Energy News Digest for May 10, 1020

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 Says Low Snowpack Means Revenue Loss (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/93137749.html

Decisions Coming on Radar Ridge Wind Farm Project (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/05/08/local_news/doc4be5117f3dcd6264547146.txt

Biomass Energy Business May be Powering Up “…the Legislature has embraced Washington Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark’s plans to use state forests to supply wood-fed power plants…” (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://www.tdn.com/news/local/article_6bf94516-5b35-11df-b4f3-001cc4c002e0.html

Jefferson County Broadband Grant Application Gets Governor’s Thumbs Up (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100509/news/305099988

Washington Post Columnist - Rep. Norm Dicks Is About to Go from Mr. Boeing to Mr. Spending

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/07/AR2010050703331.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Bonneville Power Administration Says Low Snowpack Means Revenue Loss

·         Drought Portends Eugene Electrical Rate Hikes

·         Lack of Snow May Lead to Bonneville Power Administration Rate Hike

·         Opposition, Low Demand Doom Oregon Natural Gas Terminal

·         Oregon - Bankrupt Liquefied Natural Gas Company Owes Clatsop County $180,000

·         Idaho Power’s Oregon Transmission Plan Angers Residents

·         NorthWest Energy Employee Killed’ - No Warning at All’ in Columbia Falls Natural Gas Explosion

·         California – Pacific Gas & Electric’s PG&E’s Tactics on Community Choice Attacked

·         Tainted Oyster Creek Nuke Plant Water Reaches Major New Jersey Aquifer

·         So, You Want to Invest in Nukes

·         At 6.58 Cents Per kWh North Dakota Has Lowest Residential Electricity Rates (?)

·         How Shale Gas Is Going to Rock the World

·         The Start-Up Pains of a Smarter Electricity Grid

·         A Lag in China’s Nuclear & Hydro Power

·         Plight of the Pacific Lamprey: Is It a Keeper?

·         BPA Renews War on Pikeminnows

·         Cormorants Show Rapid Rise; With Terns Consume 15 Percent of Estuary Juvenile Salmon

·         Thriving Runs of Salmon? They Do Exist…on the Columbia River

·         Seattle Public Utilities Plan for Cedar River Hatchery Replacement on Course

·         Montana - Libby Dam Spill Test for Sturgeon Planned in June

·         New Project, ‘Working Snake River for Washington,’ Launched, Seeks Stakeholder Process

·         Canada - Sea of People Marches to Fight Fish Farms

·         Brightwater Wastewater Plant Estimates Inch Up to Between $1.82 Billion to $1.86 Billion

·         Klamath Farmers Will See Fraction of Water Needs

·         Canada - Environment Minister Has Drought Forecast for Much of British Columbia

·         Capitol Lake Panel Axed By State Legislature

·         Lake Coeur d’Alene Fills to Inches below Summer Level

·         Decisions Coming on Radar Ridge Wind Farm Project

·         Biomass Energy Business May be Powering Up

·         Wisconsin - State Regulators Want Comments on Biomass Project

·         Ohio - FirstEnergy Pressured About Biomass Plans

·         Montana - Bozeman Company Gets Backing for Wind Power Transmission Project

·         Massachusetts - Cape Wind Cuts Key Deal for Sale Wind Turbine Output

·         General Electric & British Columbia’s Private Power Gold Rush

·         Florida - Sun Sets on Solar Rebate Program, Rises on New Incentives

·         Making a Splash: Pacific Gas & Electric Dives Headlong into Wave Power Project

·         Oly Fed Is Building New ‘Green’ Branch in Belfair

·         Ten Ways to Reduce Your Summer Utility Bills

·         Senate Climate Bill to be Rolled out Wednesday

·         Oregon Is an Early & Eager Test Market for Several Electric Car Automakers

·         Student’s Idea Turns Roadsides into Biodiesel Cash Cropland

·         Resort Lights Kill Rare Birds in Hawaii

·         Colorado Marijuana Rules Could Force Truly ‘Green’ Industry in Boulder

·         Olympian Editorial - Scented Products Are So Prevalent, Potent They Are a Public Health Hazard

·         Jefferson County Broadband Grant Application Gets Governor’s Thumbs Up

·         FCC Chief Seeks Regulation of Speedy Internet

·         FCC Chief Promises Light Broadband Touch

·         FCC Study: $62 Billion to Bring Fiber to the Home to the Unserved

·         While US Bickers, Australia Builds National Fiber Network

·         North Carolina Cities, Cable Still at Odds on Broadband Entry

·         How An Unfixed Net Glitch Could Strand You Offline

·         Rep. Norm Dicks Is About to Go from Mr. Boeing to Mr. Spending

·         Shelton: Fred Finn Fundraiser to Kick Off Campaign

·         Elena Kagan Chosen by Obama for Supreme Court

·         Tri-Cities Beating the Nation in Adding New Jobs

·         Olympia City Hall takes shape – Parking?

·         Take This Down: The Craft of Compiling Notes

WORD OF THE DAY

Ad Infinitum • \AD – inn-fuh-NITE-um\ • - adverb or adjective - Without end or limit

“Lather, rinse, repeat: ad infinitum,” read the hopeful shampoo instructions.

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 Says Low Snowpack Means Revenue Loss (Associated Press)

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/93137749.html

Drought Portends Eugene Electrical Rate Hikes - Without a “banner” snow year EWEB expects sharp increases late next year (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/24771317-46/bpa-power-rate-eweb-snowpack.csp

Lack of Snow May Lead to Bonneville Power Administration Rate Hike (Portland Business Journal)

http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/05/03/daily36.html

Opposition, Low Demand Doom Oregon Natural Gas Terminal (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_9b8c4b5a-5b32-11df-9b44-001cc4c002e0.html

Oregon - Bankrupt Liquefied Natural Gas Company Owes Clatsop County $180,000 (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/7262-bankrupt-lng-company-owes-clatsop-county-180000/

Idaho Power’s Oregon Transmission Plan Angers Residents (Baker City Herald, OR)

http://www.bakercityherald.com/Local-News/Idaho-Power-plan-angers-residents

NorthWest Energy Employee Killed’ - No Warning at All’ in Columbia Falls Natural Gas Explosion (The Missoulian, MT)

http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_c4560010-59fe-11df-8e7b-001cc4c03286.html

California – Pacific Gas & Electric’s PG&E’s Tactics on Community Choice Attacked (San Francisco Business Times)

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2010/05/10/story7.html

Tainted Oyster Creek Nuke Plant Water Reaches Major New Jersey Aquifer (Associated Press)

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Tainted-nuke-plant-water-apf-2785445565.html?x=0&.v=4

So, You Want to Invest in Nukes (Wall Street Journal)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704133804575198360938603250.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird

At 6.58 Cents Per kWh North Dakota Has Lowest Residential Electricity Rates (?) (Associated Press)

http://www.ktiv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12451452

How Shale Gas Is Going to Rock the World - Huge discoveries of natural gas promise to shake up the energy markets & geopolitics. And that’s just for starters (Wall Street Journal)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303491304575187880596301668.html?mod=rss_Today%27s_Most_Popular

The Start-Up Pains of a Smarter Electricity Grid (Scientific American)

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=start-up-pains-of-smart-grid

A Lag in China’s Nuclear & Hydro Power (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/a-lag-in-chinas-nuclear-and-hydro-power/

FISH & WILDLIFE

Plight of the Pacific Lamprey: Is It a Keeper? (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/may/07/plight-of-the-pacific-lamprey-is-it-a-keeper/

BPA Renews War on Pikeminnows (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/05/08/1179181/bpa-renews-war-on-pikeminnows.html

Cormorants Show Rapid Rise; With Terns Consume 15 Percent of Estuary Juvenile Salmon in 2009 (Columbia Basin Bullletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/385627.aspx

Thriving Runs of Salmon? They Do Exist…on the Columbia River (Favstocks)

http://www.favstocks.com/thriving-runs-of-salmon-they-do-exist%E2%80%A6/0712271/

Seattle Public Utilities Plan for Cedar River Hatchery Replacement on Course (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011825599_hatchery10m.html?syndication=rss

Montana - Libby Dam Spill Test for Sturgeon Planned in June (Daily InterLake, Kalispell, MT)

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_4b12ce00-598f-11df-99ee-001cc4c03286.html

New Project, ‘Working Snake River for Washington,’ Launched, Seeks Stakeholder Process (Columbia Basin Bulletin)

http://www.cbbulletin.com/385615.aspx

Canada - Sea of People Marches to Fight Fish Farms (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/people+marches+Victoria+fight+fish+farms/3004889/story.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Brightwater Wastewater Plant Estimates Inch Up to Between $1.82 Billion to $1.86 Billion (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011825693_brightwater10m.html?syndication=rss

Klamath Farmers Will See Fraction of Water Needs (Associated Press)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/05/klamath_farmers_will_see_fract.html

Canada - Environment Minister Has Drought Forecast for Much of British Columbia (Victoria Times-Colonist, BC)

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/drought+forecast+Island+good+shape+rain+snow/2999424/story.html

Capitol Lake Panel Axed By State Legislature - Questions remain about mud snails, reverting to estuary (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/05/08/1232186/capitol-lake-panel-axed.html

Lake Coeur d’Alene Fills to Inches below Summer Level (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/may/10/lake-cda-fills-inches-below-summer-level/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Decisions Coming on Radar Ridge Wind Farm Project (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/05/08/local_news/doc4be5117f3dcd6264547146.txt

Biomass Energy Business May be Powering Up “…the Legislature has embraced Washington Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark’s plans to use state forests to supply wood-fed power plants…” (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://www.tdn.com/news/local/article_6bf94516-5b35-11df-b4f3-001cc4c002e0.html

Wisconsin - State Regulators Want Comments on Biomass Project (Associated Press)

http://dailyreporter.com/blog/2010/05/09/state-regulators-want-comments-on-biomass-project/

Ohio - FirstEnergy Pressured About Biomass Plans (Columbus Dispatch, OH)

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2010/05/09/firstenergy-pressured-about-biomass-plans.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101&title=FirstEnergy+pressured+about+biomass+plans

Montana - Bozeman Company Gets Backing for Wind Power Transmission Project (Billings Gazette, MT)

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_e5713064-5aab-11df-83dd-001cc4c002e0.html

Massachusetts - Cape Wind Cuts Key Deal for Sale Wind Turbine Output (Cape Cod Times, MA)

http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100508/NEWS/5080327/-1/NEWSMAP

General Electric & British Columbia’s Private Power Gold Rush (The Tyee)

http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/05/11/GeneralElectricBCPower/

Florida - Sun Sets on Solar Rebate Program, Rises on New Incentives (Orlando Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2010/05/10/story7.html

Making a Splash: Pacific Gas & Electric Dives Headlong into Wave Power Project (Renewable Energy World)

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2010/05/making-a-splash-pg-e-dives-headlong-into-wave-power-project?cmpid=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Oly Fed Is Building New ‘Green’ Branch in Belfair (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/may/07/oly-fed-building-new-green-branch/?partner=RSS

Ten Ways to Reduce Your Summer Utility Bills (US News & World Report)

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-Ways-to-Reduce-Your-Summer-usnews-3196143093.html?x=0

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Senate Climate Bill to be Rolled out Wednesday (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/05/07/07greenwire-senate-climate-bill-to-be-rolled-out-wednesday-65840.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Oregon Is an Early & Eager Test Market for Several Electric Car Automakers (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/05/oregon_is_an_early_and_eager_t.html

Student’s Idea Turns Roadsides into Biodiesel Cash Cropland (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2010-05-10-highwayharvest10_ST_N.htm

Resort Lights Kill Rare Birds in Hawaii (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/05/10/27124.htm

Colorado Marijuana Rules Could Force Truly ‘Green’ Industry in Boulder - City law could require all wind, solar power for dispensaries (Boulder Daily Camera, CO)

http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_15046341#axzz0nUjlCmko

Olympian Editorial - Scented products are so prevalent, potent they are a public health hazard

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/05/10/1233678/scented-products-are-so-prevalent.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Jefferson County Broadband Grant Application Gets Governor’s Thumbs Up (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100509/news/305099988

FCC Chief Seeks Regulation of Speedy Internet (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-05-06-fcc-broadband-rules_N.htm

FCC Chief Promises Light Broadband Touch (Reuters)

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6453OU20100506?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology

FCC Study: $62 Billion to Bring Fiber to the Home to the Unserved (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Study-62-Billion-To-Bring-FTTH-To-The-Unserved-108297

While US Bickers, Australia Builds National Fiber Network (Broadband Reports)

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/While-US-Bickers-Australia-Builds-National-Fiber-Network-108294

North Carolina Cities, Cable Still at Odds on Broadband Entry (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2011828548_apuscapitolletternorthcarolina.html?syndication=rss

How An Unfixed Net Glitch Could Strand You Offline (Associated Press)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100508/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_fragile_internet

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington Post Columnist - Rep. Norm Dicks Is About to Go from Mr. Boeing to Mr. Spending

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/07/AR2010050703331.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns

Shelton: Fred Finn Fundraiser to Kick Off Campaign (Olympian, Wa)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/05/10/1233666/shelton-fred-finn-fundraiser-to.html

GENERAL NEWS

Elena Kagan Chosen by Obama for Supreme Court (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2011826494_apusobamasupremecourt.html?syndication=rss

Tri-Cities Beating the Nation in Adding New Jobs (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/may/09/tri-cities-on-a-roll/

Olympia City Hall takes shape “…It’s not clear where the city’s more than 500 employees will park…the city is studying the issue…” (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/05/10/1233643/city-hall-takes-shape.html

Take This Down: The Craft of Compiling Notes (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2011785777_notes10.html?syndication=rss

DIVERSIONS

Art Official: Painting in Storage May be Raphael’s

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100507/ap_en_ot/eu_italy_maybe_raphael

Crash Victim Turns on Neighbors Who Try to Help Him

http://www.kirotv.com/news/23486019/detail.html

Autistic Girl Wins Suit over Lunch Thefts - Teacher’s Aide Stole Girl’s Money for Nearly Two Months

http://www.kirotv.com/news/23488555/detail.html

FBI: Ohio Woman Tried to Rob Bank with Cop in Line - Woman Attempted to Eat Note after Seeing Officer in Line

http://www.kirotv.com/news/23474255/detail.html

SONG OF THE DAY

Lena Horne - Maybe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS0rF4VovC0

Lena Horne (RIP) - Stormy Weather

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo