Energy News Digest for September 2, 2010

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.

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Bonneville Power Administration Plan for Power Line Generates Lots of Worry - Clark, Cowlitz residents, officials urge consideration (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/02/bpa-plan-for-power-line-generates-lots-of-worry/

Idaho - Ridgeline Energy Appeals Wind Project Denial - Hope to Build 75 Wind Turbines in Bonneville County (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)

http://www.localnews8.com/news/24847294/detail.html

Fraser River Whopper Sockeye Salmon Run Even Bigger (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012777922_salmon02m.html

Locks Coming Off Belfair Fire Hydrants (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/01/locks-coming-off-belfair-fire-hydrants/

Greenpeace Continues to Pressure Facebook over Prineville Data Center - Claims PacifiCorp has 83% coal in fuel mix (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/09/greenpeace_continues_to_pressu.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Bonneville Power Administration Plan for Power Line Generates Lots of Worry

·         Oregon Governor Names Bradbury to NW Power Council

·         Clallam PUD Likely to Raise Rates to Offset Five Percent Bonneville Power Administration Hike

·         Mason County PUD 3 Customers Urged to Help Low-Income Customers through Project Share

·         Columbia River’s Crescent Bar Island Could Become a State Park

·         Scores of Savannah Residents Criticize Proposed Rate Increase as Georgia Power Eyes More Profit

·         Bringing Light to India’s Rural Areas

·         Fraser River Whopper Sockeye Salmon Run Even Bigger

·         British Columbia’s Fishy Salmon Science

·         Clallam County PUD to Build Back Up Plant for Central-County Water

·         Idaho - Ridgeline Energy Appeals Wind Project Denial

·         First Users of Oregon Solar Pilot Program Up & Running

·         Solar Panels Provide Backup Power for Liberty Lake Police

·         Klamath County Chamber Endorses Biomass Facility

·         Wind energy to power US Mint in Denver

·         Interested in Wind Turbine Testing? Vestas Is, Too!

·         Chicken Poo Fight - We’ll Take Incinerator Battle All the Way to Europe Say Protesters

·         City of Port Angeles Helping With Wind Energy Storage

·         Mason Public Utility, BPA Piloting Water Heater/Wind Power Smart Grid Project

·         Energy Adviser: Heat Pump Water Heaters May Not Fit in Every Home

·         Homeowners Must Pay Off Energy Improvement Loans

·         Ten Ways to Reduce Energy Use & Costs in Your Building

·         Bill Gates on R&D, a Carbon Tax & China’s Climate Role

·         California - Environmentalists Stunned by Failures of Key Measures in Legislature

·         Greenpeace Continues to Pressure Facebook over Prineville Data Center

·         Facebook Faces Campaign to Switch to Renewable Energy

·         Utah Data Center for Twitter May Open in Early Fall

·         FCC Seeks Input on Rules for Online Services

·         Google, Verizon Unite to Shape Net Regulation

·         Samsung Unveils iPad Competitor Galaxy

·         Will We Soon Have Gigantic Wireless Hotspots?

·         Washington US Senate Race - Rossi Leads Murray in New Poll

·         Mason County Primary Election Results Now Official

·         SEC Won’t Pursue Fraud Case Against Moody’s

·         Locks Coming Off Belfair Fire Hydrants

·         State Superintendent to Suspend Morton Teacher’s Certificate

·         Forecasters Expect Cloudy Weekend in Washington

·         Shelton School Superintendent Announces Retirement

·         Blast on Gulf Oil Rig Injures One Worker

·         Man in Discovery Channel Hostage Standoff Had Lived in Washington

·         CEOs Who Cut Jobs Got Paid More, Study Says

·         Lock Down the Ground Wires - Copper Prices Jump on Improved Manufacturing

·         Shelton Highclimbers Learn Lessons From Past Two Seasons

·         Mike Booms at Half Staff - Former KELA/KMNT Personality Russ Mohney Dead at 75

WORD OF THE DAY

Scurrilous • \SKURR-uh-luss\ • adjective - 1a: using or given to coarse language b: vulgar and evil 2: containing obscenities, abuse, or slander

“This meeting of Squirrels Against Scurrilous Attacks will come to order,” squeaked the diminutive, bottle-brushed chairman to his assembled, arboreal rodents. “Electric utilities have blamed us too often for outages,” he squealed. “For an update on our eco-terror tactics, I had invited Sparky to speak, but we haven’t seen him since last week’s big Kamilche outage.”

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

Bonneville Power Administration Plan for Power Line Generates Lots of Worry - Clark, Cowlitz residents, officials urge consideration (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/02/bpa-plan-for-power-line-generates-lots-of-worry/

Oregon Governor Names Bradbury to NW Power Council (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/01/1355272/ore-governor-names-bradbury-to.html

Clallam PUD Likely to Raise Rates to Offset Five Percent Bonneville Power Administration Hike (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100902/news/309029988/clallam-pud-likely-to-raise-rates-to-offset-5-bpa-hike

Mason County PUD 3 Customers Urged to Help Low-Income Customers through Project Share (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=771

Columbia River’s Crescent Bar Island Could Become a State Park (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/article_0d75460a-b60e-11df-a769-001cc4c002e0.html

Scores of Savannah Residents Criticize Proposed Rate Increase as Georgia Power Eyes More Profit (Savannah Morning Herald, GA)

http://savannahnow.com/news/2010-09-01/scores-savannah-residents-slam-proposed-rate-increase-georgia-power-eyes-more-profit

Bringing Light to India’s Rural Areas (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/business/energy-environment/03iht-rbogsolar.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Fraser River Whopper Sockeye Salmon Run Even Bigger (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012777922_salmon02m.html

British Columbia’s Fishy Salmon Science - Like It Or Not, Farmed Fish Will Soon be Vital to Feed a Hungry World (Globe & Mail)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/bcs-fishy-salmon-science/article1693096/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Clallam County PUD to Build Back Up Plant for Central-County Water (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/6105

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Idaho - Ridgeline Energy Appeals Wind Project Denial - Hope to Build 75 Wind Turbines in Bonneville County (KIFI-TV, Idaho Falls, ID)

http://www.localnews8.com/news/24847294/detail.html

First Users of Oregon Solar Pilot Program Up & Running (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/09/first_users_of_oregon_solar_pi.html

Solar Panels Provide Backup Power for Liberty Lake Police (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/sep/02/bright-idea-for-energy/

Klamath County Chamber Endorses Biomass Facility (KBNW Radio, Bend, OR)

http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/local/1301861/Klamath-County-Chamber-Endorses-Biomass-Facility.html

Wind energy to power US Mint in Denver (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0901/Wind-energy-to-power-US-Mint-in-Denver

Interested in Wind Turbine Testing? Vestas Is, Too! (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/09/interested-in-wind-turbine-testing-vestas-is-too

Chicken Poo Fight - We’ll Take Incinerator Battle All the Way to Europe Say Protesters (The Belfast Telegraph, UK)

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/wersquoll-take-incinerator-battle-all-the-way-to-europe-say-protesters-14930451.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

City of Port Angeles Helping With Wind Energy Storage (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/6103

Mason Public Utility, BPA Piloting Water Heater/Wind Power Smart Grid Project (Renew Grid)

http://www.renewgridmag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.5696

Energy Adviser: Heat Pump Water Heaters May Not Fit in Every Home (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/sep/02/heat-pump-water-heaters-may-not-fit-in-every-home/

Homeowners Must Pay Off Energy Improvement Loans (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/homeowners-must-pay-off-energy-improvement-loans/

Ten Ways to Reduce Energy Use & Costs in Your Building (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS336088759920100902

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Bill Gates on R&D, a Carbon Tax & China’s Climate Role (NY Times)

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/bill-gates-on-rd-a-carbon-tax-and-chinas-climate-role/

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

California - Environmentalists Stunned by Failures of Key Measures in Legislature (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-environment-20100902,0,5195731.story

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Greenpeace Continues to Pressure Facebook over Prineville Data Center - Claims PacifiCorp has 83% coal in fuel mix (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/09/greenpeace_continues_to_pressu.html

Facebook Faces Campaign to Switch to Renewable Energy “…Greenpeace admitted that many of its own web hosting operations are also housed in data centres powered primarily by coal & nuclear power…” – This story claims 67% coal mix (The Guardian, UK)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/01/facebook-renewable-energy-coal

Utah Data Center for Twitter May Open in Early Fall (Salt Lake Tribune – Guess what, mostly coal power)

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/50119223-79/twitter-operations-center-company.html.csp

FCC Seeks Input on Rules for Online Services (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012778000_apustecfccinternetrules.html

Google, Verizon Unite to Shape Net Regulation (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/02/BU381F72IO.DTL

Samsung Unveils iPad Competitor Galaxy (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012785265_apeutecgermanysamsungtablet.html

Will We Soon Have Gigantic Wireless Hotspots? (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/09/01/will-we-soon-have-gigantic-wireless-hotspots/

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington US Senate Race - Rossi Leads Murray in New Poll (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=361416

Mason County Primary Election Results Now Official (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.net/news/3156-primary-election-results-now-official

SEC Won’t Pursue Fraud Case Against Moody’s (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083105800.html

GENERAL NEWS

Locks Coming Off Belfair Fire Hydrants (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/sep/01/locks-coming-off-belfair-fire-hydrants/

State Superintendent to Suspend Morton Teacher’s Certificate (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/24847499/detail.html

Forecasters Expect Cloudy Weekend in Washington (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012785358_apwalabordayweekendweather.html

Shelton School Superintendent Announces Retirement (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://www.masoncountydailynews.net/news/3155-shelton-superintendent-announces-retirement-

Blast on Gulf Oil Rig Injures One Worker (Washington Post)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/02/AR2010090202733.html

Man in Discovery Channel Hostage Standoff Had Lived in Washington (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/24847425/detail.html

CEOs Who Cut Jobs Got Paid More, Study Says (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/09/01/BU6M1F5PP6.DTL

Lock Down the Ground Wires - Copper prices jump on improved manufacturing (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012778572_apuscommoditiesreview.html

Shelton Highclimbers Learn Lessons From Past Two Seasons - Forced into action as underclassmen, strong senior class gives Highclimbers hope (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/02/1355603/highclimbers-learn-lessons-from.html

Mike Booms at Half Staff - Former KELA/KMNT Personality Russ Mohney Dead at 75 (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?FORMER-KELAKMNT-PERSONALITY-RUSS-MOHNEY-=1&blockID=302088&feedID=410

DIVERSIONS

Longview, Kelso Football Players Smiling in Pink

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/09/01/1354698/longview-kelso-football-players.html

‘Ladies Nights’ OK’d by Appeals Court

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ladies_nights_ok_by_appeals_court_TlblZbvBSpagI0ZNEVwoeP

Washington State Bride-To-Be Arrested for DUI on Her Wedding Day

http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2010-08-22-dui-bride_N.htm

Homeless Man Calls 911 from Hot Tub, Seeks Cocoa

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012784644_apusoddhotchocolate911.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Kool & the Gang - Ladies Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wosgSI5bOx4