The Energy News Digest: 07/01/10

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Energy News Digest for July 1, 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

Jefferson County Milestone: PUD Signs Power Pact with Bonneville Power Administration (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100701/news/307019996/jefferson-milestone-pud-signs-power-pact-with-bonneville

Puget Sound Energy Names Kimberly Harris New President (Puget Sound Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2010/06/28/daily29.html

Seafood Watch Program Further Defines Which Salmon to Avoid - Drew a distinction between Oregon-caught salmon from the Columbia River (a “good alternative” because Columbia fish stocks are in moderately healthy condition) & salmon from the Sacramento River (Examiner.com)

http://www.examiner.com/x-54816-Seafood-Examiner~y2010m6d30-Seafood-Watch-Program-further-defines-which-salmon-to-avoid

Clark County Mulling Downtown Vancouver Biomass Plant - Commissioners OK $225K feasibility study (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/jul/01/county-mulling-downtown-biomass-plant-commissioner/

2009 Sees No Growth in CO2; First Time since 1992 (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012254131_apeunetherlandsco2emissions.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

· Jefferson County Milestone: PUD Signs Power Pact with Bonneville Power Administration

· Puget Sound Energy Names Kimberly Harris New President

· Pennsylvania - Duquesne Light Names Richard Riazzi President & CEO

· Chelan Port Wants Power-Rate Cuts for Industry

· Edmonds Pot Raid Stuns Neighbors - Growers stole electricity fromSnohomish PUD

· Portland General Electric - Tempers Sizzling over Plan for New Power Lines

· Avista Rate Hikes Would Hit Older Idahoans the Hardest

· Montana Denies NorthWestern’s Rate Hike Request

· Cantwell: Energy Bill Coming, But How Strong?

· Grant PUD Starts Archeology Project - Part of relicensing requirements

· Colorado - Xcel Switches on Hybrid Solar-Coal Power Plant

· Florida – State Committee Axes Two More Members Who Rejected Electricity Rate Hikes

· Seafood Watch Program Further Defines Which Salmon to Avoid – Columbia Salmon OK

· Greenpeace Flying Blimp over Costco to Draw Attention to Fish-Buying Practices

Canada

- Observers Cautious on Potential Big Sockeye Run

· “The Other Red Meat” - Pork Industry Defeats Copycat Salmon Slogan

· Great Lakes - Lawmakers Seek to Speed Efforts to Stop Asian Carp

· Feds Consider Birth Control for Oregon’s Wild Horses

· At the New York Harbor School, Growing Oysters for Credit

· Bonneville Power Administration Explains Rationale behind Lake Pend Oreille Level Request

· Municipal Wells in Klamath Basin Town Run Dry

· Clark County Mulling Downtown Vancouver Biomass Plant

· Wood-Fired Power Plant - ADAGE Provides More Answers to Questions from May Forum

· Oregon - A Pilot Project Pays Customers to Generate Solar Power

· From Wave to Hydro to Biomass - Oregon Grants $158,000 for Renewable Energy Studies

· SW Washington Renewables Plan Starts Now

· Op/Ed - Renewable Energy Can be an Economic Engine

· Nevada - Costs of Renewable Energy Will be Disclosed after State Ruling

· Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance to Deliver Technical Assistance for Federal Energy Efficiency ARRA Grantees

· 2009 Sees No Growth in CO2; First Time since 1992

Senate Candidate Says California Climate Law is Killing Jobs

· Arctic Could be a Tipping Point for Warming

· For $13.5 Million LOTT Clean Water Alliance Goes Green in New Office

· Editorial - Garbage Argument: Burn, Bury, or Recycle?

· Swiss Team Postpones Solar Plane Night Flight

· Man-Made Global Warming Started With Ancient Hunters

· Into the Great Green Beyond

· Clearwire to Launch Faster Service in Yakima Valley

· Baker City Data Center Job Requires Some Heavy Lifting

· Editorial - The Price of Broadband Politics

· Is Broadband a Basic Right?

Finland

Says Yes!

· Microsoft Hangs Up on Poor-Selling Kin Phones

· Mason County Video Voters’ Guide – Meet the Candidates

· Washington State Income Tax Initiative Steps Closer to Ballot

· Builders Turn in 340,000 Signatures for Workers’ Comp Initiative

· Poll Points to Murray - Rossi Senate Showdown

· Op/Ed - State Faces Fiscal Day of Reckoning for State Employee Contracts

· Pacific Northwest Drivers Using More Gasoline

· Portland Police Re-Opening Gore Investigation

· Snoqualmie Pass - Missing Hiker Found Dead With Dog Sitting at His Side

· Washington State Sued over Exemption of British Columbia Residents from Sales Tax

WORD OF THE DAY

Apostasy • \uh-PAWSS-stuss-ee\ • noun - 1: renunciation of a religious faith 2: abandonment of a previous loyalty

Mr. Bronte’s secret apostasy was revealed almost by accident. As the quality control agent in charge of label glue at the canned vegetable factory, he had complete charge of the colorful paper that heralded the nationally recognized brands over the generic beans and corn that issued from his company. Unbeknownst to his overseers, he had been paid millions under the table to switch the labels when the two product lines diverged. He was caught “red handed” by one of the canning specialists during the Wednesday run of sliced beets.

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

Jefferson County Milestone: PUD Signs Power Pact with Bonneville Power Administration (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100701/news/307019996/jefferson-milestone-pud-signs-power-pact-with-bonneville

Puget Sound Energy Names Kimberly Harris New President (Puget Sound Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2010/06/28/daily29.html

Pennsylvania - Duquesne Light Names Richard Riazzi President & CEO (Pittsburgh Business Times)

http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2010/06/28/daily34.html

Chelan Port Wants Power-Rate Cuts for Industry - Stressed they don’t want to lure data centers (Wenatchee World, WA)

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/jun/30/chelan-port-wants-power-rate-cuts-for-industry/

Edmonds Pot Raid Stuns Neighbors - Growers stole electricity from the Snohomish PUD by illegally tapping into power lines (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100701/NEWS01/707019904

Portland General Electric - Tempers Sizzling over Plan for New Power Lines (Clackamas Review, OR)

http://www.clackamasreview.com/news/story.php?story_id=127784696753119000

Avista Rate Hikes Would Hit Older Idahoans the Hardest (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=137056

Montana Denies NorthWestern’s Rate Hike Request (Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9GLMJH00.htm

Cantwell: Energy Bill Coming, But How Strong? (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/212986.asp

Grant PUD Starts Archeology Project - Part of relicensing requirements (Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, WA)

http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/news/local/article_a421f14d-9f50-5dda-979a-59d1b748391d.html

Colorado - Xcel Switches on Hybrid Solar-Coal Power Plant (Denver Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2010/06/28/daily40.html

Florida – State Committee Axes Two More Members Who Rejected Electricity Rate Hikes (St Petersburg Times, FL)

http://www.tampabay.com/news/committee-axes-two-more-psc-members-who-balked-at-electricity-rate-hikes/1106191

FISH & WILDLIFE

http://www.examiner.com/x-54816-Seafood-Examiner~y2010m6d30-Seafood-Watch-Program-further-defines-which-salmon-to-avoid

Greenpeace Flying Blimp over Costco to Draw Attention to Fish-Buying Practices (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012249240_costcoseafood01.html

Canada

- Observers Cautious on Potential Big Sockeye Run (Tri-City News, BC)

http://www.bclocalnews.com/tri_city_maple_ridge/tricitynews/news/97524419.html

“The Other Red Meat” - Pork Industry Defeats Copycat Salmon Slogan (Courthouse News Service)

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/07/01/28544.htm

Great Lakes - Lawmakers Seek to Speed Efforts to Stop Asian Carp (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012244449_apusasiancarpgreatlakes.html

Feds Consider Birth Control for Oregon’s Wild Horses (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/06/_blm_plan_could_dramatically_c.html

At the New York Harbor School, Growing Oysters for Credit (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/dining/30harbor.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Bonneville Power Administration Explains Rationale behind Lake Pend Oreille Level Request (Bonner County Bee, Sandpoint, ID)

http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/articles/2010/06/29/news/doc4c26c5361c6fb564692242.txt

Municipal Wells in Klamath Basin Town Run Dry (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

http://news.opb.org/article/7749-municipal-wells-klamath-basin-town-run-dry/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Clark County Mulling Downtown Vancouver Biomass Plant - Commissioners OK $225K feasibility study (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/jul/01/county-mulling-downtown-biomass-plant-commissioner/

Wood-Fired Power Plant - ADAGE Provides More Answers to Questions from May Forum (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/2585-adage-provides-more-answer-to-questions-not-answered-may-27th

Oregon - A Pilot Project Pays Customers to Generate Solar Power (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/06/a_pilot_project_starting_thurs.html

From Wave to Hydro to Biomass - Oregon Grants $158,000 for Renewable Energy Studies (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2010/06/oregon_grants_158000_for_renewable_energy_study.html

SW Washington Renewables Plan Starts Now - Expert on siting such energy facilities says region must look to future (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/jul/01/renewables-plan-starts-now/

Op/Ed - Renewable Energy Can be an Economic Engine (Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio)

http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/06/renewable_energy_can_be_an_eco.html

Nevada - Costs of Renewable Energy Will be Disclosed after State Ruling (Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV)

http://www.lvrj.com/business/costs-of-renewable-energy-will-be-disclosed-after-puc-ruling-97519169.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance to Deliver Technical Assistance for Federal Energy Efficiency ARRA Grantees (Sacramento Bee, CA)

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/06/30/2860429/northwest-energy-efficiency-alliance.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

2009 Sees No Growth in CO2; First Time since 1992 (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012254131_apeunetherlandsco2emissions.html

Senate Candidate Says California Climate Law is Killing Jobs (Associated Press)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hWADm_mtEucB70EkgjBRt29WaJbgD9GLVPRG1

Arctic Could be a Tipping Point for Warming (

USA

Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/06/arctic-could-be-a-tipping-point-for-warming/1?csp=34tech

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

For $13.5 Million LOTT Clean Water Alliance Goes Green in New Office - Building uses recycled materials, vegetated roofs & efficient lighting (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/07/01/1290975/lott-goes-green-in-new-office.html

Editorial - Garbage Argument: Burn, Bury, or Recycle? (The Tyee,

Canada

)

http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/07/01/GarbageArgument/

Swiss Team Postpones Solar Plane Night Flight (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2012251253_apeuswitzerlandsolaradventure.html

Man-Made Global Warming Started With Ancient Hunters (R&D Magazine)

http://www.rdmag.com/News/Feeds/2010/06/environment-man-made-global-warming-started-with-ancient-hunte/

Into the Great Green Beyond (NY Times)

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/into-the-big-green-beyond/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS