The Energy News Digest: 01/14/10

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Energy News Digest for January 14, 2010

Energy News Digest for January 14, 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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TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

· Okanogan Electric Coop Says River Flows Played Part in Spiking Methow Electric Rates

· It’s the Law – Mason PUD 3 Urges Safety around Construction and Repair Projects

· Hearing On Proposed Utah Nuke Plant Zeroes In On Water Needs

· Kansas Utility Files New Application For Coal Plant

· Coal Ash Fallout - Tennessee Valley Authority Says It May Need A Year To Prepare Case

· Army Corps of Engineers Proposes To Rehab Columbia River Bar Jetties

· Washington Cities, Counties Discover Misconnected Pipes

· Port Angeles - Local Mill Part Of Green Energy Project

· Secretary Of Interior Salazar To Decide On Planned Cape Cod Wind Farm

· Thoroughly Modern Meters Give Real-Time Power Use

· Wenatchee World Editorial - Quincy Ranks Best In The West

· Sprint May Mount WiMax Towers On Wal-Marts

· Yahoo backs Google's response to China hackers

· Washington Post Editorial - Google vs. China

· HP, Microsoft Team Up On $250M Effort To Make Cloud Computing Easier

· Forecast Of Heavy Mountain Rain Triggers Flood Watch

· How $500,000 In Clallam County Money Was Stolen Over Five Years

· Moses Lake - Project Chinook Is A BMW Parts Manufacturer

· Peace Group Sues Over Military Infiltration

· Legalizing, Taxing Pot Bills Attract Large Crowd

WORD OF THE DAY

Parvenu • \PARR-venn-you\ • noun – One that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it

The “Filmways Production” staff was stumped. What future wags would call the “first hog out of the pen” in the Hooterville trilogy had no name. One snooty, overeducated staffer sniffed that it should be called ‘Parvenus of the Prairie,’ while his cohorts were leaning towards the eventual name ‘Beverly Hillbillies.’ We know who won this mud-rasslin’ match, and our popular culture was all the richer for it.

(‘Petticoat Junction’ and ‘Green Acres’ soon followed.)

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

Okanogan Electric Coop Says River Flows Played Part in Spiking Methow Electric Rates (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jan/13/co-op-says-river-flows-played-part-in-spiking/

It’s the Law – Mason PUD 3 Urges Safety around Construction and Repair Projects (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=663

Hearing On Proposed Utah Nuke Plant Zeroes In On Water Needs (Salt Lake Tribune, UT)

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_14172842?source=rss

Kansas Utility Files New Application For Coal Plant (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/01/13/financial/f125522S42.DTL

Coal Ash Fallout - Tennessee Valley Authority Says It May Need A Year To Prepare Case (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010781132_apustvaashspilltennessee.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Army Corps of Engineers Proposes To Rehab Columbia River Bar Jetties (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010785934_apwacolumbiabarjetties1stldwritethru.html

Washington Cities, Counties Discover Misconnected Pipes (NW Public Radio)

http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=6669

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Port Angeles - Local Mill Part Of Green Energy Project (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.konp.com/local/5410

Secretary Of Interior Salazar To Decide On Planned Cape Cod Wind Farm (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010782185_apuswindfarmdecision.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Thoroughly Modern Meters Give Real-Time Power Use (Los Angeles Times, CA)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2010/01/smart-meters-give-realtime-power-use.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Wenatchee World Editorial - Quincy Ranks Best In The West

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jan/13/quincy-ranks-best-in-the-west/

Sprint May Mount WiMax Towers On Wal-Marts - using the stores to bypass the usual zoning and municipal hurdles could prove very useful (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Sprint-May-Mount-WiMax-Towers-On-Walmarts-106374

Yahoo backs Google's response to China hackers

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010781770_apustecyahoochina.html

Washington Post Editorial - Google vs. China

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/13/AR2010011302908.html

HP, Microsoft Team Up On $250M Effort To Make Cloud Computing Easier (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_14179931

GENERAL NEWS

Forecast Of Heavy Mountain Rain Triggers Flood Watch (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/weather/22235584/detail.html

How $500,000 In Clallam County Money Was Stolen Over Five Years (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100114/news/301149994