The Energy News Digest: 10/26/10

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Energy News Digest for October 26, 2010

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Grays Harbor PUD Crews Spot Housefire, Act (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2085

Port Townsend Paper Biomass Project Given Green Light by Ecology - The order also sets stricter pollution limits for the upgraded boiler than the mill’s current limit (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101026/news/310269994/port-townsend-paper-biomass-project-given-green-light-by-ecology

Proposals to Expand Columba Basin Irrigation to be Released (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013255916_apwacolumbiariverwater1stldwritethru.html

Mason County PUD 3 Smart Grid Project Featured in Time Magazine - PUD 3, Allyn Technology Group, Grid Mobility & the Bonneville Power Administration (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3636-pud-3-project-featured-in-time-magazine

Petition Filed to Recall Port of Shelton Commissioner Jay Hupp (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3640-petition-filed-to-recall-port-of-shelton-commissioner-jay-hupp

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

· Grays Harbor PUD Crews Spot Housefire, Act

· Potlatch Power Line Explosion & Fire – Tacoma Power Transmission Lines

· Jacobs Receives Contract from Bonneville Power Administration to Provide Construction Administration & Inspection Services

· California - Welds Put Most of Pacific Gas & Electric Pipelines at Risk of Failure

· Navajos Hope to Shift from Coal to Wind & Sun

· Hydroelectric & Irrigation Dam May Hold Promise for Peace in Wild Pakistan Region

· New Jersey - PSE&G Customers Could Win a Ford Fiesta by Enrolling in Paperless Billing

· Idaho - Anglers Lose Crowds, Find Bountiful Runs on Salmon River

· Idaho - Funds Sought for Clark Fork Delta Restoration; Possible Assistance from Bonneville Power Administration

· Baby Seals Saved, Returned to Wild - Then What? Scientists Now Track Them

· Serving Up Feathered Bait to Attract Ecosystem Data

· Proposals to Expand Columba Basin Irrigation to be Released

· Chehalis River Basin - Which Properties Will New Flood-Control Authority Include?

· Hood Canal: One of Puget Sound’s Most Scenic Places...And Most Troubled

· Smelter Aftermath - Public Hearing Thursday on Alcoa Monitoring Plan

· Port Townsend Paper Biomass Project Given Green Light by Ecology

· Biomass Facility at The Evergreen State College Protested in Olympia

· Wisconsin - Construction Starts on Madison Biomass Power Plant

· Mojave Desert - US Approves Solar Project in Desert, the Largest Planned on Public Lands

· Wind Turbine Giant Vestas Cuts 3,000 Jobs

· Canada - Wind: The New Nuclear

· Editorial – Massachusetts: Mass. Study: Fuel, Conservation, Anti-Pollution Rules Add Up

· Could Yellowstone Power My Home? The Pros & Cons of Geothermal Energy

· Mason County PUD 3 Smart Grid Project Featured in Time Magazine

· Report Says ‘Green’ Product Claims Are Often Misleading

· 100 Mbps DSL is Here & 800 Mbps is Around the Corner

· Chinese Telecom Giant in Push for US Market

· White House Forms Federal Committee on Internet, Privacy Policy

· Tourism Bureaus Use Social Sites to Promote Sights

· Washington Political Strategist Under Fire for Donor Disclosure

· Murray-Rossi Race Draws $12M in Independent Spending

· Clallam Treasurer Candidates Take Off Gloves in Final Forum; $617,000 Embezzlement at Issue

· Petition Filed to Recall Port of Shelton Commissioner Jay Hupp

· South Kitsap Woman Shot by Her 4-Year-Old Son

· Trees, Floods Hit South Sound Streets

· Oregon’s Wasco County Designated Disaster Area After Cold, Wet Spring

· CWU Students Sickened by ‘Four Loko’ Alcohol/Caffeine Drink

· State Planning for Future of Green Mountain, Tahuya Forests

WORD OF THE DAY

Lethargic • \luh-THAR-jick\ • Adjective - 1: of, relating to, or characterized by lethargy: sluggish 2: indifferent, apathetic

“Lethargic as the word of the day?” grunted the editor in his morning stupor. “Sure, why not,” he murmured as his hammy hand pounded the “snooze button” on his clock-radio for the fifth time.

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

Grays Harbor PUD Crews Spot Housefire, Act (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2085

Potlatch Power Line Explosion & Fire – Tacoma Power Transmission Lines (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/your-news/105718693.html

Jacobs Receives Contract from Bonneville Power Administration to Provide Construction Administration & Inspection Services (Yahoo! Finance)

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Jacobs-Receives-Contract-from-prnews-3465063494.html?x=0&.v=1

California - Welds Put Most of Pacific Gas & Electric Pipelines at Risk of Failure (SF Chronicle)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/24/MNC31G03P5.DTL

Navajos Hope to Shift from Coal to Wind & Sun (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/science/earth/26navajo.html

Hydroelectric & Irrigation Dam May Hold Promise for Peace in Wild Pakistan Region (Bloomberg News)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013257360_dam26.html

New Jersey - PSE&G Customers Could Win a Ford Fiesta by Enrolling in Paperless Billing (Electric Energy Online)

http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=142718

FISH & WILDLIFE

Idaho - Anglers Lose Crowds, Find Bountiful Runs on Salmon River (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/oct/24/upstream-steelhead/

Idaho - Funds Sought for Clark Fork Delta Restoration; Possible Assistance from Bonneville Power Administration (Bonner County Daily Bee, Sandpoint, ID)

http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/news/local/article_2d75b5aa-df23-11df-91b3-001cc4c03286.html

Baby Seals Saved, Returned to Wild - Then What? Scientists Now Track Them (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013257220_seal26m.html

Serving Up Feathered Bait to Attract Ecosystem Data (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/science/26raptor.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Proposals to Expand Columba Basin Irrigation to be Released (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013255916_apwacolumbiariverwater1stldwritethru.html

Chehalis River Basin - Which Properties Will New Flood-Control Authority Include? (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/10/26/1416016/which-properties-will-new-flood.html

Hood Canal: One of Puget Sound’s Most Scenic Places...And Most Troubled (Seattle Post-Globe, WA)

http://seattlepostglobe.org/2010/10/25/hood-canal-one-of-puget-sounds-most-scenic-places-and-most-troubled

Smelter Aftermath - Public Hearing Thursday on Alcoa Monitoring Plan (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/oct/26/public-hearing-thursday-alcoa-monitoring-plan/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101026/news/310269994/port-townsend-paper-biomass-project-given-green-light-by-ecology

Biomass Facility at The Evergreen State College Protested in Olympia (KBKW Radio, Aberdeen, WA)

http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2082

Wisconsin - Construction Starts on Madison Biomass Power Plant (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/business/105716338.html

Mojave Desert - US Approves Solar Project in Desert, the Largest Planned on Public Lands (Associated Press)

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/26/3131671/kamala-harris-lodges-fppc-complaint.html

Wind Turbine Giant Vestas Cuts 3,000 Jobs (British Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11625339

Canada - Wind: The New Nuclear (National Post, Canada)

http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Wind+nuclear/3715963/story.html

Editorial – Massachusetts: Mass. Study: Fuel, Conservation, Anti-Pollution Rules Add Up, $9.8B for ‘Green’ Effort (Boston Herald, MA)

http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view/20101026utility_ratepayers/

Could Yellowstone Power My Home? The Pros & Cons of Geothermal Energy (Slate Magazine)

http://www.slate.com/id/2271717/

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Mason County PUD 3 Smart Grid Project Featured in Time Magazine - PUD 3, Allyn Technology Group, Grid Mobility & the Bonneville Power Administration (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3636-pud-3-project-featured-in-time-magazine

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Report Says ‘Green’ Product Claims Are Often Misleading (USA Today)

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2010/10/green-product-claims/1?csp=34money

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

100 Mbps DSL is Here & 800 Mbps is Around the Corner (GigaOM)

http://gigaom.com/2010/10/25/100-mbps-dsl/

Chinese Telecom Giant in Push for US Market (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/26/technology/26telecom.html

White House forms federal committee on Internet, privacy policy (Washington Post)

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/10/obama_admin_forms_federal_comm.html

Tourism Bureaus Use Social Sites to Promote Sights (Associated Press)