Energy News Digest for November 15, 2010

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Forecasters Expecting Arctic Chill to Swoop In (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_7dec4a94-f080-11df-8597-001cc4c03286.html

Mason County Biomass Power Plant to Get Impact Study - Effects on environment to be tested after public uproar; union labor deal announced (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/11/14/1439363/bio-plant-to-get-impact-study.html

Debate Flares over Portland General Electric’s Coal-Fired Power - Environmentalists at odds over when is best time to close pollution-causing plant in Boardman, Oregon (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/nov/13/debate-flares-over-coal-fired-power/

Seattle City Light Rate Hikes OK’d by City Council - Rates would go up 4.3 percent next year & 3.2 percent in 2012 (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/430094_citylight12.html

Counties Object to Columbia River Hatchery Plan (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_or_hatcheries_counties.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Seattle City Light Rate Hikes OK’d by City Council

·         Oregon - Eugene Water & Electric Board Looking at Rate Increases

·         Okanogan PUD Commissioners Adjust Some Electricity Rates

·         Central Lincoln PUD Electricity Rates Rise

·         Idaho – Bonneville Power Administration Officials Discuss Rate Hikes in Heyburn

·         Columnist - Wright’s Calming Influence at Bonneville Power Administration Refreshing

·         Debate Flares over Portland General Electric’s Coal-Fired Power

·         Washington State Power Lines That Figured in Deadly Copter Crash Won’t be Replaced

·         Op/Ed – Washington State’s Myopic Energy Strategy Misses the Mark

·         Milton-Freewater’s Smart Grid - Powering the Past, Present & Future

·         Regulators Fault Westinghouse on Reactor Plans

·         Tennessee - Modular Reactor Plan Worth Pursuing

·         Britain’s Power Chiefs Reveal Nuclear Blueprint

·         Wisconsin - Rising Electricity Cost Has Jolted State

·         FERC Moves Ahead With Campaign to Promote Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy

·         Counties Object to Columbia River Hatchery Plan

·         Recommendation: Kill More Bonneville Dam Sea Lions

·         Condit Dam Removal Clears Hurdle

·         News Release - Unprecedented Partnership to Build & Operate $43 Million Hatchery

·         Oregon - Fish Traps on the Coos River Monitor Local Hatchery Success

·         Chum-Salmon Survivors Welcomed at North Seattle’s Piper’s Creek

·         Flood Panel Considers One Dam in Chehalis River Basin

·         Kitsap County Thinking of Water in a New Way

·         Kitsap County Planning Big, but Costly, Improvements to Sewer Systems

·         Mason County Biomass Power Plant to Get Impact Study

·         One Appeal of Two Filed Against Port Angeles Nippon Biomass Project Withdrawn

·         ‘Before This, I Would Literally Put a Torch to It’

·         Iberdrola Renewables Starts Biomass Energy Construction in Lakeview, Oregon

·         Vermont - Biomass Plan Draws Protest

·         Lewis County - Powering Ahead: New Documents Reveal Details of Proposed Wind Farm North of Doty

·         Portland Water Bureau Adds Hydro Generator

·         New Hampshire - Will Big Hydro Plans Crowd Local Projects

·         Inspector General Report Critical of EPA’s Efforts on Energy Star Program

·         Canada - Consumers See Utility Bills Hike Despite Investments in Power Conservation

·         Should I Say ‘No Tanks’ to Water Heaters?

·         United Kingdom - Christmas Lighting Equal to Nearly 23 Days of Electricity

·         Oregon Utilities Outline a Do-able Plan to Reduce CO2 10% Below 1990 Levels

·         Can Social Scientists Help Ease the Nation’s Rift over Climate Change?

·         GE to Buy 25,000 Electric Vehicles by 2015

·         How We Can Stop Being Eco-Hypocrites

·         Qwest’s Washington & Oregon State Execs out in Merger Plan

·         Google’s Growth Online Reflected by Expansion in Mountain View

·         Facebook May Become the Biggest E-Mail Service

·         AOL Creates a Hub for E-Mail

·         Internet TV Battles Come to Head at FCC

·         Vote Over, Now Race Begins in Washington State Legislature

·         Tacoma City Manager Asks Others for Pay Freeze, Gets Raise

·         Municipal Bond Market Shudders

·         Mason County - Hoodsport Landlord Arrested: Tenant with Gunshot Injuries

·         Forecasters Expecting Arctic Chill to Swoop In

·         Buoy Data, Bar Pilots Point to Increasing Wave Height along Pacific Northwest

·         Job Listings: Plenty to Come from Projects in Washington State

·         In Certain States - Companies Quit Printing White-Pages Phone Books

WORD OF THE DAY

Paladin • \PALL-uh-dinn\ • noun - 1: a trusted military leader (as for a medieval prince) 2: a leading champion of a cause

Ballad of Paladin - TV Series: “Have Gun, Will Travel”

Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam

Paladin, Paladin, far, far from home

Have gun, will travel reads the card of a man

A knight without armour in a savage land

His fast gun for hire heeds the calling wind

A soldier of fortune is the man called Paladin

Paladin, Paladin, where do you roam

Paladin, Paladin, far, far from home

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

Seattle City Light Rate Hikes OK’d by City Council - Rates would go up 4.3 percent next year & 3.2 percent in 2012 (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/430094_citylight12.html

Oregon - Eugene Water & Electric Board Looking at Rate Increases - Rising costs & declining demand have the utility facing the need to increase revenue & cut expenses (Eugene Register-Guard, OR)

http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/news/cityregion/25533384-41/eweb-rate-percent-power-increases.csp

Okanogan PUD Commissioners Adjust Some Electricity Rates (Omak Chronicle, WA)

http://www.omakchronicle.com/nws/n101111c.shtml

Central Lincoln PUD Electricity Rates Rise (Umpqua Post, Coos Bay, OR)

http://www.theumpquapost.com/articles/2010/11/10/local_news/doc4cd9c375972fb916160264.txt

Idaho – Bonneville Power Administration Officials Discuss Rate Hikes in Heyburn (Magic Valley Times-News, Twin Falls, ID)

http://www.magicvalley.com/news/local/mini-cassia/article_e04d3794-ec92-11df-a470-001cc4c002e0.html

Columnist - Wright’s Calming Influence at Bonneville Power Administration Refreshing (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/nov/14/wrights-calming-influence-refreshing/

Debate Flares over Portland General Electric’s Coal-Fired Power - Environmentalists at odds over when is best time to close pollution-causing plant in Boardman, Oregon (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/nov/13/debate-flares-over-coal-fired-power/

Washington State Power Lines That Figured in Deadly Copter Crash Won’t be Replaced (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101115/news/311159994/power-lines-that-figured-in-deadly-copter-crash-wont-be-replaced

Op/Ed – Washington State’s Myopic Energy Strategy Misses the Mark (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2013420086_guest15collins.html

Milton-Freewater’s Smart Grid - Powering the Past, Present & Future (East Oregonian, Pendleton, OR)

http://www.eastoregonian.com/news/article_77acf89e-ef14-11df-9ed2-001cc4c002e0.html

Regulators Fault Westinghouse on Reactor Plans - Federal regulators have faulted Westinghouse Electric Co. for parts of its analysis of what would happen if a large airliner slammed into a proposed nuclear reactor (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013420777_apganuclearpower.html

Tennessee - Modular Reactor Plan Worth Pursuing (Knoxville News-Sentinel, TN)

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/nov/14/modular-reactor-plan-worth-pursuing/

Britain’s Power Chiefs Reveal Nuclear Blueprint - Electricity Market Reform Is the UK’s “Last Chance” to Make Nuclear Energy Happen (The Telegraph, UK)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/8131700/Britains-Power-chiefs-reveal-nuclear-blueprint.html

Wisconsin - Rising Electricity Cost Has Jolted State: Rate increases since 2000 outpaced most of US, study says (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, WI)

http://www.jsonline.com/business/107617468.html

FERC Moves Ahead With Campaign to Promote Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/11/12/12climatewire-ferc-moves-ahead-with-campaign-to-promote-en-22696.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Counties Object to Columbia River Hatchery Plan (Associated Press)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_or_hatcheries_counties.html

Recommendation: Kill More Bonneville Dam Sea Lions (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013405351_sealions12m.html

Condit Dam Removal Clears Hurdle - It may be dismantled next fall after PacifiCorp reaches tentative deal (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/nov/12/condit-dam-removal-clears-hurdle/

News Release - Unprecedented Partnership to Build & Operate $43 Million Hatchery

Recovery of Chinook Salmon is the Shared Goal (Bonneville Power Administration)

http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/1582/949983/

Oregon - Fish Traps on the Coos River Monitor Local Hatchery Success (The World, Coos Bay, OR)

http://www.theworldlink.com/sports/outdoors/article_2ead6ad2-eef3-11df-9f0d-001cc4c002e0.html

Chum-Salmon Survivors Welcomed at North Seattle’s Piper’s Creek (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2013428373_fish14m.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Flood Panel Considers One Dam in Chehalis River Basin - A new analysis on the possibility of building two earthen dams shows it might be possible to construct only one (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/11/15/1425053/flood-panel-considers-1-dam.html

Kitsap County Thinking of Water in a New Way (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/nov/13/kitsap-county-thinking-of-water-in-a-new-way/

Kitsap County Planning Big, but Costly, Improvements to Sewer Systems (Kitsap Sun, Bremerton, WA)

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/nov/13/county-planning-big-but-costly-improvements-to/

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Mason County Biomass Power Plant to Get Impact Study - Effects on environment to be tested after public uproar; union labor deal announced (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/11/14/1439363/bio-plant-to-get-impact-study.html

One Appeal of Two Filed Against Port Angeles Nippon Biomass Project Withdrawn -- Until Later (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101112/news/311129977/one-appeal-of-two-filed-against-nippon-biomass-project-withdrawn

‘Before This, I Would Literally Put a Torch to It’ - North Olympic Peninsula Tour Highlights Biomass Availability (Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, WA)

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20101114/news/311149985/before-this-i-would-literally-put-a-torch-to-it-tour-highlights

Iberdrola Renewables Starts Biomass Energy Construction in Lakeview, Oregon (Bradenton Herald, FL)

http://www.bradenton.com/2010/11/10/2727925/iberdrola-renewables-starts-biomass.html

Vermont - Biomass Plan Draws Protest (Bennington Banner, VT)

http://www.benningtonbanner.com/ci_16613521

Lewis County - Powering Ahead: New Documents Reveal Details of Proposed Wind Farm North of Doty (iStock Analyst)

http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4666345

Portland Water Bureau Adds Hydro Generator (Sustainable Business Oregon)

http://www.sustainablebusinessoregon.com/articles/2010/11/portland-water-bureau-adds-hydro.html

New Hampshire - Will Big Hydro Plans Crowd Local Projects? State Law Currently Backs Small Efforts (Concord Monitor, NH)

http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/224384/will-big-hydro-plans-crowd-local-projects

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Inspector General Report Critical of EPA’s Efforts on Energy Star Program (Lexolology)

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=8330ed81-3d5d-4b09-b5c8-61c02cdd6005

Canada - Consumers See Utility Bills Hike Despite Investments in Power Conservation (Vancouver Sun, BC)

http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/innovation/archive/2010/11/10/consumers-see-utility-bills-hike-despite-investments-in-power-conservation.aspx

Should I Say ‘No Tanks’ to Water Heaters? (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/homegarden/2013420835_homefix13.html

United Kingdom - Christmas Lighting Equal to Nearly 23 Days of Electricity (Independent, UK)

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/christmas-lighting-equal-to-228-days-electricity-2132113.html

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

Oregon Utilities Outline a Do-able Plan to Reduce CO2 10% Below 1990 Levels (Clean Technica)

http://cleantechnica.com/2010/11/10/oregon-utilities-outline-a-do-able-plan-to-reduce-co2-10-below-1990-levels/

Can Social Scientists Help Ease the Nation’s Rift over Climate Change? (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/11/15/15climatewire-can-social-scientists-help-ease-the-nations-82753.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

GE to Buy 25,000 Electric Vehicles by 2015 (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/11/11/business/AP-US-GE-Electric-Vehicles.html

How We Can Stop Being Eco-Hypocrites - Steps That Even the Most Ecofriendly Should Take to Avoid Hurting the Planet (Newsweek Magazine)

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/11/10/how-not-to-be-an-eco-hypocrite.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Qwest’s Washington & Oregon State Execs out in Merger Plan (Portland Business Journal)

http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2010/11/12/qwest-state-execs-out-in-merger-plan.html

Google’s Growth Online Reflected by Expansion in Mountain View (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16586782

Facebook May Become the Biggest E-Mail Service (Everett Herald, WA)

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20101113/BIZ/101119894/-1/rss03

AOL Creates a Hub for E-Mail (NY Times)

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/aol-creates-a-hub-for-e-mail/

Internet TV Battles Come to Head at FCC (Washington Post)

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/11/changes_in_the_television_mark.html

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Vote Over, Now Race Begins in Washington State Legislature (News Tribune, Tacoma, WA)

http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/11/14/1424088/vote-over-now-race-begins.html

Tacoma City Manager Asks Others for Pay Freeze, Gets Raise (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=390063

Municipal Bond Market Shudders (NY Times)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/13/business/economy/13bond.html

GENERAL NEWS

Mason County - Hoodsport Landlord Arrested: Tenant with Gunshot Injuries Flown to Harborview (Olympian, WA)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/11/15/1440235/hoodsport-landlord-arrested.html

Forecasters Expecting Arctic Chill to Swoop In (Longview Daily News, WA)

http://tdn.com/news/local/article_7dec4a94-f080-11df-8597-001cc4c03286.html

Buoy Data, Bar Pilots Point to Increasing Wave Height along Pacific Northwest (Bellingham Herald, WA)

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/11/15/1718689/buoy-data-bar-pilots-point-to.html

Job Listings: Plenty to Come from Projects in Washington State - Job listings will abound as contractors gear up for $2 billion in federal projects over the next two years (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2010/1115/Job-listings-Plenty-to-come-from-projects-in-Washington-State

In Certain States - Companies Quit Printing White-Pages Phone Books (USA Today)

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/telecom/2010-11-14-white-pages-dropped_N.htm?csp=34money

DIVERSIONS

Chinese Vase Is Sold in London for $70 Million

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=696994&f=20

50 States, 50 Television Stereotypes

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/11/15/50-states-50-television-stereotypes/

New York - New Castle Councilman Calls Cops on Boys’ Cupcake Sale

http://www.lohud.com/article/201011150328

Lovesick Worker Emails Government Seeking Girl: Report

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101115/od_afp/australiaemploymentoffbeat_20101115100820

SONG OF THE DAY

The Isley Brothers-Who’s that Lady?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1DDgNCLD84

Energy News Digest for November 10, 2010

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HOT SHOTS – TODAY’S TOP FIVE STORIES

Bonneville Power Administration to Propose Lower Rates – Actually lower rate increases -

But ratepayers will get less certainty in return (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/11/10/1246224/power-company-to-propose-lower.html

Seattle City Light Customers Brace for Proposed Rate Hikes (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/429899_citylight09.html

PUD 3 to Assist Low-Income Customers; Reach Compromise on Ops Center Change Orders (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3760-pud-3-to-assist-low-income-customers-reach-compromise-on-ops-center-change-orders

Pacific Gas & Electric Suspends Executive Who Used Fake Name to Infiltrate SmartMeter Foes (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16566346

Washington State Lawmaker Wants State Senate to Reject Her Successor (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013387513_apwaprimarycomplaint2ndldwritethru.html

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS (Details Below)

·         Bonneville Power Administration to Propose Lower Rates – Actually lower rate increases -

·         But ratepayers will get less certainty in return

·         Bonneville Power Administration Looks at Rate Hike Next Year

·         Bonneville Power Administration Talks to Benton & Franklin PUD’s About Rate Increases

·         Seattle City Light Customers Brace for Proposed Rate Hikes

·         PUD 3 to Assist Low-Income Customers; Reach Compromise on Ops Center Change Orders

·         Mason PUD 3 Enron Settlement Funds to be Used for Low Income Customer Assistance

·         Pacific Gas & Electric Suspends Executive Who Used Fake Name to Infiltrate SmartMeter Foes

·         Key leader selected for Centralia City Light

·         Editorial - Arizona Public Service Coal-Plant Plan Benefits All

·         Oil Companies Increasingly Eye Natural Gas

·         United Kingdom - New Dark Age on Our Streets: Up to 75% of Councils Are Dimming the Lights to Save Money

·         Canadian Sockeye Inquiry Swamped by Documents

·         Oregon Filmmaker Hopes to Offer New Perspective on Salmon Issue

·         NOAA Sets Conditions for Northwest Navy Sonar Use

·         US Army Corps Lays Out Plan to Study Asian Carp

·         Hoquiam Getting Fluoridated Water, For Now, From Aberdeen

·         Clallam County - Carlsborg Residents Uneasy About Sewer Proposal

·         Portland: Five Feet at a Time, Big Pipe Tunneling on $1.4 Billion Project Finishes Ahead of Schedule

·         Study Says Rising Temperatures Threaten Wind Energy

·         Trailer Report: Hauling Wind Turbines

·         DTE Energy Services to Convert California Coal Plant near Bakersfield to Biomass Fuel

·         Texas - Electric Co-Op Applies for Construction Loan for Biomass Power Plant

·         Rooftop Solar Power Systems Best Way to Cut Electricity Bills

·         Satellite to Beam Solar Power to Earth, a La Bond Movie

·         Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Cutting Energy Costs Despite Higher Price

·         The Smart Grid Could Help You be Smarter About Your Home Electricity Use

·         The Environmental Movement’s Winter of Discontent

·         Paul Norman Discusses Hydroelectric, Solar, and Wind Energy in the Northwest

·         Ethanol Industry Coping With Higher Corn Prices

·         Google Announces ‘Instant Previews’ Search Feature

·         Ask.Com Laying Off 130 Workers in Search Retreat

·         Washington State Lawmaker Wants State Senate to Reject Her Successor

·         Washington State Legislature: Instead of Chopp, Speaker Miloscia?

·         Barnes Wins Tight Race for Clark PUD Commissioner

·         Squeaker: Benton Judge Race Narrows to One Vote

·         Washington Liquor Control Board Bans Alcoholic Energy Drinks

·         State to Warn Thousands about Shorter Unemployment Benefits

·         Police: Three Arrested in Puget Sound ATM Fraud Ring

·         Hearing Set for Mason County’s 2011 Budget

·         Boeing’s South Carolina Incentive Package for Training Has $3 Million Deficit

·         Western Lumber Production on the Upswing

·         US Supreme Court Hears Dispute over Sales Tax on “Free” Phone

·         California ‘Mystery Missile’ Ignites Debate: Friend, Foe, or Faux?

·         Portland, Seattle Among Least-Stressed Cities, Says Forbes

WORD OF THE DAY

Sylvan • \SILL-vun\ • Adjective – 1a: living or located in the woods or forest b: of, relating to, or characteristic of the woods or forest 2a: made, shaped, or formed of woods or trees b: abounding in woods, groves, or trees: wooded

Chirping birds, a babbling brook, and the earthy, mossy smell of the forest…lit by filtered sunshine welcomed visitors to Bambi’s sylvan paradise.

SHELTON FORECAST & WEATHER ALERTS

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/mapclick.php?textfield1=47.213805&textfield2=-123.113412&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=shelton%2c%20wa%2c%20usa

ENERGY & UTILITY ISSUES

Bonneville Power Administration to Propose Lower Rates – Actually lower rate increases -

But ratepayers will get less certainty in return (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/11/10/1246224/power-company-to-propose-lower.html

Bonneville Power Administration Looks at Rate Hike Next Year (The Daily Interlake, Kalispell, MT)

http://www.dailyinterlake.com/news/local_montana/article_3b0e55b6-ec82-11df-9792-001cc4c03286.html

Bonneville Power Administration Talks to Benton & Franklin PUD’s About Rate Increases (KNDU-TV, Tri-Cities, WA)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13474932

Seattle City Light Customers Brace for Proposed Rate Hikes (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/429899_citylight09.html

PUD 3 to Assist Low-Income Customers; Reach Compromise on Ops Center Change Orders (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3760-pud-3-to-assist-low-income-customers-reach-compromise-on-ops-center-change-orders

Mason PUD 3 Enron Settlement Funds to be Used for Low Income Customer Assistance (Mason County PUD No. 3)

http://www.masonpud3.org/Newsdisplay.aspx?NewsID=797

Pacific Gas & Electric Suspends Executive Who Used Fake Name to Infiltrate SmartMeter Foes (San Jose Mercury News, CA)

http://www.mercurynews.com/rss/ci_16566346

Key leader selected for Centralia City Light (KELA Radio, Centralia, WA)

http://www.kelaam.com/pages/localnews?Key-leader-selected-for-Centralia-City-L=1&blockID=349624&feedID=410

Editorial - Arizona Public Service Coal-Plant Plan Benefits All (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ)

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2010/11/10/20101110wed1-10.html

Oil Companies Increasingly Eye Natural Gas (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013387901_apusbigoilbiggas.html

United Kingdom - New Dark Age on Our Streets: Up to 75% of Councils Are Dimming the Lights to Save Money (The Daily Mail, UK)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1328243/Up-75-cent-councils-dimming-street-lights-save-money.html

FISH & WILDLIFE

Canadian Sockeye Inquiry Swamped by Documents (Globe & Mail, Canada)

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/sockeye-inquiry-swamped-by-documents/article1791840/

Oregon Filmmaker Hopes to Offer New Perspective on Salmon Issue (KBNW Radio, Bend, OR)

http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/local/1303211/Oregon-Filmmaker-Hopes-To-Offer-New-Perspective-On-Salmon-Issue.html

NOAA Sets Conditions for Northwest Navy Sonar Use

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13472591

US Army Corps Lays Out Plan to Study Asian Carp (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2013385476_apusasiancarpgreatlakes.html

WATER & THE ENVIRONMENT

Hoquiam Getting Fluoridated Water, For Now, From Aberdeen (Associated Press)

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=13472836

Clallam County - Carlsborg Residents Uneasy About Sewer Proposal (Sequim Gazette, WA)

http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2010-11-10_carlsborg_residents_uneasy_about_sewer_proposal

Portland: Five Feet at a Time, Big Pipe Tunneling on $1.4 Billion Project Finishes Ahead of Schedule (Oregonian, Portland)

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/11/city_hall_five_feet_at_a_time.html

RENEWABLE/ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Study Says Rising Temperatures Threaten Wind Energy (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/science-wind-climate-change-temperatures.html

Trailer Report: Hauling Wind Turbines (Heavy Duty Trucking Magazine)

http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/news-detail.asp?news_id=71896

DTE Energy Services to Convert California Coal Plant near Bakersfield to Biomass Fuel (Brighter Energy)

http://www.brighterenergy.org/19137/news/bioenergy/dte-to-convert-california-coal-plant-to-biomass-fuel/

Texas - Electric Co-Op Applies for Construction Loan for Biomass Power Plant (Beaumont Enterprise, TX)

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/local/electric_co-op_applies_for_construction_loan_for_bio_mass_power_plant.html

Rooftop Solar Power Systems Best Way to Cut Electricity Bills (Energy Matters)

http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=1168

Satellite to Beam Solar Power to Earth, a La Bond Movie (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/1109/Satellite-to-beam-solar-power-to-Earth-a-la-Bond-movie

CONSERVATION & EFFICIENCY

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs Cutting Energy Costs Despite Higher Price (WMBF-TV, Myrtle Beach, SC)

http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/13472824/cfl-bulbs-cutting-energy-costs-despite-higher-price

The Smart Grid Could Help You be Smarter About Your Home Electricity Use (Grist Online)

http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-09-The-smart-grid-could-help-you-be-smarter-about-your-electricity-

CLIMATE CHANGE SEQUESTRATION VAULT

The Environmental Movement’s Winter of Discontent (Newsweek Magazine – and 25 cents to John Steinbeck)

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/11/09/the-environmental-movement-s-winter-of-discontent.html

BARREL O’ GREEN POTPOURRI

Paul Norman Discusses Hydroelectric, Solar, and Wind Energy in the Northwest (Clean Energy Authority)

http://www.cleanenergyauthority.com/solar-energy-news/paul-norman-interview-110910/

Ethanol Industry Coping With Higher Corn Prices (Lincoln Journal-Star, NE)

http://journalstar.com/news/local/article_d6ef7b6e-ec59-11df-9635-001cc4c002e0.html

TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Google Announces ‘Instant Previews’ Search Feature (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/11/09/state/n060122S93.DTL

Ask.Com Laying Off 130 Workers in Search Retreat - The layoffs in New Jersey & China will reduce Ask.Com’s work force of about 400 employees by nearly one-third (Bloomberg News)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/11/09/financial/f141542S00.DTL

POLITICS & GOVERNANCE

Washington State Lawmaker Wants State Senate to Reject Her Successor (Associated Press)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013387513_apwaprimarycomplaint2ndldwritethru.html

Washington State Legislature: Instead of Chopp, Speaker Miloscia? (Seattle Times)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2013388360_speaker_miloscia.html

Barnes Wins Tight Race for Clark PUD Commissioner (Vancouver Columbian, WA)

http://www.columbian.com/news/2010/nov/09/barnes-wins-tight-race-for-pud-commissioner/

Squeaker: Benton Judge Race Narrows to One Vote (Tri-City Herald, WA)

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2010/11/09/1245225/squeaker-benton-judge-race-narrows.html

GENERAL NEWS

Washington Liquor Control Board Bans Alcoholic Energy Drinks (KIRO-TV, Seattle)

http://www.kirotv.com/news/25690836/detail.html

State to Warn Thousands about Shorter Unemployment Benefits (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/11/09/1433535/wash-to-warn-thousands-about-shorter.html

Police: Three Arrested in Puget Sound ATM Fraud Ring (Associated Press)

http://www.theolympian.com/2010/11/09/1433965/police-3-arrested-in-puget-sound.html

Hearing Set for Mason County’s 2011 Budget (KMAS Radio, Shelton, WA)

http://masoncountydailynews.net/news/news/3763-hearing-set-for-mason-countys-2011-budget-

Boeing’s South Carolina Incentive Package for Training Has $3 Million Deficit (Associated Press)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/nov/09/boeing-sc-training-has-3-million-deficit/

Western Lumber Production on the Upswing (Spokesman Review, Spokane, WA)

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/nov/09/western-lumber-production-upswing/

US Supreme Court Hears Dispute over Sales Tax on “Free” Phone (Associated Press)

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/11/09/national/w084543S37.DTL

California ‘Mystery Missile’ Ignites Debate: Friend, Foe, or Faux? (Christian Science Monitor)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/1109/California-mystery-missile-ignites-debate-Friend-foe-or-faux

Portland, Seattle Among Least-Stressed Cities, Says Forbes (KING-TV, Seattle)

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Portland-Seattle-among-least-stressed-cities-says-Forbes-107001223.html

DIVERSIONS

Jim Morrison May Win Indecent Exposure Pardon 40 Years On

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/09/jim.morrison.pardon/index.html

Germany’s ‘Beer Bikes’ Could be Taken Off the Roads

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/1109/Germany-s-beer-bikes-could-be-taken-off-the-roads

Plagiarism – New Zealand Politician Red-Faced After Bungle

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101110/od_afp/nzealandpoliticsoffbeat_20101110170101

New York - A “Secret” Subway Stop

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_newsroom/20101109/od_yblog_newsroom/a-secret-subway-stop

SONG OF THE DAY

The Doors - L.A. Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41ohFqkhASU