Energy News Digest for November 23, 2009

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.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• 11,000 Lose Power after Storm Hammers Pacific County
• Seattle’s Power Price Jolt - Electricity-Rate Increase Sparks Fears for Some Firms
• Idaho Power’s Cloud Seeding Efforts Keep Water Flowing over Dams
• “Green Jobs” Likely in Idaho, Perhaps Driven by More Hydro Power
• Setbacks Stall Finish of China’s Massive Dam Project
• California - Utility Shut-Offs Soar for Poor Pacific Gas & Electric Customers
• Help With Heating Bills Late To Arrive This Year
• Much-Discussed ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ Slow To Arrive
• Higher Wyoming Rates - Don’t Blame Wind, Officials Say
• Rocky Mountain Power - Utility chief talks challenges at Wyoming Forum
• California Utility Wins OK for More Transmission
• Poised for Powerful Growth
• Redden Letters Pose Procedural, Substantive Questions for Monday’s BiOp Hearing
• Federal Judge Takes Third Swing at NW Salmon Plan
• Oregonian Op/Ed - Pact Marks Joint Effort to Go Forward for Northwest Fish
• Daily News Editorial - No Reason to Drag out Salmon Fight
• Arguing, Still, Over Columbia River Dams
• Salmon Debate: Learning the Lessons of the Pahsimeroi River
• Save the Salmon by Eating Salmon
• Grant PUD Fish Plan Raises Natural Questions
• Fish Aren’t Out Of Water
• Salmon Center Embraces New Belfair Farm Home
• California - Bid to Rejuvenate Salmon Will Protect Trees near Streams
• Frozen Salmon over Fresh? Why, It’s Better for the Planet That Way
• California Fisherman Arrested in Sea Lion Shooting
• Great Lakes - Asian Carp May Have Breached Electronic Barrier
• Tap water beats bottled in Oregon environmental study
• First Flows from San Joaquin River Restoration Stop below Mendota Dam
• As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways
• Bio-Fuel Growth Raises Concerns about Forests
• Wind Blades Fall In School Yard
• The Answer Is Blowing In the (Small) Wind
• BC Hydro Advances 36 Hydroelectric Projects in Clean Power Call
• Report Suggests Public Wants ‘Go Slow’ Approach on Wave Energy in Northwest
• Markey Proposes Renewable Energy Tax Credit for Utilities
• Energy Efficiency Stimulus Funds Coming for Grays Harbor Cities
• It Will Take Three Cities To Change These Light Bulbs
• Energy Codes & the WA State Building Code Council
• How Will California’s New TV Energy Standards Affect You?
• NY Saves $3.1 Million in Energy Efficiency Program
• Kettering Engineer Cuts Power Use in Open Coolers
• Hackers Leak E-Mails, Stoke Climate Debate
• Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute
• In the Trenches on Climate Change, Hostility among Foes
• Outlook: Extreme - As the Planet Warms, Look for More Extremes
• What’s the greenest way to get home for Thanksgiving?
• California Recycling Program Is On the Rocks
• City Of Eugene Seeks To Sustain ‘Green’ Manager’s Future
• U.S., Internet’s Inventor, Lags in Web Access
• Spain Declares Broadband A Legal Right
• FCC Hints At Return to Open Access
• Broadband over Powerline’s Poster Child Pulling the Plug
• Google’s Past Failures Offer Perspective on Chrome OS Release
• Survey Shows Data Theft on the Rise
• California Police Arrest Woman, 20, in Killing of Belfair Native
• New Tahuya River Bridge Nears Completion
• Spokane, Cda Residents Get Head Start on Snow Supplies
• Tumwater Takes Steps to Curb Light Pollution
• State Pays Connell $11 Million for Prison Impact
• Judge Says July 4 Fireworks Don’t Need Environmental Review
• Little Creek Casino Gets New Chief Executive, GM
• Schafer-Lake Sylvia park meeting draws 40
• Washington Wine Named Best In the World
• Colorado to Review Governor’s Taxpayer-Paid Lobbyists Practice

WORD OF THE DAY

Forlorn • \fore-LORNE\ • Adjective – 1a: bereft, forsaken b: sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion: desolate 2: being in poor condition: miserable, wretched 3: nearly hopeless

Add a dash of a cheating girlfriend; a broken down pickup truck; a forlorn landscape with swirling dust; a six-pack of warm beer…shake vigorously, and you have an instant country music song.

WEATHER

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

11,000 Lose Power after Storm Hammers Pacific County (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/71055757.html

Seattle’s Power Price Jolt - New Year’s Electricity-Rate Increase Sparks Fears for Some Firms (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/23/story1.html?ana=from_rss

Calling Burt Lancaster - Idaho Power’s Cloud Seeding Efforts Keep Water Flowing over Dams - and may save you money (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/localnews/story/978705.html

“Green Jobs” Likely in Idaho, Perhaps Driven by More Hydro Power, State Agency Says (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/environment/story/981073.html

Setbacks Stall Finish of China’s Massive Dam Project (National Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120291176&ft=1&f=10

California - Utility Shut-Offs Soar for Poor Pacific Gas & Electric Customers (SF Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/20/MNEL1ANIO7.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea

Help With Heating Bills Late To Arrive This Year (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091123/NEWS01/711239916/-1/rss02

Much-Discussed ‘Nuclear Renaissance’ Slow To Arrive (Oregon Public Radio)
http://news.opb.org/article/6255-much-discussed-nuclear-renaissance-slow-arrive/

Higher Rates - Don’t Blame Wind, Officials Say - Contention is that renewable portfolio standards in other states are driving up rates in Wyoming, where there is no such requirement (Caspar Tribune, WY)
http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_af78e2cb-a668-5ecd-8106-e6623cafb774.html

Rocky Mountain Power - Utility chief talks challenges at Wyoming Forum (Wyoming Business Report)
http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/article.asp?id=103088

California Utility Wins OK for More Transmission (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2024463020091120

Poised for Powerful Growth - MYR Group sees stimulus boost for firm’s electrical transmission work (Chicago Sun Times, IL)
http://www.suntimes.com/business/pincus/1898922,CST-FIN-pincus23.article

FISH & WILDLIFE

Redden Letters Pose Procedural, Substantive Questions for Monday’s BiOp Hearing (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/365822.aspx

Federal Judge Takes Third Swing at NW Salmon Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Federal-judge-takes-third-swing-at-NW-salmon-plan-70714902.html

Oregonian Op/Ed - Pact Marks Joint Effort to Go Forward for Northwest Fish
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/11/pact_marks_joint_effort_to_go.html

Daily News Editorial - No Reason to Drag out Salmon Fight
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/22/editorial/doc4b088c4ced0ca097751034.txt

Arguing, Still, Over Columbia River Dams (Crosscut Seattle)
http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/19201/

Salmon Debate: Learning the Lessons of the Pahsimeroi River (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/LocalNews/story/983340.html

Save the Salmon by Eating Salmon (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/412524_joel23.html?source=rss

Grant PUD Fish Plan Raises Natural Questions (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/21/fish-plan-raises-natural-questions/

Fish Aren’t Out Of Water - Dave Brown’s Wild Fish Rescue transports first load to Salmon Creek (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091122/NEWS02/711229957/

Salmon Center Embraces New Belfair Farm Home (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/22/salmon-center-embraces-new-farm-home/?partner=RSS

California - Bid to Rejuvenate Salmon Will Protect Trees near Streams (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2341714.html

Frozen Salmon over Fresh? Why, It’s Better for the Planet That Way (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/frozen_salmon_over_fresh_why_i.html

California Fisherman Arrested in Sea Lion Shooting (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010326960_apussealionshooting.html?syndication=rss

Great Lakes - Asian Carp May Have Breached Electronic Barrier (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010319812_apusasiancarp.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Tap Water Beats Bottled In Oregon Environmental Study (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_environmental_study_fin.html

First Flows from San Joaquin River Restoration Stop below Mendota Dam (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/2340633.html

As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways (NT Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/us/23sewer.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Bio-Fuel Growth Raises Concerns about Forests (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010334503_apusforestsasfuel.html?syndication=rss

Wind Blades Fall In School Yard - Children sent home after 50ft turbine collapsed (Press & Journal, UK)
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1492247?UserKey=

The Answer Is Blowing In the (Small) Wind (Wall Street Journal – OK, only 15 cents for Bob Zimmerman this time)
http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/11/20/the-answer-is-blowing-in-the-small-wind/?mod=rss_WSJBlog

BC Hydro Advances 36 Hydroelectric Projects in Clean Power Call (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/bc-hydro-advances-36-hydroelectric-projects-in-clean-power-call?cmpid=rss

Report Suggests Public Wants ‘Go Slow’ Approach on Wave Energy in Northwest (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/365815.aspx

Markey Proposes Renewable Energy Tax Credit for Utilities (The Coloradoan)
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091123/NEWS01/91122008/Markey-proposes-renewable-energy-tax-credit-for-utilities

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Energy Efficiency Stimulus Funds Coming for Grays Harbor Cities (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/11/20/local_news/doc4b06e00548068478332486.txt

It Will Take Three Cities To Change These Light Bulbs - Stimulus-funded project will save energy (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091122/NEWS02/711229967/

Energy Codes & the WA State Building Code Council - Boldly going where legislators fear to tread (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-28764-Seattle-Green-Building-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Energy-Codes-and-the-WA-State-Building-Code-Council--Boldly-going-where-legislators-fear-to-tread

How Will California’s New TV Energy Standards Affect You? (Christian Science Monitor)
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/11/20/how-will-californias-new-tv-energy-standards-affect-you/

NY Saves $3.1 Million in Energy Efficiency Program (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/22/financial/f100947S54.DTL&feed=rss.business

Kettering Engineer Cuts Power Use in Open Coolers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010330452_apmicoolconservation1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Hackers Leak E-Mails, Stoke Climate Debate - Hackers posted hundreds of private e-mails & documents online - stoking debate over whether some scientists have overstated the case for man-made climate change (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010324598_apeuclimatehackedemails.html?syndication=rss

Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/science/earth/21climate.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

In the Trenches on Climate Change, Hostility among Foes - Stolen e-mails reveal venomous feelings toward skeptics (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/21/AR2009112102186.html?nav=rss_email/components

Outlook: Extreme - As the planet warms, look for more floods where it’s already wet & deeper drought where water is scarce (National Geographic)
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/04/changing-rains/kolbert-text/1

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Trains vs. Planes vs. Automobiles - What’s the greenest way to get home for Thanksgiving? (Slate Magazine)
http://www.slate.com/id/2236185/?from=rss

California Recycling Program Is On the Rocks - Program of recycling beverage bottles & cans mired in debt & litigation (Sacramento Bee, CA)
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2340449.html

City Of Eugene Seeks To Sustain ‘Green’ Manager’s Future (Eugene Register Guard, OR)
http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/23365440-46/story.csp

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

U.S., Internet’s Inventor, Lags in Web Access
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120652957

Spain Declares Broadband A Legal Right - Everyone must get 1 Mbps service by 2011 (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Spain-Declares-Broadband-A-Legal-Right-105578

FCC Hints At Return to Open Access - Companies are of course, annoyed (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Hints-At-Return-To-Open-Access-105589

Broadband over Powerline’s Poster Child Pulling the Plug - Years later BPL’s proponents have gone, but shoddy city network remains (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Broadband-Over-Powerlines-Poster-Child-Pulling-The-Plug-105576

Google’s Past Failures Offer Perspective on Chrome OS Release (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/21/googles-past-failures-offer-perspective-on-chrome-os-release/

Survey Shows Data Theft on the Rise (Boston Business Journal)
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/11/23/daily1.html?ana=from_rss

GENERAL NEWS

California Police Arrest Woman, 20, in Killing of Belfair Native (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/20/california-police-arrest-woman-20-killing-belfair-/?partner=RSS

New Tahuya River Bridge Nears Completion (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/19/new-tahyua-river-bridge-nears-completion/?partner=RSS

Spokane, Cda Residents Get Head Start on Snow Supplies (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/20/spokane-cda-residents-get-head-start-snow-supplies/

Tumwater Takes Steps To Curb Light Pollution - Requires most new, replaced outdoor lights to be shielded & directed downward (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1046070.html

State Pays Connell $11 Million for Prison Impact (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010336629_apwaconnellprison.html?syndication=rss

Judge Says July 4 Fireworks Don’t Need Environmental Review (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=244949

Little Creek Casino Gets New Chief Executive, GM (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1044485.html

Schafer-Lake Sylvia park meeting draws 40 (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1046083.html

Washington Wine Named Best In the World (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/185845.asp?source=pimail

Colorado to Review Taxpayer-Paid Lobbyists Practice - Governor paid $1.1 million to lobby state lawmakers (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9140664

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

College Students Arrested for Not Paying Tip
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20091119_College_students_arrested_for_not_paying_tip.html

Man Uses Excavator in Destructive Rampage
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21673933/detail.html?treets=sea&tid=2653595907813&tml=sea_12pm&tmi=sea_12pm_1_02000211202009&ts=H

Group Decries Saturated Fat in Movie Popcorn
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010308573_apusfeafoodfattypopcorn.html

Sneakin’ Lizards! Reptile Smuggler Arrested At LAX
http://www.examiner.com/a-2332823~Sneakin__Lizards__Reptile_smuggler_arrested_at_LAX.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

Canadian Woman Loses Benefits over Facebook Photo
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010328471_apcncanadafacebookinsurance.html?syndication=rss

SONG OF THE DAY

Popcorn - Hot Butter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N4ckFN96-k

Energy News Digest for November 20, 2009

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.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Weather Likely to Let Up a Little
• Power still out for many Clallam PUD customers
• Grays Harbor Weathers Trio of Storms
• BPA Failure Knocks Out Power Thursday
• BPA Proposal for New High-Voltage Line Draws Heat
• FERC OKs Stimulus for Montana-Alberta Power Line
• Reward Offered in Eugene Substation Break-in, Fire
• Vermont Critics Renew Campaign Against Nuclear Plan Relicense
• Portland Judge Has Questions about Obama’s Salmon Plan
• Naches Landslide - Saving Young Fish from Dying Channel
• Chehalis River Flood Authority Asks for $2.3 Million
• High Hopes for Nestle Water Bottling Plant in Columbia River Gorge
• Solar Power - Walla Walla-Area Community Power Project in Early Stages
• Fire Damages Power Turbine at Colville Mill
• National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind
• Seeking Wind Energy, Some Consider the Sea
• Solar Energy Plant at Kennedy Space Center Generates Jobs
• Company Breaks Ground on ‘Flywheel’ Energy-Storage Plant
• BPA Rebate Available for Clearlight 40W LED NEMA Type 5 Lamp
• Energy Use Becomes Part of TV-Buying Equation
• Google Says It Doesn’t Want to Be a Utility
• Tumwater Man Accused of Stealing Comcast Traffic
• FCC Discusses Barriers to National Broadband Plan
• Broadband economics: How I’ll save $700
• Google Chrome OS to Launch in a Year
• Google Says PC Will Start in Seven Seconds or Less
• Wikipedia, iPhone Among Decade’s Top 10 Internet Moments
• Boeing Breaks Ground for Historic South Carolina Plant
• Oregon State Economist Declares Recession Over
• Goldmark Is Already Running…For 2012
• Suit Accuses Hartford Courant of Plagiarism

WORD OF THE DAY

Anachronism • \uh-NAK-ruh-niz-um\ • noun - 1: an error in chronology; especially: a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other *2: a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially: one from a former age that is incongruous in the present

The infinite number of simian secretaries hunched over their keyboards, the soft tapping of their efforts sounding like muffled microwave popcorn popping somewhere in the distance. “Someday, one of my minions will create a masterpiece,” grunted the monkey king to his assistant. “Except for THAT one,” he indicated with his gnarled, hairy paw. One ancient, grizzled monkey was banging away at a Royal Standard typewriter, the harsh hammering of the keys on the platen a startling anachronism in the room full of humming technology. “All I can get out of him are status reports.”

WEATHER

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

Weather Likely to Let Up a Little - Storms: It’s expected to be bad, but not as bad (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1043148.html

Power still out for many Clallam PUD customers (KONP Radio, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.konp.com/local/5279

Grays Harbor Weathers Trio of Storms (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/11/20/local_news/doc4b06e0359ec51721930022.txt


BPA Failure Knocks Out Power Thursday (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)
http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=100360&SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48

BPA Proposal for New High-Voltage Line Draws Heat (Associated Press)
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_bpa_line_comments.html?source=mypi

FERC OKs Stimulus for Montana-Alberta Power Line (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5AI45V20091119

Reward Offered in Eugene Substation Break-in, Fire (KEZI-TV, Eugene, OR)
http://kezi.com/page/149737

Vermont Critics Renew Campaign Against Nuclear Plan Relicense (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010316622_apusvermontyankeetownmeeting.html?syndication=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Portland Judge Has Questions about Obama’s Salmon Plan (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/portland_judge_has_questions_a.html

Naches Landslide - Saving Young Fish from Dying Channel (Yakima Herald Republic, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/19/saving-young-fish-from-dying-channel

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Chehalis River Flood Authority Asks for $2.3 Million - Money Running Out; Funds Only Cover Expenditures through Mid-2010 (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/11/20/news/doc4b06e1647dd1a553117521.txt

High Hopes for Nestle Water Bottling Plant in Columbia River Gorge (KGW-TV, Portland, OR)
http://www.kgw.com/news/business/Water-Bottling-Plant-Planned-for-Columbia-River-Gorge-70584047.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Solar Power - Walla Walla-Area Community Power Project in Early Stages (Walla Walla Union Bulletin, WA)
http://www.union-bulletin.com/articles/2009/11/19/local_news/091119local06solar.txt

Fire Damages Power Turbine at Colville Mill (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/20/fire-damages-power-turbine-at-mill/

National Grid Again Rejects High Costs of Offshore Wind (Environmental Leader)
http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/20/national-grid-again-rejects-high-costs-of-offshore-wind/

Seeking Wind Energy, Some Consider the Sea (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/business/energy-environment/19WIND.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Solar Energy Plant at Kennedy Space Center Generates Jobs (Florida Today)
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20091120/NEWS01/911200321/1006/Energy+plant+a+jolt+for+workers

Company Breaks Ground on ‘Flywheel’ Energy-Storage Plant (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2009/11/19/19greenwire-company-breaks-ground-on-flywheel-energy-storag-4436.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

BPA Rebate Available for Clearlight 40W LED NEMA Type 5 Lamp (Earth Times)
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/bpa-rebate-available-for-clearlight-40w-led-nema-type-5-lamp,1056376.shtml

Energy Use Becomes Part of TV-Buying Equation (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/retailreport/2010312806_retailreport20.html

Google Says It Doesn’t Want to Be a Utility (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/google-we-dont-want-to-be-a-utility/

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Tumwater Man Accused of Stealing Comcast Traffic (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/news/story/1043149.html

FCC Discusses Barriers to National Broadband Plan - One major issue has to do with the Universal Service Fund (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10400725-266.html?tag=nl.e703

Broadband economics: How I’ll save $700 (C/NET News)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-10401291-266.html?tag=nl.e703

Google Chrome OS to Launch in a Year (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/185712.asp?source=pimail

Google Says PC Will Start in Seven Seconds or Less (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE5AI4UQ20091120?feedType=nl&feedName=usmorningdigest

Wikipedia, iPhone Among Decade’s Top 10 Internet Moments (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5AI3O720091119?feedType=nl&feedName=ustechnology

GENERAL NEWS

Boeing Breaks Ground for Historic South Carolina Plant (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Boeing-breaking-ground-for-historic-SC-plant-70616352.html

Oregon State Economist Declares Recession Over (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_state_economist_declare.html

Goldmark Is Already Running…For 2012 (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/archives/185713.asp?source=pimail

Suit Accuses Hartford Courant of Plagiarism (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/business/media/20paper.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

M-W Dictionary Crowns ‘Admonish’ Word of Year - New Oxford American Dictionary Chooses ‘Unfriend’ As Word of Year
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21661179/detail.html

Man Who Claimed Disability Spotted Working on TV Show
http://www.kirotv.com/money/21670455/detail.html

New Bremerton High Track Too Narrow, Bumpy
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_bremerton_bumpy_track.html?source=pimail

Fun with Duct Tape Leads to Hospitalization for Belfair Student
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/18/fun-with-duct-tape-leads-to-hospitalization-for/

SONG OF THE DAY

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who’ll Stop the Rain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIPan-rEQJA&NR=1

Energy News Digest for November 19, 2009

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.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Nov 19 - After Overnight Storm PUD 3 Restores Electricity to Nearly 1,800 Customers
• Region Smacked Again; Stormy Streak to Continue Thursday
• Concern over Bonneville Power Line Amps Up
• Washington State Opposes Puget Sound Energy Rate Hike
• PUD Eyes Electrical Rates Increase for Lewis County
• Voices of the Past: Power for the People
• Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Proposal: Two Decisions Favorable
• A wreath for a cause - Northern Wasco PUD gets creative for the winter heating season
• Natural Gas Stocks Grow To New Record High
• Colorado Lawmakers Ask Congress to Limit Energy Bill
• Nuclear Options: Build More Nukes, or Work Existing Ones Harder?
• US Coal Industry Stakes Survival on Carbon Capture
• Transformer Maker to Open First US Site in Colorado
• To Build a Smart Grid, Start With Smart Meters
• World Bank Says Africa Needs More Hydropower
• A Surplus of Energy That Might Even Last
• Wahkiakum County Commissioners Take Issue with Wildlife Official’s Gillnet Comments
• Clog in Sewer Plan - Costs Rising As Brightwater Repair Hits New Snag
• After Outcry over Foreign Investors, Two Companies Shift Their Texas Wind Turbine Plans
• How Much Green is Too Much? Never underestimate the potential of NIMBYism
• Colorado - Going Green without Offending the Neighbors
• Chelan PUD Approves Rebates for Windows, Insulation
• California Now Requires TVs to be More Energy-Efficient
• Weatherization - ‘Cash for Caulkers’: The Details
• Seas Grow Less Effective at Absorbing Emissions
• Carbon Market Clouded By Uncertainty
• Feds Award $3.1 M to Northwest for Green Jobs
• Companies Call Government Incentives the Key to Green
• Microsoft’s Windows Azure Cloud-Computing Platform Goes Live Jan. 1
• Why Every ISP Needs a Fiber-to-the-Home Network
• AOL To Cut a Third of Staff
• FCC Imposes Shot Clock On Permitting Wireless Tower Builds
• New York Says Verizon Lagging On DSL/Landline Repairs
• Unemployment Rate Up in Mason County
• Hood Canal - Dolphins, Sea Lions Will Provide Security at Naval Base Kitsap
• $867K for Montana Tribe on Hold after State Audit
• SF Chronicle Op/Ed - Are Cell Phones, Grid the Next Cigarettes?
• Where to Call or Click in Case of Kitchen Disaster

WORD OF THE DAY

Littoral • \LIT-uh-rul\ • adjective - Of, relating to, or situated or growing on or near a shore especially of the sea

“Sneaker waves are just that,” shouted Abigail to her ill-fated friend as they were buffeted by littoral winds sending their hair flying like streamers as they watched the pounding surf hit the shore.

WEATHER

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

Nov 19 - After Overnight Storm PUD 3 Restores Electricity to Nearly 1,800 Customers (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=628

Region Smacked Again; Stormy Streak to Continue Thursday (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70446862.html

Concern over Bonneville Power Line Amps Up - BPA extends comment period after complaints (The Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091119/NEWS02/711199958/-1/news

Washington State Opposes Puget Sound Energy Rate Hike (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/16/daily25.html

PUD Eyes Electrical Rates Increase for Lewis County - Costs Rising: Green Power Provision Pushing Electrical Rates Higher (The Chronicle, Centralia, WA)
http://www.chronline.com/articles/2009/11/18/news//doc4b043afb3d2b3590136755.txt

Voices of the Past: Power for the People (Vancouver Voice)
http://www.vanvoice.com/article/20335-voices+past+power+people

Oregon Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Proposal: Two Decisions Favorable (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010303819_aporlngterminal1stldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

A wreath for a cause - Northern Wasco PUD gets creative for the winter heating season (Dalles Chronicle, OR)
http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/news/2009/11/news11-18-09-01.shtml

Natural Gas Stocks Grow To New Record High (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010307109_apusnaturalgasstorage.html?syndication=rss

Colorado Lawmakers Ask Congress to Limit Energy Bill (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010298336_apuscoloradoenergybill.html?syndication=rss

Nuclear Options: Build More Nukes, or Work Existing Ones Harder? (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/18/nuclear-options-build-more-nukes-or-work-existing-ones-harder/

US Coal Industry Stakes Survival on Carbon Capture (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUSN1041984720091118

Transformer Maker to Open First US Site in Colorado (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010303032_apustransformercompanycolorado.html?syndication=rss

To Build a Smart Grid, Start With Smart Meters (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/business/energy-environment/19METER.html

World Bank Says Africa Needs More Hydropower (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2009/11/world-bank-africa-needs-more-hydropower?cmpid=rss

A Surplus of Energy That Might Even Last (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/business/energy-environment/19SURPLUS.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Wahkiakum County Commissioners Take Issue with Wildlife Official’s Gillnet Comments (Daily News, Longview, WA)
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2009/11/19//area_news/doc4b04a8da52081429688438.txt

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Clog in Sewer Plan - Costs Rising As Brightwater Repair Hits New Snag (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010291437_brightwater18m.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

After Outcry over Foreign Investors, Two Companies Shift Their Texas Wind Turbine Plans (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/business/energy-environment/18wind.html?_r=2

How Much Green is Too Much? Never underestimate the potential of NIMBYism to throw a wrench in new energy projects (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/18/nimby-how-much-green-is-too-much/

Colorado - Going Green without Offending the Neighbors (Estes Park Trail Gazette, CO)
http://www.eptrail.com/ci_13808443

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Chelan PUD Approves Rebates for Windows, Insulation (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/18/chelan-pud-approves-rebates-for-windows-insulation/

California Now Requires TVs to be More Energy-Efficient (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010298552_apuscaliforniatvenergy.html?syndication=rss

Weatherization - ‘Cash for Caulkers’: The Details (NY Times)
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/cash-for-caulkers-the-details/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Seas Grow Less Effective at Absorbing Emissions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/science/earth/19oceans.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Carbon Market Clouded By Uncertainty - The offices of London’s carbon trading companies are a little quieter than usual (BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8364397.stm

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Feds Award $3.1 M to Northwest for Green Jobs (KEPR-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)
http://www.keprtv.com/news/local/70416062.html

Companies Call Government Incentives the Key to Green (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/business/energy-environment/19CLEAN.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Microsoft’s Windows Azure Cloud-Computing Platform Goes Live Jan. 1 (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/microsoft/2010291493_microsoft18.html

Why Every ISP Needs a Fiber-to-the-Home Network (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/18/why-every-isp-needs-a-fiber-to-the-home-network/

AOL To Cut a Third of Staff (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091119/BIZ/711199790/-1/RSS03

FCC Imposes Shot Clock On Wireless Tower Builds - 90 day limit to states &municipalities to approve or deny tower sharing requests, and 150 day limit to act on new tower placement requests. (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-Imposes-Shot-Clock-On-Wireless-Tower-Builds-105562

New York Says Verizon Lagging On DSL/Landline Repairs - Timely repair rate at seven year low (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/NY-PSC-Verizon-Lagging-On-DSLLandline-Repairs-105553

GENERAL NEWS

Unemployment Rate Up in Mason County (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)
http://masoncountydailynews.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=658:unemployment-rate-up-in-mason-county&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Hood Canal - Dolphins, Sea Lions Will Provide Security at Naval Base Kitsap (Associated Press)
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21653885/detail.html

$867K for Montana Tribe on Hold after State Audit (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010305417_apuslittleshellaudit.html?syndication=rss

SF Chronicle Op/Ed - Are Cell Phones, Grid the Next Cigarettes?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/18/EDG91AM0PF.DTL&feed=rss.opinion

Where to Call or Click in Case of Kitchen Disaster (Associated Press)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/18/where-to-call-or-click-in-case-of-kitchen-disaster/

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

On This Day: President Lincoln Delivers Gettysburg Address
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/November/President-Lincoln-Delivers-Gettysburg-Address.html

Leggo my Eggo! Kellogg fights waffle shortage
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010299357_apuseggoshortage.html?syndication=rss

Lost man drives nine hours to get newspaper
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5AH48D20091118

What’s in a name? More than you might think
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE5AG4BJ20091117

SONG OF THE DAY

BJ Thomas - Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYEvz0oniCM

Energy News Digest for November 18, 2009

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.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Another Storm Heading for Washington
• Port Townsend Paper, BPA Agree to 14-Month Power Supply
• Clark Public Utilities Strives to Hold Rates Steady
• Puget Sound Energy May Get Smaller Rate Hike than Sought
• Oregon Governor Orders Review of State’s Energy Tax Credits
• Long-Awaited Pipeline Funnels Natural Gas across Eight States
• DOE’s Non-Performance on Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs Billions
• Sacramento Utility Accuses Banks of Rigging Sales of Municipal Derivatives
• Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan
• Columbia River Spring Chinook Decision Process Explained
• Canada - Where have all the salmon gone?
• Idaho, Avista Trade Land - Swap will help restore bull trout, utility says
• Asotin County Public Hearings Address PUD Sewer Transfer, Transportation Plan
• Tacoma Water Will Cost More
• City of Portland Still Fighting EPA Over Bull Run Water
• Water Use Is Lower Than It Was 30 Years Ago
• State panels favors new wind farm near Ellensburg
• Comin’ to Boardman - Colorado Company Starts Work on Biofuel Facility
• Green Wave Energy Trying to Turn Wind Power Market on Its Axis
• Wind Farms 20 Pct of Australia New Power Projects
• Blown Away: Wind Power Keeps Growing in Texas
• Gore: US Has Lost Its Lead in Solar, Wind Technology
• US Energy Dept. Walks the Walk With Smart Building
• Earning a Profit by Ending Energy Waste
• Senate to Put off Climate Bill until Spring
• Al Gore Answers Questions about Climate Change
• Associated Press Poll Shows That Sometimes It Isn’t Easy Being Green
• Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions
• Microsoft’s Cloud Computing System Is Growing Up
• Microsoft’s Bing Gets Close to 10% Market Share
• Utah - Own Your Own Fiber: Utopia Tinkers With A Slightly Different Model
• Frontier Fires Up Verizon Acquisition PR Campaign
• The End of the Broadband Buffet Is Nigh
• Verizon Again Hints At Metered Billing
• Highway 101 Now Open Near Lilliwaup
• Oregon Coast Recovering From Strong Storm
• North Cascades Highway Closes for Winter
• Wash. Unemployment Rate Up Slightly to 9.3 Percent
• Study redefines inland impacts of coastal megaquake
• Costco Nixes Coke Products over Pricing Dispute
• Study Says Washington Is Nation’s 11th-Healthiest State

WORD OF THE DAY

Boondoggle • \BOON-dog-gull\ • noun – 1: a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts as a neckerchief slide, hatband, or ornament 2: a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graft

The business auditor was intrigued by the seeming endless staple removal project being carried on by a sharp looking accountant near the Finance Officer’s suite. “We assigned the new guy to the boondoggle task of removing staples from documents bound for recycling,” explained the executive. “That was after we found that his accounting degree was from the ‘Maynard G. Krebs’ online university. He can do much less damage in his present position.”

WEATHER

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

Another Storm Heading for Washington (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010295183_apwastorm.html?syndication=rss

Port Townsend Paper, BPA Agree to 14-Month Power Supply - By December 2010, county’s largest industry must make new plan (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=25658

Clark Public Utilities Strives to Hold Rates Steady - Board weighs $388 million electric budget (Columbian, Vancouver, WA)
http://columbian.com/article/20091118/NEWS02/711189952/

Puget Sound Energy May Get Smaller Rate Hike than Sought (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/959096.html

Oregon Governor Orders Review of State’s Energy Tax Credits (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/11/governor_orders_review_of_ener.html

Long-Awaited Pipeline Funnels Natural Gas across Eight States (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010295167_apusrockiesexpress.html?syndication=rss

DOE’s Non-Performance on Nuclear Fuel Storage Costs Billions (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mnEnergy/idUS248398660520091117

Sacramento Utility Accuses Banks of Rigging Sales of Municipal Derivatives (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/business/18muni.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5jFe2gWPiUHtkpljSSfJsFbe5KwD9C1CFS00

Columbia River Spring Chinook Decision Process Explained (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2009/11/columbia_river_salmon_predicti.html

Canada - Where have all the salmon gone? The Humber River was teeming with this year’s run. But salmon populations are declining elsewhere in Canada, leading many to question whether that will always be the case (Global Post, Canada)
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/canada/091117/where-have-all-the-salmon-gone

Idaho, Avista Trade Land - Swap will help restore bull trout, utility says (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/18/idaho-avista-trade-land/

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Asotin County Public Hearings Address PUD Sewer Transfer, Transportation Plan (KLEW-TV, Lewiston, ID)
http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/70241862.html

Tacoma Water Will Cost More (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/959129.html

City of Portland Still Fighting EPA Over Bull Run Water (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
http://news.opb.org/article/6235-city-still-fighting-epa-over-bull-run-water/

Water Use Is Lower Than It Was 30 Years Ago (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120527440&ft=1&f=3

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

State panels favors new wind farm near Ellensburg (Yakima Herald Tribune, WA)
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/11/17/state-panels-favors-new-wind-farm

Comin’ to Boardman - Colorado Company Starts Work on Biofuel Facility (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010295283_apuscellulosicethanol.html?syndication=rss

Green Wave Energy Trying to Turn Wind Power Market on Its Axis (Los Angeles Times, CA)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-smallbiz-greenwave17-2009nov17,0,7969097.story

Wind Farms 20 Pct of Australia New Power Projects (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5AH2QN20091118

Blown Away: Wind Power Keeps Growing in Texas (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/11/17/blown-away-wind-power-keeps-growing-in-texas/

Gore: US Has Lost Its Lead in Solar, Wind Technology (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/412396_JOELNOV18.html?source=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

US Energy Dept. Walks the Walk With Smart Building – Now, about those other DOE facilities (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286906_apusonesmartbuilding.html?syndication=rss

Earning a Profit by Ending Energy Waste (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/realestate/commercial/18retrofit.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Senate to Put off Climate Bill until Spring (Wall Street Journal)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125850693443052993.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us

Al Gore Answers Questions about Climate Change (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010291286_webgore17m.html?syndication=rss

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Associated Press Poll Shows That Sometimes It Isn’t Easy Being Green (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010287491_apusappollenvironment.html?syndication=rss

Paying More for Flights Eases Guilt, Not Emissions (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/science/earth/18offset.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Microsoft’s Cloud Computing System Is Growing Up (Associated Press)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=242681

Microsoft’s Bing Gets Close to 10% Market Share (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/16/daily17.html

Utah - Own Your Own Fiber: Utopia Tinkers With A Slightly Different Model (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Own-Your-Own-Fiber-105545

Frontier Fires Up Verizon Acquisition PR Campaign - Promising rural users ‘next generation’ upgrades (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Frontier-Fires-Up-Verizon-Acquisition-PR-Campaign-105538

The End of the Broadband Buffet Is Nigh (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/17/the-end-of-the-broadband-buffet-is-nigh/

Verizon Again Hints At Metered Billing - And again tries to suggest that ‘it’s only fair’ (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Again-Hints-At-Metered-Billing-105548

GENERAL NEWS

Highway 101 Now Open Near Lilliwaup (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=25656

Oregon Coast Recovering From Strong Storm (Associated Press)
http://www.kndu.com/global/story.asp?s=11525917

North Cascades Highway Closes for Winter (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010291150_apwanorthcascadescloses.html?syndication=rss

Wash. Unemployment Rate Up Slightly to 9.3 Percent (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010287746_apwawashjobless2ndldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

Study redefines inland impacts of coastal megaquake (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70335122.html

Costco Nixes Coke Products over Pricing Dispute (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010290439_apuscostcocoke3rdldwritethru.html?syndication=rss

Study Says Washington Is Nation’s 11th-Healthiest State (Puget Sound Business Journal)
http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/16/daily16.html

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Woman Sues RR for Injuries While Taking Pictures
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286817_apusrailroadlawsuit.html?syndication=rss

Zoo’s ‘Female’ Tortoise Turns Out to Be Male
http://www.kirotv.com/family/21649722/detail.html

‘Captain America’ Wins Rock-Paper-Scissors Title
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_fe_st/odd_rock_paper_scissors_champion;_ylt=AmOwMKnINd8CAhs9nfLhB2ntiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMxNXB1NHJwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMTE4L29kZF9yb2NrX3BhcGVyX3NjaXNzb3JzX2NoYW1waW9uBGNwb3MDMgRwb3MDNARzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawNjYXB0YWluYW1lcmk-

SONG OF THE DAY

Lena Horne - Stormy Weather
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo

Energy News Digest for November 17, 2009

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.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Crews Restoring Power after Storm Blows Through
• PUD 3 restores Electricity to Harstine & Clears Up Scattered, Isolated Outages
• Radar Ridge Project Meetings in Pacific County
• Lewis County PUD Leaning Toward Nine Percent Rate Hike
• Complaints Grow About Pacific Gas & Electric SmartMeters
• NBC Begins ‘Green Week’ With Energy Double Standard
• Groups File Suit to Stop Grand Canyon Uranium Mine
• In London, a New Play Sheds Fresh Light on Enron
• Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative - Give the Gift of Power
• Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan
• California - Judge: Says Feds Must Consider Impacts of Delta Smelt Plan
• Fight on Between Fish Protectors, Alaska Mine Backers
• Study Says Razor Clam Closure Could Cost Coast $22 Million
• Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting Ads Instead
• Boise Company’s Solar Charger May Save Car Battery, Gas Consumption
• Solar Panel Maker SunTech Plans Phoenix-Area Plant
• Demand for Solar Energy Subsidies Puts Stress on New York State Program
• Making a Big Deal of Small Wind
• Wind Backs Up Honolulu Airport Power
• Lake Erie Dissolved Oxygen Problem - New Renewable Energy Resource
• Pilot Project on Bainbridge Would Let Utility Turn Down Volunteers’ Heat
• When Is ‘Cash for Clunker Appliances’ Coming to Seattle?
• Virginia Regulators Say 10 Percent Power Reduction Possible
• Judge Rejects Global Warming as Defense in Auction Case Trial
• Changes in the Climate & a Windier Great Lake
• Dem Senators Demand Climate Bill Changes Favoring Coal-Dependent Utilities
• Regulators File Lawsuit against Alleged ‘Green’ Investment Ponzi Scheme
• Where Can I Juice Up My Ride?
• EPA Has New ‘Green Homes’ Web Site
• Law Review: Green Tech Likely to Keep Growing As Profits Beckon
• Vonage to Settle Investigation Involving 32 States
• Study Shows Airport Wi-Fi Users an Affluent Lot
• Debris Slide Closes US 101 Near Lilliwaup
• 6.6 Quake off British Columbia
• Former Shelton Man a Plaintiff - Mormons, Boy Scouts Sued for Sex Abuse
• Gregoire Won’t Call Special Legislative Session
• Microsoft Co-Founder Allen Diagnosed With Cancer
• Big Bang Machine near Restart after Repairs

WORD OF THE DAY

Flyting • \FLY-ting\ • noun - A dispute or exchange of personal abuse in verse form

While flyting may give you a thrill
It’s fun to make fun until
You get a pink slip
For a slip of the lip
When condemning the boss’s skill

WEATHER

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

Crews Restoring Power after Storm Blows Through (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70271777.html

PUD 3 restores Electricity to Harstine & Clears Up Scattered, Isolated Outages (Mason County PUD No. 3)
http://www.masonpud3.org/newsdisplay.aspx?newsid=624

Radar Ridge Project Meetings in Pacific County (Daily World, Aberdeen, WA)
http://www.thedailyworld.com/articles/2009/11/16/local_news/doc4b01a3aab6349056257560.txt

Lewis County PUD Leaning Toward Nine Percent Rate Hike (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Lewis-County-PUD-Leaning-Toward-9-Percen=1&blockID=91922&feedID=410

Complaints Grow About Pacific Gas & Electric SmartMeters (San Jose Mercury News, CA)
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13801866

NBC Begins ‘Green Week’ With Energy Double Standard - Anne Thompson advocates bringing rivers back to ‘natural state,’ ironically favors coal power in dam tear-down story (Business & Media Institute)
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2009/20091116123716.aspx

Groups File Suit to Stop Grand Canyon Uranium Mine (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010283105_apusgrandcanyonmining.html?syndication=rss

In London, a New Play Sheds Fresh Light on Enron (Nat’l Public Radio)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120470672

Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative - Give the Gift of Power (Electric Energy Online)
http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&rss=1&id=122735

FISH & WILDLIFE

Judge Raises Concerns over Columbia Salmon Plan (KTVZ –TV, Bend OR)
http://www.ktvz.com/Global/story.asp?S=11517168

California - Judge: Says Feds Must Consider Impacts of Delta Smelt Plan (Associated Press)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/11/16/state/n110548S31.DTL&feed=rss.business

Fight on Between Fish Protectors, Alaska Mine Backers (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010284020_apuswildalaskasalmon.html?syndication=rss

Study Says Razor Clam Closure Could Cost Coast $22 Million (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70212307.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting Ads Instead (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/business/energy-environment/17power.html

Boise Company’s Solar Charger May Save Car Battery, Gas Consumption (Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID)
http://www.idahostatesman.com/business/story/976013.html

Solar Panel Maker SunTech Plans Phoenix-Area Plant (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010281973_apusphoenixsolarplant.html?syndication=rss

Demand for Solar Energy Subsidies Puts Stress on New York State Program (Syracuse Post-Standard, NY)
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/demand_for_solar_energy_subsid.html

Making a Big Deal of Small Wind (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/gwmSmallBusiness/idUS224687887720091116

Wind Backs Up Honolulu Airport Power (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2009-11-17-honolulu-airport-wind-power_N.htm

Lake Erie Dissolved Oxygen Problem - New Renewable Energy Resource (Renewable Energy World)
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/partner/baker-energy/news/article/2009/11/lake-erie-dissolved-oxygen-problem-new-renewable-energy-resource?cmpid=rss

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Pilot Project on Bainbridge Would Let Utility Turn Down Volunteers’ Heat (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/16/pilot-project-on-bainbridge-would-let-utility/

When Is ‘Cash for Clunker Appliances’ Coming to Seattle?
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/412338_clunker16.html

Virginia Regulators Say 10 Percent Power Reduction Possible (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286377_apuselectricityconsumptionvirginia.html?syndication=rss

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Judge Rejects Global Warming as Defense in Auction Case Trial (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010283737_apusnationalparksdrilling.html?syndication=rss

Changes in the Climate & a Windier Great Lake (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/science/17obwind.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Dem Senators Demand Climate Bill Changes Favoring Coal-Dependent Utilities (Examiner.com)
http://www.examiner.com/x-23959-Seattle-Energy-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d16-Dem-senators-demand-climate-bill-changes-favoring-coaldependent-utilities

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Regulators File Lawsuit against Alleged ‘Green’ Investment Ponzi Scheme (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/regulators-file-lawsuit-against-alleged-green-investment-ponzi-scheme/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Where Can I Juice Up My Ride? Makers of electric cars address the shortage of recharging stations (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/16/AR2009111603706.html?nav=rss_email/components

EPA Has New ‘Green Homes’ Web Site (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/epa_has_new_green_homes_web_si.html

Law Review: Green Tech Likely to Keep Growing As Profits Beckon (Philadelphia Inquirer, PA)
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20091117_Law_Review__Green_tech_likely_to_keep_growing_as_profits_beckon.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Vonage to Settle Investigation Involving 32 States (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010283204_apusvonagesettlement.html?syndication=rss

Study Shows Airport Wi-Fi Users an Affluent Lot (GigaOM)
http://gigaom.com/2009/11/17/airport-wi-fi-users-an-affluent-lot-study/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

GENERAL NEWS

Debris Slide Closes US 101 Near Lilliwaup (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Debris-slide-closes-US-101-near-Lilliwaup-70276302.html

6.6 Quake off British Columbia (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=242385

Former Shelton Man a Plaintiff - Mormons, Boy Scouts Sued for Sex Abuse (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010283327_apwamormonsexabusewash.html?syndication=rss

Gregoire Won’t Call Special Legislative Session - Despite worsening revenue, governor wants to tackle crisis in 2010 session (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1039128.html

Microsoft Co-Founder Allen Diagnosed With Cancer (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE5AG06I20091117?feedType=nl&feedName=usbusinessearly

Big Bang Machine near Restart after Repairs (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286313_apeuscibigbangmachine.html?syndication=rss

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Washington Redskins Can Keep Team Name; Supreme Court Refuses Native Americans’ Suit
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1116/p02s07-usju.html

Unfriend Is US Dictionary’s 2009 Word of the Year
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010286253_apusoddwordoftheyear.html?syndication=rss

A Growing TV Cover-Up: Obnoxious Pop-Up Promos
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2010286158_apustvpopupinvaders.html?syndication=rss

SONG OF THE DAY

Johnny Cash - How High is the Water Momma?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyZD7eoHZT8

Energy News Digest for November 16, 2009

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.

To subscribe, email jmyer@masonpud3.org

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

• Jefferson PUD Commissioner Dana Roberts Dies
• Benton PUD, City of Richland May Raise Utility Rates
• Portland General Electric’s Coal Dilemma
• Snohomish PUD Works on a Plan for People & Fish
• Tuesday’s ‘Dirty Jobs’ Show to Feature Rocky Reach Dam
• PNGC Power Takes First Resource Action under New Business Model
• Idaho - Power Plant Could Be City-Owned
• Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Coal Plant Deal Nearly Done
• Progress Energy Shutters North Carolina Nuke Plant for Work
• Nuclear Energy High On US Senate’s Climate Agenda
• Natural Gas Producers Say Permit Process Makes Meeting Demand Difficult
• Ninth Circuit Hears Arguments on Killing of California Sea Lions
• Cutthroat Running in the Cowlitz River
• Idaho Welcomes Surge of Sockeyes
• Steelhead Dream Comes True At Last
• Chefs Serve Salmon with Warning on Alaska Fishes’ Future
• California - Judge Says Seals May Stay At San Diego Cove
• Group to Consider Lifting Louisiana Oyster Moratorium
• Alaska Fights to Reverse Polar Bear Listing
• Oregon Pot Raids Find another Problem: Fertilizer Dumped in Streams
• Smelt Becomes Ammo in California Water Wars
• Peninsula Light Company to Enter Power-generating Business
• Talk of Wyoming Wind Tax Whips up Debate
• Montana - For Some, Answer to High Energy Costs is Blowin’ in the Wind
• Is Solar Power Expensive or Competitive?
• Can Solar Or Wind Cut Your Power Bill?
• Research Shows Solar Panel Supply Glut Past Peak
• Maine - Vinalhaven Residents Hope for Lower Electric Rates from Wind Turbines
• Could This Lump Power the Planet?
• Energy Company Hits Biodiesel Jackpot in Seattle Alley
• Choose the Right Light for the Job
• Puget Sound Energy to Present Renewable Energy Options in Port Townsend
• Energy Audits Pay Dividends in Pilot
• ‘Listen Up, Bonehead:’ Smart Grid Prepares to Talk Back
• San Diego Gas & Electric Offering Twinkly Trade-Ins
• Leaders Will Delay Deal on Climate Change
• Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Is Cap-&-Trade Fair?
• Apocalypse Fatigue: Losing the Public on Climate Change
• Farmers vs. Greens: A Fossil Fuel Debate
• Jellyfish Swarm Northward in Warming World
• Pend Oreille Valley Network - Internet Service Provider Wins Fed Grant
• Layoffs be Darned - Oregon Call Center That Got State Aid Will Stay Open
• Utah - Brigham City Approves UTOPIA Proposal
• Re-Opens
• Google’s Secret Chrome Plan for Browser Domination
• Major Players Using Wi-Fi for Marketing
• First of Two Potent Storms Strikes Northwest
• High Winds & Rain Expected Again Tonight
• Early Morning Fatal Shooting in Olympia
• Shelton Hunters’ Detainment by Tribal Police under ‘Careful’ Review
• In Mason County, More Eligible for H1N1 Vaccine
• Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists
• 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower to Peak Tuesday

WORD OF THE DAY

Perspicuous • \per-SPIK-yuh-wus\ • adjective - Plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation

Jimmy Durante was justifiably proud of his show-biz success. “The reason for my perspicuous good fortune is as plain as the nose on my face,” he exclaimed.

WEATHER

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 PUD Commissioner Dana Roberts Dies (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091115/news/311159989

Benton PUD, City of Richland May Raise Utility Rates (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/955541.html

Portland General Electric’s Coal Dilemma - Utility weighs the cost of closing a controversial plant by 2020 (Portland Business Journal)
http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2009/11/16/story10.html?ana=from_rss

Snohomish PUD Works on a Plan for People & Fish - The PUD is renewing a hydropower permit & hopes to improve the Sultan River’s environment & recreation (Everett Herald, WA)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091116/NEWS01/711169890/-1/RSS02

Tuesday’s ‘Dirty Jobs’ Show to Feature Rocky Reach Dam (Wenatchee World, WA)
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/nov/14/wenatchee-tuesdays-dirty-jobs-show-to-feature/

PNGC Power Takes First Resource Action under New Business Model (PNGC)
http://www.pngcpower.com/newsroom/news_releases.aspx?ID=59

Idaho - Power Plant Could Be City-Owned (Keizer Times, ID)http://www.keizertimes.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=12020

Alaska - Golden Valley Electric Association Coal Plant Deal Nearly Done (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/111309/loc_1_001.shtml

Progress Energy Shutters North Carolina Nuke Plant for Work (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/utilitiesSector/idUSN1649216320091116

Nuclear Energy High On US Senate’s Climate Agenda (AFP)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGEsohiTbcA_8e9bhBZr0Y2iS8JQ

Natural Gas Producers Say Permit Process Makes Meeting Demand Difficult (Denver Business Journal)
http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/11/16/focus1.html?ana=from_rss

FISH & WILDLIFE

Ninth Circuit Panel Hears Oral Arguments on Lethal Removal of California Sea Lions (Columbia Basin Bulletin)
http://www.cbbulletin.com/365077.aspx

Cutthroat Running in the Cowlitz River (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)
http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Cutthroat-Running-In-The-Cowlitz=1&blockID=90382&feedID=410

Idaho Welcomes Surge of Sockeyes (Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/15/idaho-welcomes-surge-of-sockeyes/

Steelhead Dream Comes True At Last (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/nov/14/steelhead-dream-comes-true-at-last/

Chefs Serve Salmon with Warning on Alaska Fishes’ Future (KIRO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=241014

California - Judge Says Seals May Stay At San Diego Cove (Associated Press)
http://www.examiner.com/a-2319603~Judge_says_seals_may_stay_at_San_Diego_cove.html?cid=rss-California_Headlines

Group to Consider Lifting Louisiana Oyster Moratorium (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010282023_apusoystermoratorium.html?syndication=rss

Alaska Fights to Reverse Polar Bear Listing (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010281675_apuspolarbearpolitics.html?syndication=rss

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Oregon Pot Raids Find another Problem: Fertilizer Dumped in Streams (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/oregon_pot_raids_find_another.html

Smelt Becomes Ammo in California Water Wars (Courthouse News)
http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/16/Smelt_Becomes_Ammo_in_Water_Wars.htm

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Gig Harbor-based Peninsula Light Company to Enter Power-generating Business (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/13/gig-harbor-based-peninsula-light-company-enter-pow/

Talk of Wyoming Wind Tax Whips up Debate (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010281911_apustaxingwind.html?syndication=rss

Montana - For Some in Area, Answer to High Energy Costs is Blowin’ in the Wind (Great Falls Tribune, Montana – And, another 25 cent royalty payment to Bob Zimmerman)
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20091114/LIFESTYLE/911140306/For-some-in-area-answer-to-high-energy-costs-is-blowin-in-the-wind

Is Solar Power Expensive or Competitive? (NY Times)
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/is-solar-power-expensive-or-competitive/

Can Solar Or Wind Cut Your Power Bill? (Timberjay, Ely MN)
http://www.timberjay.com/detail/6145.html

Research Shows Solar Panel Supply Glut Past Peak (Reuters)
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSN1347412520091113

Maine - Island’s Energy is Up: Vinalhaven residents hope for lower electric rates from their new wind turbines, which some say are too noisy. (Portland Press Herald, ME)
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=296430&ac=PHnws

Could This Lump Power the Planet? Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Lab are betting $3.5 billion in taxpayer money on a tiny pellet that could produce an endless supply of safe, clean energy (Newswek Magazine)
http://www.newsweek.com/id/222792

Energy Company Hits Biodiesel Jackpot in Seattle Alley (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Energy-company-hits-jackpot-in-Seattle-alley-70078382.html

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Choose The Right Light for The Job - Compact fluorescents use less energy & last longer than other bulbs, but aren’t always preferred (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)
http://www.thenewstribune.com/soundlife/home/story/954186.html

Puget Sound Energy to Present Renewable Energy Options in Port Townsend (Port Townsend Leader, WA)
http://www.ptleader.com/Main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=25647

Energy Audits Pay Dividends in Pilot - E3 initiative helping manufacturers become more productive, efficient (Business First of Columbus)
http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/11/16/story5.html?ana=from_rss

‘Listen Up, Bonehead:’ Smart Grid Prepares to Talk Back (Burlington Free Press, VT)
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20091115/LIVING09/91113029/-Listen-up--bonehead---Smart-grid-prepares-to-talk-back

San Diego Gas & Electric Offering Twinkly Trade-Ins - Crowds lining up for LED Christmas lights (San Diego Union-Tribune, CA)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/nov/15/sdge-offering-twinkly-trade-ins/

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Leaders Will Delay Deal on Climate Change (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/world/asia/15prexy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Atlanta Journal Constitution Op/Ed - Is Cap-&-Trade Fair?
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/is-cap-and-trade-199630.html

Apocalypse Fatigue: Losing the Public on Climate Change (Yale Environment 360)
http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2210

Farmers vs. greens: A fossil fuel debate (Santa Rosa Press Democrat, CA)
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20091115/OPINION/911139930/1042?&tc=autorefresh

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Jellyfish Swarm Northward in Warming World (Associated Press)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010281717_apclimate09jellyfishmenace.html?syndication=rss

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Pend Oreille Valley Network - Internet Service Provider Wins Fed Grant (Associated Press)
http://www.theolympian.com/northwest/story/1036345.html

Layoffs be Darned - Oregon Call Center That Got State Aid Will Stay Open (Oregonian)
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/11/call_center_that_got_state_aid.html

Utah - Brigham City Approves UTOPIA Proposal (Cache Valley Daily, UT)
http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/local/70035847.html

Community’s Wi-Fi Network Shuttered by MPAA Re-Opens - After week of bad press, Sony suddenly feels cooperative (Broadband Reports)
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/WiFi-Network-Shuttered-By-MPAA-ReOpens-105492

Google’s Secret Chrome Plan for Browser Domination (Yahoo! Tech)
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20091113/tc_pcworld/googlessecretchromeplanforbrowserdomination

Major Players Using Wi-Fi for Marketing (Associated Press)
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20091115/BIZ/711159931/-1/rss03

GENERAL NEWS

First of Two Potent Storms Strikes Northwest (KOMO-TV, Seattle)
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/70186277.html

High Winds & Rain Expected Again Tonight (Seattle Times)
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/storm/2010282151_webstorm16m.html?syndication=rss

Early Morning Fatal Shooting in Olympia (KING-TV, Seattle)
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Early-morning-fatal-shooting-in-Olympia-70192742.html

Shelton Hunters’ Detainment by Tribal Police under ‘Careful’ Review of Jefferson County Prosecutor (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20091116/news/311169995

In Mason County, More Eligible for H1N1 Vaccine (Olympian, WA)
http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/1037950.html

Mistakes in Typography Grate the Purists (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/arts/16iht-design16.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

2009 Leonid Meteor Shower to Peak Tuesday
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/science/2009/November/2009-Leonid-Meteor-Shower-to-Peak-Tuesday.html

ALLIGATORS IN THE SEWER - DIVERSIONS

Metal Thieves Nab 1,500-Pound Historic Cannon from Vallejo Cemetery
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_13781814?nclick_check=1

Plans to encase Detroit home in ice move forward
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2010269894_apusicehousedetroit.html?syndication=rss

Suspect Returns to Crime Scene for Cell Phone
http://www.kirotv.com/news/21608692/detail.html

Drilling for Vintage Scotch Whiskey on Frozen Continent of Antarctica
http://www.thenewstribune.com/business/story/956287.html

SONG OF THE DAY

A Mighty Wind is Blowin’ - New Main Street Singers, The Folksmen and Mitch & Mickey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh0Iq_85aw