NY)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20091028/NEWS03/310289944
Environmental Assessment: No Impact for PUD 3 Proposed Operations Center on John's Prairie (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=487:environmental-assessment-no-impact-for-pud-3s-proposed-operations-center-on-johns-prairie-&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Chelan PUD Sees Little Sizzle in 2010 Budget (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/27/chelan-pud-sees-little-sizzle-in-2010-budget/
PUD 3 Commission Report for October 27, 2009 (Mason PUD 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=611
Avista Earns $8.1 Million for Quarter - Figures represent 9 percent increase in Q3 (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/28/avista-earns-81-million-quarter/
TransAlta Reports Higher Earnings (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?TransAlta-Reports-Higher-Earnings=1&blockID=84101&feedID=410
NW Natural to Reduce Rates (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/26/daily24.html?ana=from_rss
Little Consensus at States Energy Meeting in Wyoming (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_13653758
Hanford - Energy Department Releases Massive Document Outlining Cleanup Options (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6100-energy-department-releases-massive-document-outlining-cleanup-options-hanford/
West Virginia Intends to Issue Coal-to-Gas Plant Permit (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010145546_apuscoaltogasolinewestvirginia.html?syndication=rss
Coal, Oil, Biomass Plants - Denmark's Dong Energy to shut two power station units on low demand (Power Engineering)
http://pepei.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?Section=ONART&PUBLICATION_ID=6&ARTICLE_ID=370452&C=INDUS&dcmp=rss
STACK O’ STIMULUS
Obama Putting $3.4 Billion toward A ‘Smart’ Power Grid (Associated Press)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/27/obama-putting-34-billion-toward-a-smart-power-grid/
Oregon Gets $30 Million in Stimulus Funds for Smart Grid Projects (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/oregon_gets_30_million_in_stim.html
Snohomish PUD Will Use Federal Grant Money for Power Grid Innovations (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091028/NEWS01/710289757/-1/RSS02
$20 Million Awarded for Avista Upgrades (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/28/20-million-awarded-for-avista-upgrades/
Idaho Power Notified of Selection for $47 Million Smart Grid Investment (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS10886+28-Oct-2009+PRN20091028
Stimulus Energy Dollars: More Than Just a Jump Start (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/66713457.html
PNGC on the List - Electric Coops Receive $215 Million for Smart Grid Investments (Electric Light and Power)
http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-display/4309727913/articles/electric-light-power/policy-and_regulation/2009/10/electric-coops_receive.html
WECC Gets $53.8M Grant to Improve Western Grid; SRP Part of Effort (Phoenix Business Journal)
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/10/26/daily24.html
FISH & WILDLIFE
Oregon - Salmon on the Run: Largest Salmon Run In Nearly A Decade Floods Sandy Hatchery (Sandy Post, OR)
http://www.sandypost.com/news/story.php?story_id=125668937512179500
FDA To Ban Sale of Raw Oysters from Gulf of Mexico (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010146441_apusfdaoysters.html?syndication=rss
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Asotin PUD - Sewer Service another Detail to Work Out for Industrial Park (KLEW-TV, Lewiston, ID)
http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/66233062.html
Corps Maps Show Green River Flooding Scenarios (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010146443_greenmaps28m.html?syndication=rss
Ocean Acidification’s Effects Documented in New Study of Shellfish (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=2117
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Profit Jumps for Wind Turbine Maker Vestas (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/26/daily22.html?ana=from_rss
FPL Power Line May Complicate Texas Wind Growth (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSN2720856420091027
3TIER Expands Geographical Coverage of Most Advanced Solar Map & Dataset (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/3tier/news/article/2009/10/3tier-expands-geographical-coverage-of-most-advanced-solar-map-dataset?cmpid=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Grant PUD Discusses Energy Conservation (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2009/10/27/news/doc4ae76453cf853733176619.txt
Why It’s Better To Invest In Efficiency Than to Hold Electricity Rates Down (Grist)
http://www.grist.org/article/2009-10-27-better-to-invest-efficiency-than-hold-electricity-rates-down/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Administration Steps up Efforts on Climate Bill (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/us/politics/28climate.html?hp
A Nuclear Power Boost for Bill - Wooing Lawmakers: Tax incentives offered with climate measure (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102704081.html?wprss=rss_politics
EPA Proposes Tougher Pollution Controls - Narrows target group to power plants and other sources that emit at least 25,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102701772.html?nav=rss_email/components
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
US Chamber Sues Activists over Climate Stunt (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/10/27/27greenwire-us-chamber-sues-activists-over-climate-stunt-50982.html
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Flu-Wary Telecommuters May Clog Web Networks (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/27/AR2009102703743.html?nav=rss_email/components
Comcast Still Fighting FCC Throttling Sanction - Insists FCC didn't have authority to act (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Still-Fighting-FCC-Throttling-Sanction-105183
Ask.com Owner Reports Quarterly Profit, But Ad Revenue Still Slips (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13650994
Google to launch free phone-navigation service (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13654403?nclick_check=1
GENERAL NEWS
Heavy Rain on the Way (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=231736
South Carolina Gives First Nod To Package Meant To Lure Boeing (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010145804_apscsouthcarolinaboeing1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Poll Finds Washington Voters Leaning Against I-1033 (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/10/26/daily15.html?ana=from_rss
Investigation Finds No Tribal Authority for Detention of Shelton Hunters at Gunpoint in Brinnon (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091028/news/310289993
Seven Billion in Recovery Dollars Flowing to Washington State (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6095-seven-billion-recovery-dollars-flowing-wash-state/
Tri-Cities Has State's Lowest Cost Of Living (Tri-City Herald)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/kennewick_pasco_richland/story/768509.html
California Would Lose Seats under Census Change (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/us/politics/28census.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1256749218-bRNTd86O1QWC62FFxGY1XA
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
Shriners' Mini-Cars Stolen From Storage
http://www.kirotv.com/automotive/21432889/detail.html
Cheated Winner Wants Texas Lotto To Pay Him
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21447807/detail.html
Idaho Team Punished For 'Strip Hockey'
http://www.kirotv.com/sports/21442265/detail.html
Woman Acts Like Dog To Scare Burglar
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21430873/detail.html
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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