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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)
• Spokesman Review Editorial - Smart Grid Will Put Our Energy Use in Fast Lane
• Texas - Claims Energy Price Manipulation: Alcoa Is Seeking $500M in Lawsuit
• Washington State Regulators Approve Cut in Avista Gas Rates
• Portland General Electric Earnings Beat Analyst Estimates
• Oregon’s Filthy Secret - Despite Green Dreams, Oregon Is Fueled by 40 Percent Dirty Coal
• Fitch Rates Klickitat County PUD $42.5MM Bonds ‘A-’; Outlook Stable
• Natural Gas Shortage Topic of Grant County Summit
• Transmission, Renewables Integration Top List of Issues in Ten-Year Electric Reliability Outlook
• Maryland - Constellation’s Nuclear Stake Sale Gets State Approval
• Nuclear Regulators Seek Fine for Missouri Facility
• Green Groups Appeal Ga. Nuclear Plant Expansion
• PPL Montana Begins Upgrade of Rainbow Plant
• In Canada, Utility Buys Rival to Gain U.S. Access
• British Columbia Government Clears Way for Greener Power Expansion
• Alaska Energy-Savings Project Leaves Army in the Cold
• New Wrinkles Coming To Columbia Spring Chinook Management
• Upper Snake River Water Levels in Good Shape
• Columbia River Channel Project Nears Blasting Phase
• Congress Approves $50 Million for Puget Sound
• Salish Sea designation up for vote by State Board on Geographic Names
• White House Panel on Oceans Visits Great Lakes
• Cowlitz PUD/Beacon Hill Sewer District to get $400,000 in federal funding
• Oregon - Water Scuffle between St. Helens, McNulty Escalates
• Victoria, BC Sewage Fix Could Cost You $450 More a Year
• Report Says US Getting Better At Conserving Water
• Work, Tests Winding Up At Hanson Dam
• Second Chance for Willamette Falls Locks, an Oregon Treasure
• Hood Canal Council to Honor 10 Individuals & Groups
• Public Comment Periods Wind Down on Lower Snake River Wind Farm
• Chinese Banks to Fund $1.5 Billion Texas Wind Farm
• Michigan - Grand Rapids Plan for Wind Turbines at Water Plant Faces Federal, Grand Haven Township Scrutiny
• Wind Energy’s Success Creates a Power Grid Challenge
• New Energy = New Transmission Lines
• Arizona - Costs of Clean-Energy Plans Worry Rural Areas
• To Fight Wind Farms - Fund Will Compete With Wind for Leases
• US Wind Energy Stimulus Dollars Spent Overseas
• Western Area Power Administration Buys More Wind Power
• Oregon Geothermal Work Gets $40M in Stimulus Money
• Wind Power Pipeline - Hawaii Moves Ahead With Undersea Power Cable Plans
• Utah Biomass Energy Project Gets $2.5M Grant
• Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals with Connection to PUD 3 Get Clean Energy Bond Allocations
• Puget Sound Energy to Give Away Last of 500,000 Light Bulbs
• Naval Base Kitsap Receives Top Federal Award for Energy Management
• Idaho Power ‘Smart Meters’ Will Blanket Treasure Valley
• Scientist Sees Future Smart Homes Controlling Power Use
• Yet More Readers Air Their (Clean) Laundry
• Chamber Faces Dissent from Big U.S. Firms on Climate
• Officials Celebrate West Virginia Carbon Capture Project
• Algae Production Proposed For Umatilla
• Pacific Gas & Electric’s PG&E’s ClimateSmart Program Draws Little Interest
• The Methane Makers - Which Farm Animals Expel the Most Methane?
• Will the Digital Divide Close by Itself?
• VoIP Ringing Up Billions in Sales
• Comcast Bandwidth Meter Still a No Show
• Yeah, I’d like Metered Broadband, Too - If It Were Actually Metered
• Web Marketer Ordered To Pay Facebook $711M Damages
• Arizona: Show ‘Metadata,’ Court Says
• Ohio Fiber-Optics Scandal Has Snared Six People
• New Google Maps GPS for Smartphones Spooks Competitors
• Ouch! Boeing Handing Out Layoff Notices to 500 Workers Today
• Columnist - Learning the Right Lessons From the Boeing Calamity
• Weyerhaeuser Breaks Even In 3Q on Timberland Sale
• Government Says Stimulus Saved or Created 650,000 Jobs
• Washington Stimulus Update Show More Than $1.4B Spent
• California Jury Awards $16M in Radio Contestant Death
• Ethics Panel Starts Probes of 2 Democrats, Gets Hacked
• Daylight Saving Time: Why Do We “Fall Back” & “Spring Ahead”?
WORD OF THE DAY
Pescatarian • \pess-kuh-TAIR-ee-un\ • noun - One whose diet includes fish but no meat
“Aaargh!” screamed Leticia through a full bite of her delicious salmon-burger. She was faced with a philosophical dilemma. As a die-hard opponent to beef production on climate change grounds, she thought she’d found the perfect solution by eschewing all things terran and becoming a pescatarian. She was not prepared for the wholesale harassment she received from her vegan friends as she gobbled her wild-caught salmon sandwich while crowded among her humus munching, hemp clothed, dam-breaching friends.
WEATHER
Shelton Forecast & 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
Spokesman Review Editorial - Smart Grid Will Put Our Energy Use in Fast Lane
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/30/smart-grid-will-put-our-energy-use-in-fast-lane/
Texas - Claims Energy Price Manipulation: Alcoa Is Seeking $500M in Lawsuit against Energy Future Holdings (The Eagle, Bryan/College Station, TX)
http://www.theeagle.com/local/Alcoa-is-seeking--500M-in-lawsuit
Washington State Regulators Approve Cut in Avista Gas Rates (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/29/regulators-approve-cut-avista-gas-rates/
Portland General Electric Earnings Beat Analyst Estimates (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/10/26/daily46.html?ana=from_rss
Oregon’s Filthy Secret - Despite Green Dreams, Oregon Is Fueled by 40 Percent Dirty Coal (Portland Mercury, OR)
http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/oregons-filthy-secret/Content?oid=1782904
Fitch Rates Klickitat County PUD $42.5MM Bonds ‘A-’; Outlook Stable (BusinessWire)
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091029006528&newsLang=en
Natural gas topic of Grant County summit - Stakeholders gathered to discuss a natural gas shortage in the Columbia Basin (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/773271.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Transmission, Renewables Integration Top List of Issues in Ten-Year Electric Reliability Outlook (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=121623
Maryland - Constellation’s Nuclear Stake Sale Gets State Approval (Washington Business Journal)
http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2009/10/26/daily126.html?ana=from_rss
Nuclear Regulators Seek Fine for Missouri Facility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010163534_apusnuclearfacilityfine.html?syndication=rss
Green Groups Appeal Ga. Nuclear Plant Expansion (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169823_apusnuclearexpansiongeorgia.html?syndication=rss
PPL Montana Begins Upgrade of Rainbow Plant (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/10/ppl-montana-begins-upgrade-of-rainbow-plant?cmpid=rss
Rainbow Dam - Generating Capacity: 37 Megawatts (PPL Montana)
http://www.pplmontana.com/producing+power/power+plants/Rainbow+Dam.htm
In Canada, Utility Buys Rival to Gain U.S. Access (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/business/energy-environment/30energy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
British Columbia Government Clears Way for Greener Power Expansion (Canwest Publishing, Canada)
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/business/story.html?id=932f52ff-ec16-4106-a40a-db4a829dcff3&k=18008
Alaska Energy-Savings Project Leaves Army in the Cold (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-energy-fraud30-2009oct30,0,4080643.story
FISH & WILDLIFE
New Wrinkles Coming To Columbia Spring Chinook Management (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://www.columbian.com/article/20091029/SPORTS04/710299953/-1/SPORTS
WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT
Upper Snake River Water Levels in Good Shape (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1018924.html
Columbia River Channel Project Nears Blasting Phase (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/area_news/doc4aea44b8c37e4892102305.txt
Congress Approves $50 Million for Puget Sound (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/congress-approves-money-for-puget-sound-national/?partner=RSS
Salish Sea designation up for vote by State Board on Geographic Names (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=25537
White House Panel on Oceans Visits Great Lakes (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010161607_apusgreatlakesplanning.html?syndication=rss
Cowlitz PUD/Beacon Hill Sewer District to get $400,000 in federal funding (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/10/30/area_news/doc4aea43701abea101177728.txt
Oregon - Water Scuffle between St. Helens, McNulty Escalates – Fight is over who gets to serve customers within the city’s urban growth boundary (South County Spotlight)
http://www.spotlightnews.net/news/story.php?story_id=125683569723812600
Victoria, BC Sewage Fix Could Cost You $450 More a Year (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Sewage+could+cost+more+year/2157557/story.html
Report Says US Getting Better At Conserving Water (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169083_apuswaningwateruse.html?syndication=rss
Work, Tests Winding Up At Hanson Dam (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010163186_apwagreenriver1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Second Chance for Willamette Falls Locks, an Oregon Treasure (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/10/second_chance_for_an_oregon_tr.html
Hood Canal Council to Honor 10 Individuals & Groups – DNR Head On The List (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/hood-canal-council-to-honor-10-individuals-and/?partner=RSS
RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
Public Comment Periods Wind Down on Lower Snake River Wind Farm (Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, WA)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/10/29/local_news/091029local05wind%20power.txt
PUD 3 Connection - Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals get Clean Energy Bond Allocations (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=613
Two Washington State Wind Farm Proposals with Connection to PUD 3 Get Clean Energy Bond Allocations (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=505:two-washington-state-wind-farm-proposals-with-connection-to-pud-3-get-clean-energy-bond-allocations&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50
Western Area Power Administration Buys More Wind Power – Power marketing agency may someday become an even bigger potential buyer for wind developers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169952_apuswindpowernorthdakota.html?syndication=rss
Wind Energy’s Success Creates a Power Grid Challenge (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/10/wind_powers_success_spurs_new.html
New Energy = New Transmission Lines (Summit Daily News, Frisco, CO)
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20091030/NEWS/910299962/1078&ParentProfile=1055
Wind Power Pipeline - Hawaii Moves Ahead With Undersea Power Cable Plans (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169825_apuscleanenergyhawaii.html?syndication=rss
US Wind Energy Stimulus Dollars Spent Overseas - More than eight out of 10 stimulus dollars spent on wind energy farms have gone to foreign companies (Financial Times of London, UK)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d4201676-c4f2-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1
Chinese Banks to Fund $1.5 Billion Texas Wind Farm (Associated Press)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13668688
Michigan - Grand Rapids Plan for Wind Turbines at Water Plant Faces Federal, Grand Haven Township Scrutiny (Grand Rapids Press, MI)
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/10/grand_rapids_wind-power_plan_a.html
To Fight Wind Farms - Fund Will Compete With Wind for Leases (Billings Gazette, MT)
http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_ffaedf0a-c50d-11de-9511-001cc4c002e0.html
Arizona - Costs of Clean-Energy Plans Worry Rural Areas (Arizona Star, Phoenix, AZ)
http://www.azstarnet.com/business/315428
Oregon Geothermal Work Gets $40M in Stimulus Money (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169813_apusstimulusgeothermalprojectsoregon.html?syndication=rss
Utah Biomass Energy Project Gets $2.5M Grant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010162381_apuscoalgasification.html?syndication=rss
CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY
Puget Sound Energy to Give Away Last of 500,000 Light Bulbs - Should reduce utility bills by more than $20 million (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1019652.html
Naval Base Kitsap Receives Top Federal Award for Energy Management (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/oct/29/naval-base-kitsap-receives-top-federal-award-for/?partner=RSS
Idaho Power ‘Smart Meters’ Will Blanket Treasure Valley (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/953347.html
Scientist Sees Future Smart Homes Controlling Power Use (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/10/post_16.html
Yet More Readers Air Their (Clean) Laundry (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/yet-more-readers-air-their-clean-laundry/
CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT
Chamber Faces Dissent from Big U.S. Firms on Climate (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE59S4O320091029
Officials Celebrate West Virginia Carbon Capture Project (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010170042_apusaepcarboncapturewestvirginia.html?syndication=rss
BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI
Algae Production Proposed For Umatilla (Tri-City Herald, WA)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/945/story/773271.html?mi_email=Tri-City%20Herald_PM+%26+Breaking+News
Pacific Gas & Electric’s PG&E’s ClimateSmart Program Draws Little Interest (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13670571?nclick_check=1
The Methane Makers - Which Farm Animals Expel the Most Methane? (BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8329612.stm
TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Will the Digital Divide Close by Itself? (NY Times)
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/will-the-digital-divide-close-by-itself/?partner=rss&emc=rss
VoIP Ringing Up Billions in Sales (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/29/voip-ringing-up-billions-in-sales/
Comcast Bandwidth Meter Still a No Show - Company ‘making some refinements’ before launch (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Bandwidth-Meter-Still-A-No-Show-105234
Yeah, I’d like Metered Broadband, Too - If It Were Actually Metered (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/10/29/yeah-id-like-metered-broadband-too-if-it-were-actually-metered/
Web Marketer Ordered To Pay Facebook $711M Damages (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2295222~Web_marketer_ordered_to_pay_Facebook__711M_damages.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines
Arizona: Show ‘Metadata,’ Court Says (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/us/30brfs-SHOWMETADATA_BRF.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Ohio Fiber-Optics Scandal Has Snared Six People (Cincinnati Enquirer, OH)
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091029/NEWS0108/910300323
New Google Maps GPS for Smartphones Spooks Competitors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/30/AR2009103000753.html?wprss=rss_technology
GENERAL NEWS
Ouch! Boeing Handing Out Layoff Notices to 500 Workers Today (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/boeingaerospace/2010164472_webboeing30.html?syndication=rss
Seattle Times Columnist - Learning the Right Lessons From the Boeing Calamity
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/soundeconomywithjontalton/2010162070_learning_the_right_lessons_fro.html?syndication=rss
Weyerhaeuser Breaks Even In 3Q on Timberland Sale (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010169504_apusearnsweyerhaeuser2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss
Government Says Stimulus Saved or Created 650,000 Jobs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169208_apusstimulusjobs.html?syndication=rss
Washington Stimulus Update Show More Than $1.4B Spent (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/oct/30/wash-stimulus-update-show-more-14b-spent/
California Jury Awards $16M in Radio Contestant Death (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169222_apuswaterintoxication.html?syndication=rss
Ethics Panel Starts Probes of 2 Democrats, Gets Hacked (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2010163888_apuswatersethics.html?syndication=rss
Daylight Saving Time: Why Do We “Fall Back” & “Spring Ahead”? (Finding Dulcinea)
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/2009/October/Daylight-Saving-Time--Why-Do-We--Fall-Back--and--Spring-Ahead--.html
ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS
PETA Wants End to Oregon Elephant Car Wash
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1018898.html
United Airlines Loses “United Breaks Guitars” Singer’s Luggage (Consumerist - NOTE: Comment section may contain PG-13 language)
http://consumerist.com/5392842/united-airlines-loses-united-breaks-guitars-singers-luggage
Floridians Try Nutty Way to Save Post Office
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010169214_apuspostalcoconuts.html?syndication=rss
SONG OF THE DAY
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett (Cinéma Vérité Gone Wild)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfuHgzu1Cjg
Friday, October 30, 2009
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