The Energy News Digest: 06/09/10

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Energy News Digest for June 9, 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

Goldmark Says DNR Will Appeal Okanogan PUD Transmission Line Decision (Omak Chronicle, WA – Wait a minute: Goldmark owns a ranch in the area? Hmmmm)

http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n100609b.shtml

Jefferson PUD Board to Meet Friday, Poised to Sign Electrical System Purchase Deal (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=27076

Columbia Plateau Aquifer Levels Dropping (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012068210_apwadeclininggroundwater.html?syndication=rss

Editorial - Wind Not Sole Answer to Power Needs “…the state Legislature must revise I-937 to list hydro as renewable energy…” (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/jun/09/wind-not-sole-answer-to-power-needs/

Still No Sign of Missing Olympia Man on Mount Rainier (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/06/09/1265722/still-no-sign-of-olympia-man-on.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

· Goldmark Says DNR Will Appeal Okanogan PUD Transmission Line Decision

· Over Condemnation Issue - McKenna, Goldmark Battle over Trust Lands Court Case

· Jefferson PUD Board to Meet Friday, Poised to Sign Electrical System Purchase Deal

· Okanogan PUD - American Utility Continues to Study Similkameen Dam Option

· Chelan PUD Plan Predicts Solvent Days

· Snohomish PUD Reports Theft of Copper Wire

· Odessa Natural Gas Incident - Regulators Recommend Avista be Fined over Explosion

· California – Pacific Gas & Electric-backed Prop. 16 faltering at the polls – Would increase vote margin for creating public utilities

· Natural Gas & Oil Drilling - Wyoming Approves ‘Fracking’ Disclosure Rules

· Coal’s Share of Energy Use Rises as Natural Gas Falls

· Colorado - Xcel Urges Conservation Following Denver Substation Fire

· Editorial - Sea Lion Strategy Should be Continued

· Montana - Water from Libby Dam to Help Sturgeon

· Montana - Diverse Groups Pitch Bull Trout Plan to Energy Council

· Judge: Cattle Cannot Muddy Oregon Steelhead Streams

· Alaska Says Its Beluga Whales Aren’t Endangered

· Columbia Plateau Aquifer Levels Dropping

· Grays Harbor County Won’t Back Chehalis River Dams Yet

· Oregon Environmentalists Worry About Rush of Suction-Dredging Gold Miners

· Snowmelt-Swollen Rivers Plague Wyoming, Colorado

· Beaver Dam Breaks, Floods Road, Buildings near Snoqualmie

· California EPA Motion over Emissions Involves Oregon & Washington

· Stephen Colbert Makes Bing Donate $100K for Oil Spill

· Biomass - Port of Shelton Commission Discusses ADAGE Advisory Ballot

· Biomass Power Plants Could be Affected Under Proposed EPA Ruling

· Editorial - Wind Not Sole Answer to Power Needs

· For Solar Panels - Fluor Finishes Work on REC’s Plant 4

· California - Utilities Crank up the Power in Race to be Green

· Utah Governor Gary Herbert Says Free Market Will Supply Clean Energy

· Op/Ed - Europe Energized

· SunPower to Build 9.1-Megawatt Solar Plant in

Spain

· Why Wait for a Climate Bill, General Electric Argues

· Daylong Conference Examines the “Going Green” Movement

· City of Portland, General Electric Team Up on Green Tech

· Challenge for Electric Cars: Charging Stations

· Huzzah! Minnesota Plant Will Produce Fertilizer from Wind

· State of Hawaii Gives Hawaiian Electric Co. OK to Purchase Renewable Biodiesel

· Microsoft Launches Office Web Apps to Repel Google Apps

· Mason County Candidate Filings

· Budget Cuts Make Washington Only State without Board to Decide Place Names

· Still No Sign of Missing Olympia Man on Mount Rainier

· Spokane Popcorn Lover Sues after Contracting Rare Disease

· GM recalls 1.5M cars - Hot windshield fluid could cause fires

· Exceptions to Washington Cell Phone Driving Law

· Would-Be Clallam County Prosecutor Arrested at SeaTac Airport

· Newly Discovered Comet Visible in Morning Sky

WORD OF THE DAY

Green-Eyed Monster • \c’mon, you can pronounce this one!\ • noun - Jealousy, envy

Monica strode purposefully into the party, intent on one thing: cooling the passions of the “green-eyed monster” that had taken up residence in her belly after seeing her philandering boyfriend chatting up another woman at the office. A bucketful of well-aimed ice water lent by a sympathetic bartender descried a perfect arc across the dance floor; it’s deluge soaking the cheating boyfriend…cooling his misdirected passions, and satisfactorily killing the monster inside her.

Shakespeare - The evil Iago plants doubts in Othello’s mind about his wife’s faithfulness, while advising him:

“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!

It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.”

(Othello, Act 3, Scene 3

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

Goldmark Says DNR Will Appeal Okanogan PUD Transmission Line Decision (Omak Chronicle, WA – Wait a minute: Goldmark owns a ranch in the area? Hmmmm)

http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n100609b.shtml

Over Condemnation Issue - McKenna, Goldmark Battle over Trust Lands Court Case (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2012062921_mckennagoldmarkbattleovertrustlandscourtcase.html

Jefferson PUD Board to Meet Friday, Poised to Sign Electrical System Purchase Deal (Port Townsend Leader, WA)

http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=27076

Okanogan PUD - American Utility Continues to Study Similkameen Dam Option (Keremeos Review, BC)

http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/keremeosreview/news/95914314.html

Chelan PUD Plan Predicts Solvent Days (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jun/08/chelan-pud-plan-predicts-solvent-days/

Snohomish PUD Reports Theft of Copper Wire (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100609/NEWS01/706099813/-1/news01

Odessa Natural Gas Incident - Regulators Recommend Avista be Fined over Explosion (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jun/08/regulators-recommend-avista-be-fined-over-explosio/

California – Pacific Gas & Electric-backed Prop. 16 faltering at the polls – Would increase vote margin for creating public utilities (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/09/BAN71DSGNK.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea

Natural Gas & Oil Drilling - Wyoming Approves ‘Fracking’ Disclosure Rules (Associated Press)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g2xNT133bYTXr2wiLuabI5ONi1swD9G7CTBG0

Coal’s Share of Energy Use Rises as Natural Gas Falls (Bloomberg News)

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-09/coal-s-share-of-energy-use-rises-as-natural-gas-falls-update1-.html

Colorado - Xcel Urges Conservation Following Denver Substation Fire (Associated Press)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5huoZIofeoeDy9BRcM-YsnuapMPZwD9G79QE81

FISH & WILDLIFE

Editorial - Sea Lion Strategy Should be Continued (Daily Astorian, OR)

http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=71053

Montana - Water from Libby Dam to Help Sturgeon (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012059510_apwalargestfishdying.html?syndication=rss

Montana - Diverse Groups Pitch Bull Trout Plan to Energy Council

http://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/article_ba017828-7377-11df-9d04-001cc4c03286.html

Judge: Cattle Cannot Muddy Oregon Steelhead Streams (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012062925_aporgrazingsteelhead.html?syndication=rss

Alaska Says Its Beluga Whales Aren’t Endangered (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/06/09/27929.htm

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Columbia Plateau Aquifer Levels Dropping (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012068210_apwadeclininggroundwater.html?syndication=rss

Grays Harbor County Won’t Back Chehalis River Dams Yet (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/06/08/local_news/doc4c0e845b84a27474673937.txt

Oregon Environmentalists Worry About Rush of Suction-Dredging Gold Miners (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2010/06/oregon_environmentalists_worry.html

Snowmelt-Swollen Rivers Plague Wyoming, Colorado (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012059685_apuswesternfloods1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

Beaver Dam Breaks, Floods Road, Buildings near Snoqualmie (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Dam-breaks-floods-road-near-Snoqualmie-95973279.html

California EPA Motion over Emissions Involves Oregon & Washington (Portland Business Journal - Sacramento Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2010/06/07/daily13.html

Stephen Colbert Makes Bing Donate $100K for Oil Spill (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/210083.asp?source=pimail

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Biomass - Port of Shelton Commission Discusses ADAGE Advisory Ballot (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/2372-port-of-shelton-commission-discusses-adage-advisory-ballot-

Biomass Power Plants Could be Affected Under Proposed EPA Ruling (Penn Energy)

http://www.pennenergy.com/index/power/renewable-generation/display/6081920247/articles/powergenworldwide/renewables/biomass/2010/06/Boiler-MACT-proposed.html

Editorial - Wind Not Sole Answer to Power Needs “…the state Legislature must revise I-937 to list hydro as renewable energy…” (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/jun/09/wind-not-sole-answer-to-power-needs/

For Solar Panels - Fluor Finishes Work on REC’s Plant 4 (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/articles/2010/06/08/news/doc4c0ec0c20158d739100433.txt

California - Utilities Crank up the Power in Race to be Green (Sacramento Business Journal)

http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/othercities/sacramento/stories/2010/06/07/focus1.html

Utah Governor Gary Herbert Says Free Market Will Supply Clean Energy (Deseret News, Salt Lake City, UT)

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700038681/Utah-Gov-Gary-Herbert-says-free-market-will-supply-clean-energy.html

Op/Ed - Europe Energized (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/opinion/09iht-edhill.html

SunPower to Build 9.1-Megawatt Solar Plant in

Spain

(San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15252747

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Why Wait for a Climate Bill, General Electric Argues (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/why-wait-for-a-climate-bill-ge-argues/?partner=rss&emc=rss

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Daylong Conference Examines the “Going Green” Movement (Aberdeen Daily World, WA)

http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2010/06/08/local_news/doc4c0e8490672b7953572392.txt

City of Portland, General Electric Team Up on Green Tech (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/7538-city-portland-ge-team-green-tech/

Challenge for Electric Cars: Charging Stations (Bloomberg News)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/07/BUBB1DPDHQ.DTL&feed=rss.business

Huzzah! Minnesota Plant Will Produce Fertilizer from Wind (Associated Press)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j68RUoIynhMwWfGW14dDaAesd8XAD9G7KD8O0

State of Hawaii Gives Hawaiian Electric Co. OK to Purchase Renewable Biodiesel – To be used at a new 110-megawatt combustion turbine generator unit (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012059996_aphihecorenewableenergy.html?syndication=rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Microsoft Launches Office Web Apps to Repel Google Apps (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/210072.asp?source=pimail

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Mason County Candidate Filings (Mason County Auditor)

http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/mason/Elections/Pages/CandidateFilings.aspx

Budget Cuts Make Washington Only State without Board to Decide Place Names (Crosscut Seattle)

http://crosscut.com/2010/06/08/mossback/19875/Danger--This-way.-Washington-state-deregulates-place-names/

GENERAL NEWS

Still No Sign of Missing Olympia Man on Mount Rainier (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/06/09/1265722/still-no-sign-of-olympia-man-on.html