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by Duane330＠aol.com 25 Nov '07

25 Nov '07

NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT HEARINGS On March 30, 2007, Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company (TrAILCo) filed an application for a certificate of convenience and necessity from the Public Service Commission of West Virginia for the construction and operation of the West Virginia segments of a 500 kV electric transmission line and related facilities in Monongalia, Preston, Tucker, Grant, Hardy and Hampshire Counties. By Commission Order issued on October 24, 2007, the Commission directed that the Commission's Division of Administrative Law Judges hold additional public comment hearings in Preston County, in addition to the public comment hearings already scheduled. Accordingly, the following additional public comment hearings have been scheduled for this proceeding: On Monday, November 26, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. and again at 6:30 p.m., at the Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department and Community Building, 2"d Floor, Buckwheat Room, 115 Brown Avenue, Kingwood, West Virginia. Anyone interested in this proceeding may appear at the public comment hearings and make such statements as may be deemed appropriate with repect to the proceedings. **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001)

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[Fwd: [fom] Waxman to Introduce Coal Moratorium]
by Regina Hendrix 23 Nov '07

23 Nov '07

Wanted to be sure you saw this. Regina

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LINK TO TRAILCO RESP TO SIERRA DISCO REQUEST #5
by William V. DePaulo, Esq. 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

The case *07-0508-E-CN (Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company)* has had the following activity : Activity Date: *11/19/2007* Activity Description: *Response to Sierra Club's Fifth Discovery Request, filed by Counsel for Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company* Click here to view associated document.<http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/WebDocket/ViewDocument.cfm?CaseActivityI…> This is an automated message. *Do not respond to this message*. The Public Service Commission does not accept electronic filings, you will receive a hard copy in the mail. If you wish to respond to the enclosed document, you may do so in writing. Please send your response to the Executive Secretary at the address below. Please add *docketnotify(a)psc.state.wv.us* to your address book to ensure delivery of this notice. About this Notice: You are receiving this notice at * william.depaulo(a)gmail.com* as part of the PSC Service List for this case. If you have received this notice in error, please notify Sharon Stewart <skstewart(a)psc.state.wv.us>or Lynada Woods <lwoods(a)psc.state.wv.us> at: *WV Public Service Commission PO Box 812 Charleston, WV 25323 304.340.0378 or Toll Free 1.800.344.5113 Fax: 304.340.0325* -- William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel: 304-342-5588 Fax: 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com

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LINK TO TRAILCO'S RESP TO SIERRA DISCO 3
by William V. DePaulo, Esq. 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

The case *07-0508-E-CN (Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company)* has had the following activity : Activity Date: *11/15/2007* Activity Description: *Response to Sierra Club's Third Discovery Request, filed by Counsel for Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company* Click here to view associated document.<http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/WebDocket/ViewDocument.cfm?CaseActivityI…> This is an automated message. *Do not respond to this message*. The Public Service Commission does not accept electronic filings, you will receive a hard copy in the mail. If you wish to respond to the enclosed document, you may do so in writing. Please send your response to the Executive Secretary at the address below. Please add *docketnotify(a)psc.state.wv.us* to your address book to ensure delivery of this notice. About this Notice: You are receiving this notice at * william.depaulo(a)gmail.com* as part of the PSC Service List for this case. If you have received this notice in error, please notify Sharon Stewart <skstewart(a)psc.state.wv.us>or Lynada Woods <lwoods(a)psc.state.wv.us> at: *WV Public Service Commission PO Box 812 Charleston, WV 25323 304.340.0378 or Toll Free 1.800.344.5113 Fax: 304.340.0325* -- William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel: 304-342-5588 Fax: 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com

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LINK TO TRAILCO'S RESP TO SIERRA DISCO 4
by William V. DePaulo, Esq. 19 Nov '07

19 Nov '07

The case *07-0508-E-CN (Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company)* has had the following activity : Activity Date: *11/16/2007* Activity Description: *Response to Sierra Club's Fourth Discovery Request, filed by Counsel for Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company* Click here to view associated document.<http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/WebDocket/ViewDocument.cfm?CaseActivityI…> This is an automated message. *Do not respond to this message*. The Public Service Commission does not accept electronic filings, you will receive a hard copy in the mail. If you wish to respond to the enclosed document, you may do so in writing. Please send your response to the Executive Secretary at the address below. Please add *docketnotify(a)psc.state.wv.us* to your address book to ensure delivery of this notice. About this Notice: You are receiving this notice at * william.depaulo(a)gmail.com* as part of the PSC Service List for this case. If you have received this notice in error, please notify Sharon Stewart <skstewart(a)psc.state.wv.us>or Lynada Woods <lwoods(a)psc.state.wv.us> at: *WV Public Service Commission PO Box 812 Charleston, WV 25323 304.340.0378 or Toll Free 1.800.344.5113 Fax: 304.340.0325* -- William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel: 304-342-5588 Fax: 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com

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FW: [energy activists] VICTORY in 9th circuit court! Act Now!
by Grubb, Karen 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

________________________________ From: Allison.Forbes(a)sierraclub.org [mailto:Allison.Forbes@sierraclub.org] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 6:03 PM To: Allison.Forbes(a)sierraclub.org Subject: [energy activists] VICTORY in 9th circuit court! Act Now! Fuel economy victory! Court cites failure to address costs of global warming... On November 15, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the Bush Administration's new light truck fuel economy standards. The Administration's new standards for SUVs, minivans and pickups would increase fuel economy a meager 1.3 mpg from 2007 to model year 2010. The court ordered the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) back to the drawing board to close a loophole for SUVs as well as to account for the benefits of reducing greenhouse gas pollution in its cost-benefit analyses of new standards - factors that should lead to higher standards! This decision comes at a time when Congress is considering raising fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks to 35 mpg by 2020, an increase which would save 1.2 million barrels of oil per day in 2020. This court decision should impel Congress to fulfill its role in setting fuel economy standards, reducing global warming pollution and our oil dependence. We can't rely on the Bush administration to set meaningful increases in fuel economy. This is why it is imperative that Congress pass final energy legislation to raise fuel economy standards, as well as establish a renewable electricity standard, before the end of the year. Please respond to this news by writing a Letter to the Editor (LTE) and sending to your local and state newspapers. Talking points * On November 15, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Bush Administration had failed to consider the benefits of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in setting fuel economy standards for light trucks. * We cannot afford the costs of failing to act on global warming and consumers deserve vehicles that go farther on a gallon of gas. * Congress has an opportunity to make real progress in reducing global warming pollution and our oil dependence by passing final energy legislation this year that will set us on the path to getting 35 mpg in 2020. * Rep _______ /Senators ________ and ____________ should help pass final energy legislation NOW to raise fuel economy standards and establish a national renewable electricity standard. SUV loophole talking points * Light trucks contribute eight percent of U.S. global warming emissions and constitute over half of our passenger vehicle fleet. * Many light trucks, or SUVs, are intended as passenger vehicles and should be required to meet fuel economy standards that reflect their use. * The Ninth Circuit Court ordered the Administration to close the "SUV loophole," which increases global warming pollution and oil dependence. Sample LTE [As reported in the article, "XXXXX,"] the Ninth Circuit court found the Administration failed in its responsibility to set fuel economy standards that reflect the urgency of reducing global warming pollution. It also found that light trucks and SUVs used as passenger vehicles should be required to meet standards that reflect their use. The technology is available to make all cars and trucks to go farther on a gallon of gas and we all would like to save money at the gas pump while reducing global warming pollution. Congress has an opportunity to make real progress in reducing global warming pollution and our oil dependence by bringing final energy legislation across the finish line this year. The House and Senate have each passed crucial energy provisions, including a gradual increase in fuel economy standards to 35 mpg by 2020. We cannot afford the costs of failing to act. Rep. ___________ can help flip the switch on our clean energy future by supporting a national renewable electricity standard of 15 percent by 2020, higher fuel economy standards and energy efficiency standards Sample LTE [As reported in the article, "XXXXX,"] the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the Administration must consider the tremendous benefits of reducing greenhouse gas pollution in its fuel economy proposal for light trucks. Congress should do the same. We cannot afford the costs of failing to act on global warming. While NHTSA goes back to the drawing board to revise its light truck ruling, Congress needs to move forward to get the energy bill across the finish line so that we can begin to see real improvements in fuel economy. Last summer, the Senate voted to raise fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks to a modest 35 mpg by 2020, and the House required electric utilities to produce a percentage of the energy from renewable sources. Rep. ___________ should help pass final legislation before the end of the year. Articles USA Today www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2007-11-15-court-fuel_N.htm ABC News http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=capitol_reports&id=5764610 Detroit Free Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MI_FUEL_ECONOMY_MIOL-?SITE=MIDTF& SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT San Jose Mercury News www.mercurynews.com/ci_7479269?nclick_check=1 Columbus Dispatch www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2007/11/16/Fuel_sta ndards_1116.ART_ART_11-16-07_A1_TH8G73O.html?sid=101 Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/15/AR2007111502633 .html?nav=rss_email/components Did your state or local newspapers print the story? If they did, respond with an LTE calling on Congress to act now! If they didn't, write a letter anyway! You can find more sample LTEs at www.sierraclub.org/flip/do Sierra Club press release (attached) Allison Forbes National Conservation Organizer Sierra Club Global Warming and Energy Program (202) 548-6583

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FW: power plants
by Grubb, Karen 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

Searching by state works, too. -----Original Message----- From: William Grubb [mailto:bgrubb@usm.maine.edu] Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 3:34 PM To: Grubb, Karen Subject: power plants This site was listed in the paper. It's not easy to use. Best if you search by zip code. http://carma.org/

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bumper stickers
by Barbara Fallon 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

Nate, I finally received the bumper sticker. They look great. We are getting them distributed. Good work and thank you. Barbara ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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WVEDA allocates remainder of development bond funds
by James Kotcon 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

If Longview is getting WVEDA tax-exempt bonding authority, does this give us an argument before the PSC for increased public oversight? JBK >From the Charleston Gazette: November 16, 2007 WVEDA allocates remainder of development bond funds By Sarah K. Winn Staff writer The West Virginia Economic Development Authority doled out the remaining yearly tax-exempt industrial development bond money to four large-scale power projects Thursday. Appalachian Power Co. was allocated $26 million: $13 million each for the Mountaineer and Amos power plants. Ohio Power Co. also received $26 million, for its Mitchell and Amos projects. Longview Power LLC, which was given almost $33 million last month, received the balance; $17,183,450 for the Longview Power plant. With the December deadline looming, the board postponed a resolution concerning the incomplete projects funded by the Economic Development Grant Committee. In 2004, the now-obsolete committee awarded 47 statewide projects nearly $225 million. Last year, much of the money went unspent and the WVEDA said the projects could lose their funding if not completed by Dec. 31, 2007. The resolution will be made at the December meeting to "address the status of the projects that aren't complete and how to move forward," WVEDA executive director David Warner said. So far, about $199 million, or just over 88 percent, has been spent. Just over $1 million was spent in October including approximately $1,700 for the Town of Moorefield's wastewater treatment plant, $24,210 for South Charleston's biotechnology incubator, $457,000 for West Virginia University's Blanchette Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, and $572,000 for Beckley's The Woodlands and the Raleigh County Airport Industrial Park. To contact staff writer Sarah K. Winn, use e-mail or call 348-5156.

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Fwd: Another coal plant folds.
by James Kotcon 15 Nov '07

15 Nov '07

News from Florida. This was to be funded by the same DOE program that just released the EIS for Western Greenbrier. Note that they had the ground-breaking for this plant in September, and in November, it was canceled anyway. Enjoy. JBK >>> Susie Caplow <susiecaplowe(a)comcast.net> 11/15/2007 4:46 PM >>> Orlando utility shelves coal-gasification plant Kevin Spear and Mark Schlueb Sentinel Staff Writers November 15, 2007 > Concerned about the threat of a future carbon tax, the Orlando Utilities Commission reversed course Wednesday and killed plans to use gasified coal to power its next electrical plant. OUC and its partner, Southern Co., said the decision was driven by the growing likelihood of a tax or penalty for carbon pollution, which comes from burning coal and other fossil fuels. Carbon is widely blamed by scientists as a major cause of global warming. "Everybody knows the environment for carbon regulation is becoming intense," said Jan Aspuru, OUC's vice president of power resources. "The political climate has changed dramatically." OUC's $550 million project is the sixth coal plant in Florida to be shelved during the past year, as the specter of tougher pollution standards looms over the power industry. The highly touted Orlando project got off the ground with a pledge by the U.S. Department of Energy to back it with $293 million in long-term loans. Plans had progressed so far that local, state and federal officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for the 300-megawatt plant in east Orange County in September. In a process called coal gasification, the new plant would have chemically extracted burnable gases from relatively cheap and plentiful Wyoming coal. Those gases would then have been burned in a high-efficiency electricity generator. The technology was praised by OUC and Southern Co. as a way to rely on coal while vastly reducing pollution that contributes to smog, acid rain and mercury contamination. But gasification was not expected to dramatically reduce carbon emissions, the suspected culprit in global warming. The hope was that the plant could help engineers find ways to capture and store carbon that would otherwise be pumped into the atmosphere. Southern Co., which built and tested a pilot plant in Alabama, said the project would demonstrate the company's quest to make coal a cleaner fuel. With that in mind, even some environmentalists opposed to coal plants withheld opposition to the Orlando project. "I'm sort of shocked they would use this project as a flagship to justify continued use of coal," said Stephen Smith, director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. "And now they pull the plug on it." This year has proved fatal to proposed coal plants in Florida, in part because Gov. Charlie Crist launched efforts to slash greenhouse gases generated by power plants and automobiles. In July, Crist signed an executive order requiring utilities to cut emissions 40 percent by 2025, a level that would equal the amount generated in 1990. "We are in a cloud of regulatory confusion, and we don't know what the next step is," said Barry Moline, executive director of the Florida Municipal Electric Association. "There's no question utilities are concerned, and we need some direction." OUC general manager Ken Ksionek said the utility will lose about $22 million in the decision to stop construction. However, that figure could have doubled if plans for the plant continued much further, he said. OUC will try to make up for losses by purchasing from Southern Co. a 165-acre parcel near Orlando International Airport that the Atlanta-based utility had acquired several years ago. The tentative purchase price of $5 million is less than market value, Ksionek said, and the property could be used for another power plant. The coal-gasification plant would have opened in about three years. OUC will continue with efforts to build its 300-megawatt generator with enough power for about 70,000 homes, but with natural gas as its fuel instead of gasified coal. Even without the new plant, the utility won't immediately face problems generating enough electricity, officials said. OUC said it plans to ramp up efforts to get customers to conserve electricity by encouraging solar heating of water, better insulation of homes and other measures. But the decision to drop coal gasification already has led the utility to explore an option that brings another huge amount of controversy: nuclear power. "If the world is going to move away from carbon, then nuclear will have an extremely important part," OUC's Aspuru said. Aaron Deslatte of the Tallahassee bureau contributed to this report. Kevin Spear can be reached at kspear(a)orlandosentinel.com <mailto:kspear@orlandosentinel.com> 407-420-5062. \Mark Schlueb can be reached at 407-420-5417 or mschlueb(a)orlandosentinel.com Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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FW: Renewables = Wind Turbines
by Grubb, Karen 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

FYI ________________________________ From: Wildlife and Endangered Species Forum [mailto:CONS-WPST-WES-FORUM@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG] On Behalf Of Dan Boone Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 4:41 PM To: CONS-WPST-WES-FORUM(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Subject: Renewables = Wind Turbines Greetings, I just completed an analysis of PJM's database of generation projects for which applications are currently pending for interconnection study to determine the feasibility of hooking-up to the grid. There are 588 applications currently on file in the active Generation Interconnection Request "queues" - see: https://www.pjm.com/planning/project-queues/queue-gen-active.jsp . My goal was to determine the number and MWs of renewable energy projects within PJM's active "queues", and what percentage of these are represented by industrial windplants. As of today, approximately half of all the project applications to PJM requesting a grid interconnection study involve renewable energy generation (about 288 of the 588 total requests). Renewable energy projects are fueled by wind, solar, biomass, wood, methane gas or hydropower. These approximately 288 projects represent about 28,600 MW of generating capacity - about 30% of the total generating capacity of all the projects that have requested an interconnection study within PJM's region. Following is a summary of the number of projects and their combined MWs of generating capacity for all "renewable energy" interconnection requests to PJM: # project requests MW % of total non-hydro % Solar 1 3 .01% .01% Other (tires) 1 20 .07% .07% Wood 2 82 .29% .30% Methane 61 332 1.16% 1.21% Biomass 14 400 1.40% 1.46% Hydro 17 1,059 3.71% Wind 193 26,647 93.36% 96.95% Total 288 28,543 Note that currently over 93% of the generating capacity of all renewable energy projects which have applied to PJM for interconnection study is due to industrial wind energy facilities. However, since every Renewables Portfolio Standard law so far enacted by states in the Mid-Atlantic Region and NC either currently or eventually will exclude most to all hydropower projects from being considered as a "qualifying" source of Renewable Energy Credits, the proportion of the combined generating capacity of "non-hydro" renewable energy projects in PJM's active "queues" that are fueled by wind is nearly 97%. The PJM grid region covers the entire Mid-Atlantic region and extends westward into northern IL - see map indicating the extent of PJM's service area via: http://www.miso-pjm.com <http://www.miso-pjm.com/> . I was intrigued by the PJM result, and decided to pursue this line of inquiry to all the other grid regions of the US. A very similar pattern to what I found in PJM occurs in the Midwest ISO grid region (see map of MISO's service area via: http://www.miso-pjm.com <http://www.miso-pjm.com/> ). The MISO region has over 65,500 MW of wind energy projects in their "interconnection study" queue, and wind turbines represents 99% of all the generating capacity of renewable energy projects so far proposed in this grid. In Texas, the ERCOT grid manager reports that there is over 35,500 MW of wind energy projects in their interconnection study queue - which represents 99% of the generating capacity of all the renewable energy facilities so far proposed. For south-central US, the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) grid manager reports over 19,300 MW of wind energy projects have applied for interconnection study - which represents nearly 100% of all the generating capacity associated with renewable energy projects in their "queue". Likewise, for NY and New England, wind energy projects in the interconnection study "queues" for these two grid regions comprise 6,800 MW and 2,100 MW of proposed generating capacity, respectively. However, wind turbines represents 99% and 85% of the "non-hydro" renewable energy projects in the interconnection study queues of the NY (NYISO) and New England (NEISO) grid regions, respectively. In contrast, for the western half of the US (WECC), although 11,200 MW of wind energy projects are proposed for interconnection study, there is in addition over 5,200 MW of generating capacity proposed for "non-hydro" renewable energy projects. Consequently, wind turbines represent only 2/3 of the generating capacity of all the "non-hydro" renewable energy projects so far proposed within this huge region. When you hear that "renewable energy" projects are expected to help satisfy our future need for electricity, you should realize this general claim overwhelmingly will apply to Industrial Wind Turbines. Except for the western half of the US, only a very tiny percentage of the electricity generating capacity of proposed renewable energy projects will come from facilities whose fuel source is solar, biomass, geothermal or methane. Renewables = Wind Turbines! Percentage of Grid Region MW of wind "non-hydro" renewables New England (NE ISO): 2,100 MW 85% New York (NY ISO): 6,800 MW 99% Mid-Atlantic region (PJM): 26,600 MW 97% Upper Mid-West (MISO): 65,500 MW 99% Texas (ERCOT): 35,500 MW 99% South-central region (SPP): 19,300 MW 100% Western US (WECC): 11,200 MW 68% TOTAL: 167,000 MW Notes: a) numbers are rounded to nearest 100 MW; b) some numbers may be inflated due to multiple requests for interconnection study involving same project; c) entry in the queue does not guarantee a project will be built; however, it is an indicator of activity. d) "non-hydro" renewables include solar, biomass, biogas, geothermal and methane. Dan Boone PS - following are weblinks to the MISO, NYISO, NEISO, ERCOT, SPP and WECC grid region's interconnection study queues: MISO http://www.midwestmarket.org/publish/Document/2a74f7_108e84afbec_-74050a 48324a NYISO http://www.nyiso.com/public/webdocs/services/planning/nyiso_interconnect ion_queue/nyiso_interconnection_queue.xls <http://www.nyiso.com/public/webdocs/services/planning/nyiso_interconnec tion_queue/nyiso_interconnection_queue.xls> NEISO http://www.iso-ne.com/genrtion_resrcs/nwgen_inter/status/interconnection _request_queue_10012007.xls <http://www.iso-ne.com/genrtion_resrcs/nwgen_inter/status/interconnectio n_request_queue_10012007.xls> ERCOT http://www.ercot.com/meetings/ros/keydocs/2007/1011/07._September_2007_S ystem_Planning_Report.doc <http://www.ercot.com/meetings/ros/keydocs/2007/1011/07._September_2007_ System_Planning_Report.doc> SPP https://studies.spp.org/SPPGeneration/GI_ActiveRequests.cfm WECC http://www.energy.ca.gov/electricity/wscc_proposed_generation.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubsribe from the CONS-WPST-WES-FORUM list, send any message to: CONS-WPST-WES-FORUM-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. 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Fw: Fwd: [GWTF] Fw: Invitation to Energy Transmission/Corridors Call
by Barbara Fallon 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Can someone participate in this call? ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Paul Wilson <pjgrunt(a)gmail.com> To: WV Chapter Energy Committee <EC(a)osenergy.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:36:50 AM Subject: [EC] Fwd: [GWTF] Fw: Invitation to Energy Transmission/Corridors Call Our transmission line may not go thru public land now, but who knows what the future will hold. Please designate someone to attend this conf. call. thanks, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fred Heutte <phred(a)sunlightdata.com> To: CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-TF(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:34:59 -0800 Subject: [GWTF] Fw: Invitation to Energy Transmission/Corridors Call The Global Warming & Energy Committee and Smart Energy Solutions CIC are cooperating in this effort and we encourage all interested chapter leaders and other entities to participate. regards, Fred GWE chair ------ mail forwarded, original message follows ------ To: CONS-CHAPTER-CONS-CHAIRS(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG,CONS-COMM- PLUS@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG,cons-wild-legacy-comm@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG ,CONS-WILDLANDS- COMM@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG,cons-wildlands-west-energy-forum@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG ,CONS-SPST- GLOBALWARM-COMM(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG,CCL-CHAPTER-CHAIRS- FORUM(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG From: WORKMANJM(a)aol.com <> Subject: Invitation to Energy Transmission/Corridors Call Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:34:25 EST America's Wild Legacy Conservation Initiative Committee (AWL) has been tasked with implementation of the Stop Destructive Energy Development on Public Lands issue of national concern. Energy transmission/corridors posses a huge threat to public lands and their proliferation has helped feed our national hunger for increasing amounts of energy regardless of its origin or ecological or human ramifications. As a solutions driven organization, Sierra Club has the duty to proactively step forward with answers to siting, corridor and energy development questions. Please join us for a conference call to help frame Sierra Club's work on this important issue and to create a project team of leaders to oversee the implementation of our goals. Participation in the call commits you to nothing other than sharing your ideas and expertise as we jointly seek to define the problems we face and possible solutions. Call information: Monday, November 26, 2007 5 PM Pacific/8 PM Eastern 866-501-6174 8960000# Please feel free to share this invitation with other public lands and/or energy activists in the Sierra Club who are interested in energy transmission issues. My apologies for cross postings. Best ~ Jill Jill M. Workman Chair, America's Wild Legacy CIC Home: 503/654-8670 Cell: 503/421-3635 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-TF list, send any message to: CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-TF-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-6975 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec

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Re: [EC] Fwd: [GWTF] Fw: Invitation to Energy Transmission/CorridorsCall
by Grubb, Karen 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

I was planning to be on this call, but on that date, I will probably be at childbirth classes with my daughter. Can someone else be on it and let us know what is said? Karen ________________________________ From: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org [mailto:ec-bounces@osenergy.org] On Behalf Of Paul Wilson Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 11:37 AM To: WV Chapter Energy Committee Subject: [EC] Fwd: [GWTF] Fw: Invitation to Energy Transmission/CorridorsCall Our transmission line may not go thru public land now, but who knows what the future will hold. Please designate someone to attend this conf. call. thanks, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fred Heutte <phred(a)sunlightdata.com> To: CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-TF(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:34:59 -0800 Subject: [GWTF] Fw: Invitation to Energy Transmission/Corridors Call The Global Warming & Energy Committee and Smart Energy Solutions CIC are cooperating in this effort and we encourage all interested chapter leaders and other entities to participate. regards, Fred GWE chair ------ mail forwarded, original message follows ------ To: CONS-CHAPTER-CONS-CHAIRS(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG,CONS-COMM- PLUS@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG,cons-wild-legacy-comm@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG ,CONS-WILDLANDS- COMM@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG,cons-wildlands-west-energy-forum@LISTS.SIERRAC LUB.ORG ,CONS-SPST- GLOBALWARM-COMM(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG,CCL-CHAPTER-CHAIRS- FORUM(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG From: WORKMANJM(a)aol.com <> Subject: Invitation to Energy Transmission/Corridors Call Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:34:25 EST America's Wild Legacy Conservation Initiative Committee (AWL) has been tasked with implementation of the Stop Destructive Energy Development on Public Lands issue of national concern. Energy transmission/corridors posses a huge threat to public lands and their proliferation has helped feed our national hunger for increasing amounts of energy regardless of its origin or ecological or human ramifications. As a solutions driven organization, Sierra Club has the duty to proactively step forward with answers to siting, corridor and energy development questions. Please join us for a conference call to help frame Sierra Club's work on this important issue and to create a project team of leaders to oversee the implementation of our goals. Participation in the call commits you to nothing other than sharing your ideas and expertise as we jointly seek to define the problems we face and possible solutions. Call information: Monday, November 26, 2007 5 PM Pacific/8 PM Eastern 866-501-6174 8960000# Please feel free to share this invitation with other public lands and/or energy activists in the Sierra Club who are interested in energy transmission issues. My apologies for cross postings. Best ~ Jill Jill M. Workman Chair, America's Wild Legacy CIC Home: 503/654-8670 Cell: 503/421-3635 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-TF list, send any message to: CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-TF-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp

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Fwd: [GWTF] Fw: Invitation to Energy Transmission/Corridors Call
by Paul Wilson 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Our transmission line may not go thru public land now, but who knows what the future will hold. Please designate someone to attend this conf. call. thanks, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fred Heutte <phred(a)sunlightdata.com> To: CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-TF(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:34:59 -0800 Subject: [GWTF] Fw: Invitation to Energy Transmission/Corridors Call The Global Warming & Energy Committee and Smart Energy Solutions CIC are cooperating in this effort and we encourage all interested chapter leaders and other entities to participate. regards, Fred GWE chair ------ mail forwarded, original message follows ------ To: CONS-CHAPTER-CONS-CHAIRS(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG,CONS-COMM- PLUS@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG,cons-wild-legacy-comm@LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG ,CONS-WILDLANDS- COMM(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG, cons-wildlands-west-energy-forum(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG,CONS-SPST- GLOBALWARM-COMM(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG,CCL-CHAPTER-CHAIRS- FORUM(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG From: WORKMANJM(a)aol.com <> Subject: Invitation to Energy Transmission/Corridors Call Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 21:34:25 EST America's Wild Legacy Conservation Initiative Committee (AWL) has been tasked with implementation of the Stop Destructive Energy Development on Public Lands issue of national concern. Energy transmission/corridors posses a huge threat to public lands and their proliferation has helped feed our national hunger for increasing amounts of energy regardless of its origin or ecological or human ramifications. As a solutions driven organization, Sierra Club has the duty to proactively step forward with answers to siting, corridor and energy development questions. Please join us for a conference call to help frame Sierra Club's work on this important issue and to create a project team of leaders to oversee the implementation of our goals. Participation in the call commits you to nothing other than sharing your ideas and expertise as we jointly seek to define the problems we face and possible solutions. Call information: Monday, November 26, 2007 5 PM Pacific/8 PM Eastern 866-501-6174 8960000# Please feel free to share this invitation with other public lands and/or energy activists in the Sierra Club who are interested in energy transmission issues. My apologies for cross postings. Best ~ Jill Jill M. Workman Chair, America's Wild Legacy CIC Home: 503/654-8670 Cell: 503/421-3635 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-TF list, send any message to: CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-TF-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-6975

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Fwd: Invitation to Energy Transmission/Corridors Call
by Paul Wilson 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

fyi, I cannot make it but some folks should dial into this call. best,paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jill Workman <WORKMANJM(a)aol.com> Date: Nov 10, 2007 9:34 PM Subject: Invitation to Energy Transmission/Corridors Call To: CCL-CHAPTER-CHAIRS-FORUM(a)lists.sierraclub.org America's Wild Legacy Conservation Initiative Committee (AWL) has been tasked with implementation of the Stop Destructive Energy Development on Public Lands issue of national concern. Energy transmission/corridors posses a huge threat to public lands and their proliferation has helped feed our national hunger for increasing amounts of energy regardless of its origin or ecological or human ramifications. As a solutions driven organization, Sierra Club has the duty to proactively step forward with answers to siting, corridor and energy development questions. Please join us for a conference call to help frame Sierra Club's work on this important issue and to create a project team of leaders to oversee the implementation of our goals. Participation in the call commits you to nothing other than sharing your ideas and expertise as we jointly seek to define the problems we face and possible solutions. Call information: *Monday, November 26, 2007* *5 PM Pacific/8 PM Eastern* *866-501-6174* *8960000#* Please feel free to share this invitation with other public lands and/or energy activists in the Sierra Club who are interested in energy transmission issues. My apologies for cross postings. Best ~ Jill Jill M. Workman Chair, America's Wild Legacy CIC Home: 503/654-8670 Cell: 503/421-3635 ------------------------------ See what's new at AOL.com <http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170> and Make AOL Your Homepage<http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169> . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubsribe from the CCL-CHAPTER-CHAIRS-FORUM list, send any message to: CCL-CHAPTER-CHAIRS-FORUM-signoff-request(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp Sign up to receive Sierra Club Insider, the flagship e-newsletter. Sent out twice a month, it features the Club's latest news and activities. Subscribe and view recent editions at http://www.sierraclub.org/insider/ -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-6975

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Fwd: Fw: Polling Memo from HADDOW
by James Kotcon 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

The attached polling data are pretty exciting. Enjoy. JBK >>> Paula Carrell <Paula.Carrell(a)sierraclub.org> 11/7/2007 4:47 PM >>> --------------------------- cc:Mail Users----------------------------- ** Remember to DELETE the 'Sender: ...' lines above before REPLYing ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- FROM KIM HADDOW: Attached you will find a memo reviewing the latest polling on energy and global warming issues. Next week we will be sending you an 2% focus group and messaging memo followed closely by a more comprehensive energy and global warming messaging memo informed by the broad range the polling and focus group research. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To get off this list, send email to: LISTSERV(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG Make the message text (not the Subject): SIGNOFF CONS-FRED

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I'm back
by Barbara Fallon 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

I am sorry I stop participating in conversations and meetings. I became very sick (bronchitis) last week and slept for three days, the I was just sick for a long time!!! I am getting my life force back now and will be following up on everything. I see two very good articles in the current Sierran newsletter. Thank you Sally and Duane. I will read these articles soon. Also thank you Sandy and Rodger for getting the postcards our re: PSC meetings. The timing on that was perfect. I know we had a good turn out at the PSC meetings. Good job everyone for participating at the meetings and at getting others to attend. I need to get letters out to those who contributed to our fundraiser. Now, off to my myriad emails.. Barbara __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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FW: [energy activists] LTEs needed; energy bill update
by Grubb, Karen 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

________________________________ From: Allison.Forbes(a)sierraclub.org [mailto:Allison.Forbes@sierraclub.org] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 2:41 PM To: Allison.Forbes(a)sierraclub.org Subject: [energy activists] LTEs needed; energy bill update It's becoming clear that that getting a strong energy bill will be as much about content as about timing. Congress will be down to the wire this month and next trying to work through a queue of important bills. We need to make it clear that passing a clean energy bill is our priority. This will require, more than anything, that we work the media (LTEs, guest editorials, ed-board meetings and public events). Please visit www.sierraclub.org/flip/do for sample Letters to the Editor (LTEs) and guest editorials. Contact national staff if you are interested in setting up an ed-board meeting with your state or local newspaper or engaging media with a public event. Please find resources at bottom of email. Regarding rumors of a broken energy bill There have been rumors that the renewable electricity standard (RES) and the tax bill passed in the House will be dropped from the final energy bill. This is not entirely true but it is ENTIRELY off-message. While we continue to encourage Congress to bring one energy package to the floor with both CAFE and RES, there is the potential for House and Senate to attempt to pass the RES separately in order to win on both issues (fuel economy and RES) since getting 60 votes in the Senate on both in the same bill continues to be a challenging equation. There has not been a final decision on whether to move an RES separately and we should continue to call for a final energy bill that raises fuel economy standards and establishes a national RES. We must raise expectations for Congress to get the job done, so please KEEP THE MESSAGE POSITIVE! Waste-to-energy should not be included in the RES If you are meeting with your member of Congress or have a relationship with a staff person, please let your representatives know that we oppose burning garbage for energy. Some members of Congress are pushing to add waste-to-energy to the list of qualifying renewables in a renewable electricity standard (RES). Factsheets on waste-to-energy are attached. Engage your mayor: Ask him/her to weigh in on the energy bill Mayors have been leaders in making our cities more energy efficient and in cutting global warming. Now we need their help to pressure Congress to pass a final clean energy bill. Reach out to your mayor. http://action.sierraclub.org/site/Ecard?ecard_id=1661 Is your mayor in this news story? U.S. Mayors Seek Federal Help to Protect Climate www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2007/2007-11-05-01.asp Community press release opposing loan guarantee provision in the Farm Bill The same loan guarantee provisions that are causing trouble in the energy bill have found their way into the Farm Bill, thanks to New Mexico Senator Domenici. For more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/pressroom/releases/pr2007-11-08.asp PLACE AN LTE TODAY! Letters to the Editor are extremely useful tools for catching the eye of the media, the public and your Representative's office all in one hit. They should be 200 words, in reaction to recent news, and should at some point say "Rep _____ [or Senator _____] has an opportunity to help pass a final energy bill to raise vehicle mileage standards and increase our use of renewable energy. This bill would benefit the citizens of __STATE/TOWN__ by creating thousands of new green-collar jobs, saving consumers money on their energy bills and curbing global warming pollution. Congress should not wait to jumpstart a cleaner economy." Place an LTE in response to recent news Have these stories below or similar stories appeared in your local and state newspapers? Respond with an LTE calling on Congress to act! Find sample LTEs attached here and at www.sierraclub.org/flip/do NYTimes: Rising demand for oil provokes new energy crisis (11/9) www.nytimes.com/2007/11/09/business/worldbusiness/09oil.html?em&ex=11947 57200&en=18b3c3e975748d65&ei=5087%0A NYTimes: Oil Spill Fouls Shores in San Francisco Area (11/9) www.nytimes.com/2007/11/09/us/09spill.html?ref=science Time: Oil Prices -- It Gets Worse (11/7) www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1681362,00.html Message: Raise fuel economy standards to reduce our oil dependence -- Diversify our energy portfolio with clean renewable energy. Check out Chicago energy activist Cynthia Linton's blog and our own Clean Energy Watch blog for new LTE material. www.earthlingangst.blogspot.com http://sierraclub.typepad.com/cleanenergywatch/ Grist: California Rep. Jane Harman gives a shout out to Cool Cities and clean car standards (11/8) http://gristmill.grist.org/print/2007/11/8/12954/3340?show_comments=no Message: States and cities are leading the way to curb global warming. Congress must act now! Baltimore Sun OpEd by Bonnie Raitt and Harvey Wasserman: No government subsidies for new nuclear plants (11/7) www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.nonukes07nov07,0,1391528.s tory Message: We need to pass a strong clean energy bill with no more taxpayer-funded loan guarantees to the over-subsidized nuclear industry. Christian Science Monitor: In big U.S. energy bill, who will pay? (11/7) www.csmonitor.com/2007/1107/p01s01-wogi.html Great editorializing in Texas Dallas Morning News: Bill benefiting texas wind farms generates opposition (11/8) http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/industries/energy/storie s/110707dnbuswindpower.3339828.html# Ft. Worth Star-Telegram: If Detroit wants to prosper, it should CAFE-inate itself (11/6) http://www.star-telegram.com/245/story/290659.html Denver Post: Gov. Ritter touts plan to battle global warming www.denverpost.com/ci_7380011 Detroit News/Detroit Free Press: Clinton energy plan Clinton's energy platform includes raising fuel economy standards to 40 mpg and other great energy initiatives. Detroit News www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071106/AUTO01/711060323/114 8 <http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071106/AUTO01/71106 0323/1148> Detroit Free Press www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071105/BUSINESS01/71105041/10 65/SPORTS17 <http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071105/BUSINESS01/711 05041/1065/SPORTS17> Next energy activist meeting on Tuesday at 8:30pm Eastern Energy activist calls occur weekly. Call-in number: 1-866-501-6174 Code: 2239223# Allison Forbes National Conservation Organizer Sierra Club Global Warming and Energy Program (202) 548-6583

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URGENT, help needed
by Regina Hendrix 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Fellow Sierra Club Members: I have pasted some information below which is extremely distressing because, first, Maria is my friend and, second, if something bad happens to Maria, we will have difficulty getting coalfield citizens to speak up and to testify in future litigation. In addition to the links below, Maria and her homeplace are featured in our yellow brochures. This is an extremely scary situation which we can't let Maria face alone. Maria has two children who attend school in the Bob White community and so we have to worry about their safety too. The miners have been showing up in the early A.M. hours and picketing her house in their fluorescent striped workclothes. There have been threats to burn her home and many other harassments. Any financial aid will be appreciated to enable us to provide 24-hour protection for Maria's homeplace until the help mentioned below becomes available. As Dianne mentions, we are keeping this quiet so as not to inflame more passions. Thank you for any assistance. Please don't hesitate to give me a call if you need any further information. Regina Hendrix 304-343-5211 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For now, please *don't* publicize or write letters to the editor about the harassment mentioned below, as a lot of publicity at this time may inflame the situation. Because of a lawsuit filed by WV groups, Judge Robert C Chambers recently imposed a temporary injunction which prevents a new, huge valley fill in Boone County from being built (for now, at least). The company says they couldn't keep mining the mountains unless they have this new valley fill to dump the former mountaintops into. We hear that 39 workers are in the process of being laid off. The valley fill would have employed these 39 workers for 12 months. Shortly before we won the injunction, an OVEC meeting in Boone County (Sept 19) was forcibly taken over by about 60 mountaintop removal workers, who crowded into the large room and made it impossible for others to get in. These people were angry because they had apparently been told that OVEC was going to take away their jobs, and that Maria Gunnoe, in particular, was to be targeted. We have not publicized this more widely because the threats and outright intimidation have been widespread and we are trying to promote calm. Some of the gov't authorities are involved with us, to help reduce the chances for violence. We need immediate help in continuing to provide the funding for people to continue to keep watch over Maria's home night and day - as they have been for over a month now. _We've been promised some bigger financial help but we_ _won't have this funding immediately_. So we've been soliciting private donations, and we now find it necessary to ask more widely. We need _$300 a day_ to keep Maria's home protected. *Any amount* you can contribute would be deeply appreciated. Please send to Maria Gunnoe at PO Box 46, Bob White WV . The mine on the mountain above Maria's house has already caused flooding that damaged her barn, swept away bridges connecting her homeplace to the main road and washed away nearly five acres of her land. Some of the washout gouged the land to a depth of five feet. Here are some links to see what has happened to Maria's home: http://journals.aol.com/imaginemew/LoveMountains/entries/2006/06/11/more-ma… <mailbox:///C%7C/Documents%20and%20Settings/Regina%20Hendrix/Application%20D…> http://www.stopmountaintopremoval.org/marias-story.html <mailbox:///C%7C/Documents%20and%20Settings/Regina%20Hendrix/Application%20D…> For more links just google Maria Gunnoe.

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Global Warming Seminar this Thurday in Morgantown
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

Thursday there will be an Energy Expert speaking about Global Warming at the NRCEE at 11:00, see http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/news/page/6300/ . Robert G. Watts, the Cornelia and Arthur Jung Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Tulane University, will speak on “Global Warming and the Future of Planet Earth” in Room 101A of the National Research Center for Coal and Energy on the Evansdale Campus. Watts has written several books about he subject: http://tinyurl.com/37s8nk -Jonathan

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FW: [energy activists] Energy and Global Warming goals: November-December
by Grubb, Karen 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

________________________________ From: Allison.Forbes(a)sierraclub.org [mailto:Allison.Forbes@sierraclub.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 7:41 PM To: Allison.Forbes(a)sierraclub.org Subject: [energy activists] Energy and Global Warming goals: November-December Energy and Global Warming Sierra Club focus for November and December Our best chance to legislate global warming emission reductions this year is to help get the strongest provisions in the House and Senate energy bills enacted and signed into law. Achieving this goal will require our strongest efforts to turn votes and engage public opinion in support of passing a strong final energy bill. Passing a strong final energy bill could reduce global warming emissions almost 20 percent by 2030. Because the energy bill is moving quickly through Congress on a short time scale, and is very near the finish line, passing this bill requires our immediate focused attention. To reduce global warming emissions 80 percent by 2050, Congress will also need to enact a cap on carbon. On November 1, the Lieberman-Warner cap-and-trade bill (America's Climate Security Act, S. 2191) passed in Senate subcommittee by a vote of 4-3 and is headed to full committee hearings with a final markup tentatively scheduled for November 15. National staff are working with allies and champions on the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) committee to develop a strategy for strengthening S. 2191. Please see the attached statement from Carl Pope, talking points on requested improvements, and our ad outlining "The Seven Principles of a New Energy Policy." Most environmental groups concur that S. 2191 needs to be strengthened, but there is a wide range of opinion on how to treat the bill as it moves to full committee. Sierra Club's goal is to keep our message encouraging -- recognizing the progress -- while clearly calling for strengthening changes to the bill. The most effective thing that you can do now to influence the EPW committee process is to increase the number of co-sponsors on the Sanders-Boxer Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act (S. 309) to show support for science-based emission reduction targets. Our Flip the Switch for Clean Energy campaign to get an energy bill across the finish line with the strongest House- and Senate-passed provisions is based at www.sierraclub.org/flip Allison Forbes National Conservation Organizer Sierra Club Global Warming and Energy Program (202) 548-6583

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Re: [EC] Hillary's Energy plan
by Paul Wilson 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

coal section is pretty weak. see below. The whole plan is attached. Pls review at your leisure. paul COAL INDUSTRY'S ROLE New Technology to Fight Greenhouse Gas Emissions Efficiency First--Maximize Energy Efficiency to Address Coal Demand: A 2006 McKinsey Global Insight study of global energy efficiency potential found that all future energy service demand growth in North America can be met through cost-effective energy efficiency investments, such as greener building technologies and more efficient vehicles. Recent examples prove that efficiency can dramatically reduce the need to build new power plants. Earlier this year, investors acquired TXU and scrapped plans to build 8 of 11 planned coal-fired power plants in Texas. Part of the plan to replace the 8 planned power plants was a $400 million increase in expenditures on customer efficiency. To maximize the potential for efficiency, Hillary would direct state utility commissions to ensure that before approving an application to build a coal plant, there is an evaluation of whether the energy services provided by that plant could be met by cost-effective investments in energy efficiency. Accelerating the Development of Clean Coal Coal plays a major role in America's energy mix, powering fifty percent of America's electricity generation, and we still have enormous coal reserves. At the same time, coal-fired power plants are the largest contributor to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and are responsible for emissions of mercury and other dangerous pollutants. Hillary understands that continuing to build new coal plants in the same way that we have in the past will make it extremely difficult to meet our climate change goals. Hillary's plan includes many components that would alleviate the need for additional coal plants in the coming years. For example, hr strong efficiency measures will reduce the need for new power plants. Hillary also believes that we need to take swift action to spur the development and deployment of technology and practices that will enable us to capture, store and safely sequester carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants. To accelerate the development of this important technology, Hillary would put immediate funding towards 10 large scale carbon capture and storage projects that utilize a range of coal types, power plant types, and storage locations. She will move quickly to develop the regulatory framework to ensure that carbon sequestration can be done safely and reliably. And she will require all new coal plants to be capable of adding capture and storage technology when it becomes commercially available. -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-6975

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Fwd: Fw: "Clean coal" plant setbacks mount in U.S.
by Paul Wilson 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

fyi, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pat.Gallagher(a)sierraclub.org <Pat.Gallagher(a)sierraclub.org> Date: Nov 2, 2007 3:22 PM Subject: Fw: "Clean coal" plant setbacks mount in U.S. "Clean coal" plant setbacks mount in U.S. By Steve Raabe The Denver Post Article Last Updated:11/01/2007 02:04:50 AM MDT Xcel Energy's decision to delay consideration of a "clean coal" power plant is the latest in a string of setbacks for the promising but controversial technology. At least 10 proposals for coal-gasification plants in the U.S. have been delayed or canceled this year. The plans have succumbed to high costs, technological uncertainties and growing concern about carbon emissions from coal-fired power. Known as integrated gasification combined cycle, or IGCC, the technology uses high pressure and temperatures to convert coal to a gas that burns more cleanly and efficiently than raw coal. Xcel's $1 billion-plus proposal would have gone a step further than the other plans by capturing carbon dioxide from the process and injecting it into underground caverns, mines or oil and gas wells. Xcel chief executive Dick Kelly said this week that the utility will wait at least two more years before deciding whether to launch the project. "Much of the momentum building behind IGCC has waned in 2007 as rising capital costs, stabilizing natural-gas prices and an uncertain carbon-policy outlook have undermined IGCC's competitiveness for power generation," said analyst Alex Klein in a report for Cambridge, Mass.- based Emerging Energy Research. Among the setbacks: Tampa Electric canceled a 630-megawatt plant last month because of rising costs and uncertainty over whether the project would meet Florida's new greenhouse-gas regulations. The project was killed despite Tampa Electric's 10 years of operating another IGCC plant - one of only two in the nation. Plant developer Southwestern Power Group canceled an IGCC proposal for Bowie, Ariz., and now proposes a natural- gas-fired generator because of high costs for coal gasification, carbon-regulation uncertainties and difficulty in gaining public and regulatory approval. Ohio utility AEP said it may delay the start of an IGCC plant, pending the outcome of a court ruling on a challenge stemming from the project's high cost to consumers. "It's an experimental technology, and the costs can be 40 percent higher" than conventional coal-fired plants, said Lynne Mackey, regulatory affairs director for East Brunswick, N.J.-based power producer LS Power. "When you turn a plant on, it has to run," she said. "We're not philosophically opposed to IGCC, but the technology has to be compared to proven coal technologies." LS Power has sought for two years to build a conventional coal-fired plant in Colorado, but its submission to an Xcel Energy request for proposals was turned down last year. Mackey said the efficiency of conventional coal plants has increased in the past decade, allowing generators to burn less coal and reduce their carbon emissions. Steve Raabe: 303-954-1948 or sraabe(a)denverpost.com -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-6975

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Pacala: "Equitable Solutions to Greenhouse Warming"
by Duane330＠aol.com 02 Nov '07

02 Nov '07

WVU announced a change in the time of the lecture: ............................... CORRECTION: time of Benedum Lecture Stephen W. Pacala, Frederick D. Petrie Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and director of the Princeton Environmental Institute at Princeton University, will deliver the 2007 Benedum Lecture at 8 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 6) in Room 202 of Brooks Hall. The title of his talk is *Equitable Solutions to Greenhouse Warming: On the Distribution of Wealth, Emissions and Responsibility Within and Between Nations.* A reception will follow outside Room 202. The event is open to the public; admission is free. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Claude Worthington Benedum Endowment and the Office of the Provost and is coordinated by the distinguished and chaired professors of WVU. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

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[Fwd: [fom] MTR poll in the Charleston Daily Mail! Please vote!]
by Regina Hendrix 01 Nov '07

01 Nov '07

Please take a moment and vote in this poll. Thanks. Regina

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Fwd: Charlotte Obs: Demand for coal destroys mountaintops-- MTR/ GW/ new coal plants
by Paul Wilson 31 Oct '07

31 Oct '07

fyi, regina you may want to fwd to the FOM list if it has not shown up there yet. best, paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alice.McKeown(a)sierraclub.org <Alice.McKeown(a)sierraclub.org> Date: Oct 30, 2007 1:20 PM Subject: Charlotte Obs: Demand for coal destroys mountaintops-- MTR/ GW/ new coal plants I wanted to make sure everyone saw this opinion piece out of NC-- it links MTR, GW, new coal-fired power plants, and corporate accountability all together. AND it ends with a nod to efficiency. It's from our friends at App. Voices. ________________________________ Alice McKeown Sierra Club Clean Air & Coal Campaigns tel: 202.675.6271 fax: 202.547.6009 Demand for coal destroys mountaintops BofA and Duke Energy contribute to practice that hurts environment HARVARD AYERS Special to the Observer Charlotte Observer http://www.charlotte.com/409/story/336472.html This week's protest of Charlotte-based Bank of America's practice of financing companies who strip mine coal in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia raised concerns that should be of interest to all North Carolinians. The Rainforest Action Network hung a huge banner off a crane in front of the Bank of America building that dominates the skyline of downtown Charlotte. The sign read, "Financing Coal, Killing Communities." Many of us are not aware of all the mining practices of coal giants such as Arch Coal and Massey Energy. Besides the familiar underground mining, they blow up mountains in Appalachia to get down to the coal, and push the waste and debris into surrounding valleys. Known appropriately as mountaintop removal, this practice has leveled more than 470 Appalachian mountains and buried or polluted thousands of miles of mountain streams -- streams at the headwaters of the drinking water supply of millions of Americans. Blasting and flooding from mountaintop removal are also devastating families and communities in the mountains and leaving the economy of central Appalachia in shambles. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., perhaps the most prominent environmentalist of our time, recently stated in a speech in Blowing Rock, "Mountaintop removal is the biggest environmental battle of our hemisphere. You know, you can restore the Hudson River in perhaps a hundred years. But you will never, never, get these mountains back. This is truly a crime against every human being in the world." Duke wants huge new plant Another prominent corporation in Charlotte, Duke Energy, is closely connected to Kennedy's concerns. Duke is trying to gain state approval for a huge coal-fired power plant just upwind from Charlotte. The smaller, existing plants at this Cliffside site use mostly mountaintop removal coal from West Virginia and surrounding states, and the much larger unit, if approved, is expected to burn coal from the same region. In fact, according to the Boone-based environmental organization Appalachian Voices, Duke Energy is one of our nation's three biggest users of mountaintop removal coal.Not only would increased demand for coal from the expanded Cliffside plant lead directly to the destruction of more beautiful and irreplaceable Appalachian mountains and communities, it would add millions of tons of global warming gases and other pollutants to our atmosphere. Congressional efforts to curb global warming are very likely to succeed in what promises to be a much more environmentally concerned Congress. So the Duke Energy effort to gain approval for the Cliffside coal plant may be seen as a race against time to get what may well be one of the last of the dirty coal plants in under the wire. When Congress does finally act to regulate global warming gases, those regulations will be costly for states like North Carolina that get most of their electricity from dirty coal plants. With an astronomical 61 percent of our electricity already generated by burning coal, North Carolinians have a lot to lose by putting even more of our energy "eggs" in the coal "basket." Rhetoric misleading Another connection exists between Bank of America and Duke Energy: both claim to be responsible corporate citizens who are concerned about their environmental footprint. Bank of America claims to be investing heavily in technologies that will reduce global warming. However, in 2006 the company spent $100 on dirty energy projects for every dollar it spent on clean energy, according to a white paper by the Rainforest Action Network. The environmental rhetoric of Duke CEO Jim Rogers is just as misleading: Rogers asserted in a recent editorial in The New York Times that the best power plant is the one you don't have to build. But a recent study by the N.C. Utilities Commission demonstrated unequivocally that conservation, efficiency and renewables could meet North Carolina's projected energy demand at a comparable cost to what Duke plans to spend building the Cliffside coal plant. The motto of North Carolina is Esse Quam Videri -- "To be, rather than to seem." But what North Carolina-based companies Duke Energy and Bank of America may have most in common is how far they are from living up to this standard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Harvard Ayers is professor emeritus of anthropology at Appalachian State University and a board member of Appalachian Voices, www.appvoices.org. Write him at harvard(a)boone.net. -- Paul Wilson Sierra Club 504 Jefferson Ave Charles Town, WV 25414-1130 Phone: 304-725-4360 Cell: 304-279-6975

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[Fwd: Fw: Earthjustice e.Brief: Stunning Win Over Coal Power]
by Regina Hendrix 30 Oct '07

30 Oct '07

Just received this from Mark. Regina

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Regina wants you to see this.
by regina1036＠verizon.net 29 Oct '07

29 Oct '07

Regina thought you would like this site. http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/102407EC.shtml ApplyRefer v2.3

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Add Sustainable Growth to WV-EOP
by Duane330＠aol.com 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

ENERGY POLICY: National Academies Make Case for Sustainable Growth Eli Kintisch A report released this week by dozens of the world's national science academies recommends using energy more efficiently, putting a price on carbon emissions, and developing green energy sources. See the journal Science, October 26, 2007, Volume 318, Issue 5850. Let me suggest that you visit the following web site, and submit your support for incorporating the above referenced studies into the WV Energy Opportunities Plan [EOP]. Comments can be submitted electronically until the end of October, i.e. Wednesday of next week. If you do it now, you won't forget. I have requested that WV develop a plan that reduces carbon dioxide emissions state-wide by 2% per year, which would be reasonably easy to achieve and to sustain, if a plan and commitment were made to do so. Web Site for WV-EOP: _www.energywv.org_ (http://www.energywv.org) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

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Fw: Forbes Article
by Allan Tweddle 25 Oct '07

25 Oct '07

Here's one WV DOE administration reaction that the members of the WV PEAS were sent. Allan ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff Herholdt<mailto:jherholdt@wvdo.org> To: stimmermeyer(a)wvdep.org<mailto:stimmermeyer@wvdep.org> ; David Warner<mailto:dwarner@wveda.org> ; Freeland Joe<mailto:joeatrms@yahoo.com> ; Allan Tweddle<mailto:allantweddle@msn.com> ; Mike Ross<mailto:mriimurray@3wlogic.net> ; S Pettit<mailto:spettit@waco-trio.com> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 11:36 AM Subject: Forbes Article The recent Forbes article referenced a study on energy efficiency at the state level conducted by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. Attached is a copy of that study. The recent adoption of the 2003 International Conservation Code was reflected in our score. West Virginia is ranked 35, tied with Kentucky. FYI, Jeff Jeff Herholdt Acting Director West Virginia Division of Energy (304) 558-2234 (304) 558-0362 Fax jherholdt(a)energywv.org<mailto:jherholdt@energywv.org>

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Fw: Scientists See Coal As Key Challenge
by Allan Tweddle 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Scientists See Coal As Key Challenge http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/22/AR200<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/22/AR200> 7102200978.html By CHARLES J. HANLEY The Associated Press Monday, October 22, 2007; 2:26 PM -- The proliferation of coal-burning power plants around the world may pose "the single greatest challenge" to averting dangerous climate change, an international panel of scientists reported Monday. Governments and the private sector are spending too little on research into a partial solution _ technology to capture and store the carbon dioxide emissions from such plants, the group said. The study by 15 scientists from 13 nations, "Lighting the Way: Toward a Sustainable Energy Future," was commissioned by the governments of China and Brazil and is the product of two years of workshops organized by the InterAcademy Council, the Netherlands-based network of national academies of science. The 174-page report details current and developing technologies, and government incentives and other policies that could lead both the developed and developing world to clean, affordable and sustainable energy supplies. "The first thing it says, really, is that conservation and energy efficiency will remain for the next couple of decades the most important thing the world can do to get on a sustainable path," said co-chairman Steven Chu, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and director of California's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Such steps are urgently needed, the panel said, not only to cut back emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for global warming, but also to extend basic energy services to 2 billion poor people worldwide and reduce the potential for international conflict over energy resources. The report took note of the growing role of coal-fired power plants in some countries, "despite increased scientific certainty and growing concern about climate change." China expects to open one new coal-fired plant per week over the next five years. In the United States, plans for more than 150 new coal plants have been announced since the late 1990s, although some recently have been scrapped or delayed because of climate and other concerns. European and U.S. scientists and engineers are working to develop capture-and-storage technologies, whereby power plants' carbon-dioxide emissions might be sequestered long-term in abandoned oil wells or other underground cavities. But the InterAcademy Council panel said such work is poorly financed. "Some would argue this is an absolutely cornerstone policy with currently inadequate investment and attention," panelist Ged Davis, a British energy economist, told reporters in a teleconference Monday. The report noted public investment worldwide in energy research and development was estimated at $9 billion in 2005. That should be at least doubled, it said, and there should be "worldwide introduction of price signals for carbon emissions," to push future public and private investment in a carbon-saving direction. Under the Kyoto Protocol, which requires emissions reductions by industrialized nations, the European Union operates a "carbon price" system whereby industries not using up their quotas can sell allowances to others that overshoot their quotas. The United States rejects the idea of such mandatory emissions cutbacks.

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[Fwd: corrected youtube link mtr clean water act]
by Regina Hendrix 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Hi Folks: Take a look at this youtube for a close-up of where your energy comes from. Regina

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TrAil Project
by Regina Hendrix 23 Oct '07

23 Oct '07

Hi Karen: I just had a call from Bill Walters of Mathias, WV. Bill has suggested that we place a notice of the meeting in the Moorefield Examiner. He has been making some personal contacts to bring out citizens to the meeting and he advises me there's much concern among the locals in Hardy County. I gave Bill Walters the phone numbers for our conservation chair and he will be calling you, Karen. Bill's phone number is 304-897-5738. Regina

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Re: [EC] Scheduling conference call.
by Grubb, Karen 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

These are questions we need to answer on the conference call. I vote for Sunday at 12:15, if we can get a quorum. I will be on another call at 9:00 Sunday night so after 8:00 is not good for me. Bill asked for midday Sunday and Jim can make it then. What about Barbara, Beth, and Sally? How many do we need for a quorum - 6, not counting Paul? So far we have: Bill DePaulo, Karen Grubb, Jim Kotcon, Duane Nichols, Allan Tweddle, Paul Wilson ________________________________ From: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org on behalf of duane330(a)aol.com Sent: Sat 10/20/2007 10:02 AM To: ec(a)osenergy.org Subject: [EC] Scheduling conference call. To: EC. I'm in Richmond, VA, and driving home on Sunday afternoon. I have a cell phone with me. So, I could do the conferrence call at 12:15 on Sunday, after 8 pm on Sunday, or any time on Monday until 5 pm, or after 8:30 pm. How much money do we have on hand at this time, and, are there any other significant prospects..............?? We could probably get Ron Klein to back off the $3,000 total by $500, bringing him down to $2500. However, this whole experience has been quite time consuming for him to come up to speed on the background information and data. Even if we don't use him, we definitely owe him $500 already. And, Jonathan and I have told him that his work thus far is deserving of an additional $500. What is the cost estimate for Hale Powell................?? Duane ________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail <http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=A…> !

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Re: [EC] Scheduling conference call.
by Grubb, Karen 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

I don't want to ursurp Barbara as Energy Chair, but since I am Intervention Subcommittee Chair, I say let's do the conference call at 12:15 Sunday. 1-866-501-6174 code is 1005700# Everyone that can, please call in whether you are a voting member or not. ________________________________ From: James Kotcon [mailto:jkotcon@wvu.edu] Sent: Sat 10/20/2007 2:36 PM To: Grubb, Karen; ec(a)osenergy.org Subject: Re: [EC] Scheduling conference call. "Done" is better than "Perfect". If we wait till we get everyone available, we may lose a week or more, and time is of the essence. JBK >>> "Grubb, Karen" <kgrubb(a)fairmontstate.edu> 10/20/2007 2:05 PM >>> These are questions we need to answer on the conference call. I vote for Sunday at 12:15, if we can get a quorum. I will be on another call at 9:00 Sunday night so after 8:00 is not good for me. Bill asked for midday Sunday and Jim can make it then. What about Barbara, Beth, and Sally? How many do we need for a quorum - 6, not counting Paul? So far we have: Bill DePaulo, Karen Grubb, Jim Kotcon, Duane Nichols, Allan Tweddle, Paul Wilson ________________________________ From: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org on behalf of duane330(a)aol.com Sent: Sat 10/20/2007 10:02 AM To: ec(a)osenergy.org Subject: [EC] Scheduling conference call. To: EC. I'm in Richmond, VA, and driving home on Sunday afternoon. I have a cell phone with me. So, I could do the conferrence call at 12:15 on Sunday, after 8 pm on Sunday, or any time on Monday until 5 pm, or after 8:30 pm. How much money do we have on hand at this time, and, are there any other significant prospects..............?? We could probably get Ron Klein to back off the $3,000 total by $500, bringing him down to $2500. However, this whole experience has been quite time consuming for him to come up to speed on the background information and data. Even if we don't use him, we definitely owe him $500 already. And, Jonathan and I have told him that his work thus far is deserving of an additional $500. What is the cost estimate for Hale Powell................?? Duane ________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail <http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=A…> !

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STILL MORE DETAIL -- AND WHAT A CONCLUSION!!
by William V. DePaulo, Esq. 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

So who's at the bottom? Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana and, at No. 50, West Virginia. All suffer from a mix of toxic waste, lots of pollution and consumption and no clear plans to do anything about it. Expect them to remain that way. -- William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel: 304-342-5588 Fax: 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com

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FOLLOW UP TO FORBES GREEN LIST - SPECIFIC COMMENT ON WEST VA
by William V. DePaulo, Esq. 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

*West Virginia **No. 50 **Score: 14.2 out of 50* West Virginia posted low scores in every category, notably carbon footprint (fourth highest) and water cleanliness (we ranked it fourth worst). It's got more toxic waste to manage per capita than all but three states. In 2005, it disposed of or released 97.1 million lbs of toxic waste. The state exceeded its Clean Water Act permit levels by an average of 679% in 2005, according to U.S. PIRG. This means the water was frequently grossly tainted. -- William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel: 304-342-5588 Fax: 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com

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West Virginia ranked 50th on Green List, i.e., at the absolute bottom
by William V. DePaulo, Esq. 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU SAW A REFERENCE TO THIS LIST COMPILED BY FORBES MAGAZINE, PLACING W. VA. AT THE ABSOLUTE BOTTOM OF THE GREEN LIST, I.E., THE LEAST GREEN OF ALL FIFTY STATES. WHAT DID THE LADY SAY, "FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NUTHIN LEFT TO LOSE."? ANYWAY, I HOPE TO MAKE THIS AN ASSET AT THE PSC. THE IDEA IS HOW CAN WE JUSTIFY FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OF ANY TYPE.....OF COURSE, THE OTHER SIDE WILL ARGUE THAT THIS IS ALL THE MORE REASON TO DUMP STILL MORE CRAP ON US, I.E., WHO WILL NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE. TO WHICH WE MUST ANSWER, OUR GRANDCHILDREN, YOU ASSHOLE. ANYWAY, HERE IT IS. LET'S FACE IT AND THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. BILL -- William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel: 304-342-5588 Fax: 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com

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Scheduling conference call.
by duane330＠aol.com 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

To:? EC. I'm in Richmond, VA, and driving home on Sunday afternoon.? I have a cell phone with me. So,? I could do the conferrence call at 12:15 on Sunday, after 8 pm on Sunday, or any time on Monday until 5 pm, or after 8:30 pm.??? How much money do we have on hand at this time, and, are there any other significant prospects..............?? We could probably get Ron Klein to back off the $3,000 total by $500, bringing him down to $2500.??? However, this whole experience has been quite time consuming for him to come up to speed on the background information and data. Even if we don't use him, we definitely owe him $500 already.? And,?Jonathan and I?have told him that his work thus far is deserving of an additional $500.? What is the cost estimate for Hale Powell................?? Duane ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com

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Re: [EC] energy committee conference call
by Grubb, Karen 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Saturday or Sunday mid-day works for me. I hope it is okay if I send this out to the Energy Committee to decide on a time. Energy Committee, please respond as to your availability Saturday or Sunday for a call sometime between 12 and 2. Karen ________________________________ From: William V. DePaulo, Esq. [mailto:william.depaulo@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 5:23 PM To: Grubb, Karen Cc: Barbara Fallon; James Kotcon; AutumnB Subject: Re: energy committee conference call I WILL BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN A CONF CALL, BUT HOPEFULLY NOT LATE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. WHAT ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY -- FOR 45 MINS OR SO -- ON SAT OR SUNDAY. IF YOU GET A CHANCE PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SECOND DISCOVERY REQUEST I FORWARDED TO THE EC COMMITTEE EMAIL ADDRESS. BILL DEPAULO 304-541-1984 On 10/19/07, Grubb, Karen <kgrubb(a)fairmontstate.edu> wrote: Jim, Autumn, and I think we should get committee approval to budget the funds needed to hire Hale Powell and Rich Klein. And that we should discuss if we want to hire both and how they will complement each other's testimonies. I think we should talk as a committee concerning funds raised from the letter and if we will have the amount needed to hire both consultants, etc. It is important that Bill DePaulo be on this call. Bill and Jim, do you agree with this assessment? I don't want to burden you, Barbara, but I would feel better if the committee decides rather than just a couple of us. You are doing a great job with fund raising and the postcard. Karen ________________________________ From: Barbara Fallon [mailto:brbr_fallon@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 4:13 PM To: Grubb, Karen Subject: Re: Allegheny Power transmission lines - issues for today's call I am not sure that we need a conference call on this. Do we all have to approve this selection? I am up for a conference call if you think we need one in general or specifically about this. I am staying focused on fund raising. I have to write thank you notes and send IRS info out asap. Also SES report and other grant leads.. Barbara ----- Original Message ---- From: "Grubb, Karen" <kgrubb(a)fairmontstate.edu> To: Barbara Fallon <brbr_fallon(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:28:36 PM Subject: FW: Allegheny Power transmission lines - issues for today's call I talked to Jim and Autumn last night at the phone banking about this. He says he will talk to Bill DePaulo and if he says yes, the Energy Committee should have a conference call SOON to approve hiring this consultant. ________________________________ From: HPEnergy(a)aol.com [mailto:HPEnergy@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 11:17 AM To: jkotcon(a)wvu.edu; Grubb, Karen Cc: HPEnergy(a)aol.com Subject: Re: Allegheny Power transmission lines - issues for today's call Here are some thoughts for our call: can you call me at 978 392-8442 at noon? regards, Hale Allegheny Line - Issues for 10/17/07 Call 1- Which are most effective arguments against the project?? a. Alternative strategies to reduce transmission constraints, enhance reliability i. Enhancing existing transmission corridor ii. Localized demand reduction via "targeted DSM" strategies iii. DSM program enhancement by out of state ratepayers (could this somehow be negotiated as an element of the transmission agreement? Funded by a transmission surcharge?) b. Uncertain economic viability of project (ie potential investment stranding) i. Carbon tax/regulation scenarios and impact on coal generation ii. Coal fuel price volatility iii. Transportation costs and constraints? c. Are forecasts of demand growth by 2011 that underlie this project legitimate? (assumption of power plant location, demand forecasts etc). d. Environmental impacts from increased plant utilization. e. Benefits from possible four new 600 MW plants - are these legitimate? f. FERC defined alternatives have not be adequately addressed 2- Which venue is most appropriate? a. WVPSC b. FERC 3- What type of supporting witness best serves this argument? a. Transmission specialist with FERC experience b. DSM specialist c. Resource planning specialist 4- Funding for expert witness Hale Powell , MS , CEM HPowell Energy Associates Westford , Massachusetts (978) 337-4284 hpenergy(a)aol.com <mailto:hpenergy@aol.com> -- William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel: 304-342-5588 Fax: 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com

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Fwd: Info on Hale Powell, expert witness.
by James Kotcon 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Below are some of the issues that Hale Powell and I discussed on Wednesday. His expertise is in Demand Side Management. He has a Masters degree in Energy Policy from U of Penn and 16+ years of experience in the field. He is not an expert on engineering aspects, and is concerned in that he has never testified on transmission issues, although he has a lot of experience on power plant/generation cases. I will present details of our conversation at the conference call. JBK >>> <HPEnergy(a)aol.com> 10/17/2007 11:17 AM >>> Here are some thoughts for our call: can you call me at 978 392-8442 at noon? regards, Hale Allegheny Line – Issues for 10/17/07 Call 1- Which are most effective arguments against the project?? a. Alternative strategies to reduce transmission constraints, enhance reliability i. Enhancing existing transmission corridor ii. Localized demand reduction via “targeted DSM” strategies iii. DSM program enhancement by out of state ratepayers (could this somehow be negotiated as an element of the transmission agreement? Funded by a transmission surcharge?) b. Uncertain economic viability of project (ie potential investment stranding) i. Carbon tax/regulation scenarios and impact on coal generation ii. Coal fuel price volatility iii. Transportation costs and constraints? c. Are forecasts of demand growth by 2011 that underlie this project legitimate? (assumption of power plant location, demand forecasts etc). d. Environmental impacts from increased plant utilitzation. e. Benefits from possible four new 600 MW plants – are these legitimate? f. FERC defined alternatives have not be adequately addressed 2- Which venue is most appropriate? a. WVPSC b. FERC 3- What type of supporting witness best serves this argument? a. Transmission specialist with FERC experience b. DSM specialist c. Resource planning specialist 4- Funding for expert witness Hale Powell, MS, CEM HPowell Energy Associates Westford, Massachusetts (978) 337-4284 hpenergy(a)aol.com ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

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Re: [EC] energy committee conference call
by Grubb, Karen 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

It doesn't matter to me, but it is important that Bill is able to be on the call. Thanks for all your work with Ron Klein. Do you have any opinion on hiring Hale Powell as well as Dr. Klein? ________________________________ From: Jonathan Rosenbaum [mailto:freesource@cheat.org] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 7:17 PM To: Grubb, Karen Subject: Re: [EC] energy committee conference call Grubb, Karen wrote: Saturday or Sunday mid-day works for me. I hope it is okay if I send this out to the Energy Committee to decide on a time. Energy Committee, please respond as to your availability Saturday or Sunday for a call sometime between 12 and 2. Karen Karen, neither times work for me, however, evenings on either day would work. -Jonathan ________________________________ From: William V. DePaulo, Esq. [mailto:william.depaulo@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 5:23 PM To: Grubb, Karen Cc: Barbara Fallon; James Kotcon; AutumnB Subject: Re: energy committee conference call I WILL BE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN A CONF CALL, BUT HOPEFULLY NOT LATE ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. WHAT ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY -- FOR 45 MINS OR SO -- ON SAT OR SUNDAY. IF YOU GET A CHANCE PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THE SECOND DISCOVERY REQUEST I FORWARDED TO THE EC COMMITTEE EMAIL ADDRESS. BILL DEPAULO 304-541-1984 On 10/19/07, Grubb, Karen <kgrubb(a)fairmontstate.edu> wrote: Jim, Autumn, and I think we should get committee approval to budget the funds needed to hire Hale Powell and Ron Klein. And that we should discuss if we want to hire both and how they will complement each other's testimonies. I think we should talk as a committee concerning funds raised from the letter and if we will have the amount needed to hire both consultants, etc. It is important that Bill DePaulo be on this call. Bill and Jim, do you agree with this assessment? I don't want to burden you, Barbara, but I would feel better if the committee decides rather than just a couple of us. You are doing a great job with fund raising and the postcard. Karen ________________________________ From: Barbara Fallon [mailto:brbr_fallon@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 4:13 PM To: Grubb, Karen Subject: Re: Allegheny Power transmission lines - issues for today's call I am not sure that we need a conference call on this. Do we all have to approve this selection? I am up for a conference call if you think we need one in general or specifically about this. I am staying focused on fund raising. I have to write thank you notes and send IRS info out asap. Also SES report and other grant leads.. Barbara ----- Original Message ---- From: "Grubb, Karen" <kgrubb(a)fairmontstate.edu> To: Barbara Fallon <brbr_fallon(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:28:36 PM Subject: FW: Allegheny Power transmission lines - issues for today's call I talked to Jim and Autumn last night at the phone banking about this. He says he will talk to Bill DePaulo and if he says yes, the Energy Committee should have a conference call SOON to approve hiring this consultant. ________________________________ From: HPEnergy(a)aol.com [mailto:HPEnergy@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 11:17 AM To: jkotcon(a)wvu.edu; Grubb, Karen Cc: HPEnergy(a)aol.com Subject: Re: Allegheny Power transmission lines - issues for today's call Here are some thoughts for our call: can you call me at 978 392-8442 at noon? regards, Hale Allegheny Line - Issues for 10/17/07 Call 1- Which are most effective arguments against the project?? a. Alternative strategies to reduce transmission constraints, enhance reliability i. Enhancing existing transmission corridor ii. Localized demand reduction via "targeted DSM" strategies iii. DSM program enhancement by out of state ratepayers (could this somehow be negotiated as an element of the transmission agreement? Funded by a transmission surcharge?) b. Uncertain economic viability of project (ie potential investment stranding) i. Carbon tax/regulation scenarios and impact on coal generation ii. Coal fuel price volatility iii. Transportation costs and constraints? c. Are forecasts of demand growth by 2011 that underlie this project legitimate? (assumption of power plant location, demand forecasts etc). d. Environmental impacts from increased plant utilization. e. Benefits from possible four new 600 MW plants - are these legitimate? f. FERC defined alternatives have not be adequately addressed 2- Which venue is most appropriate? a. WVPSC b. FERC 3- What type of supporting witness best serves this argument? a. Transmission specialist with FERC experience b. DSM specialist c. Resource planning specialist 4- Funding for expert witness Hale Powell , MS , CEM HPowell Energy Associates Westford , Massachusetts (978) 337-4284 hpenergy(a)aol.com <mailto:hpenergy@aol.com> -- William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel: 304-342-5588 Fax: 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com ________________________________ _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec

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FW: [energy activists] Update on energy bill timing; call Tuesday
by Grubb, Karen 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

I know we are all busy, but the Energy Bill is important. If you can, write letters to the editor and/or Senators Byrd and Rockefeller and Representatives Mollohan, Capito, or Rahall. Karen Grubb Conservation Chair ________________________________ From: Allison.Forbes(a)sierraclub.org [mailto:Allison.Forbes@sierraclub.org] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 6:04 PM To: Allison.Forbes(a)sierraclub.org Subject: [energy activists] Update on energy bill timing; call Tuesday Update on energy bill timing: Speaker Pelosi now says negotiations on energy bill provisions, which have already begun, will wrap up by November 16. The House will then adjourn for two weeks and return to vote on December 3. We need to start working every member of Congress -- champions and swings -- on Monday. Visit our very comprehensive website at www.sierraclub.org/flip Find activists materials at www.sierraclub.org/flip/do and www.sierraclub.org/flip/know including policy briefs for lobby meetings. Get the inside scoop at http://sierraclub.typepad.com/cleanenergywatch/ Tuesday energy call The next energy activist call will be Tuesday, October 23 at 8:30pm Eastern. Energy activist calls occur weekly. Call-in number: 1-866-501-6174 Code: 2239223# Please join Global Warming and Energy program staff for an update on priority targets. Come prepared to report on local and state efforts. Got results? Send any lobby reports and relevant newspaper articles (your printed LTEs, Op-Eds, editorials) to Allison.Forbes(a)sierraclub.org -- It is important that program staff can report to House and Senate leadership on the breadth of the Club's energy bill work. What you can do today 1. Distribute this Take Action to you local email lists: http://action.sierraclub.org/site/VoteCenter?page=voteList Send with a personalized message, i.e., Representative XXX's vote is very important. Tell Representative XXX to help pass a strong clean energy bill and flip the switch on our clean energy future this fall! 2. If you're not planning a Solutions Tour media and visibility event, rabidly sending LTEs to state newspapers, or arranging a district meeting with your member of Congress, plan a phone bank day or letter-writing party for sometime in the next two weeks. Generate calls or letters to your Senators and Representative asking for a strong clean energy bill that includes the House-passed renewable electricity standard and Senate-passed fuel economy standards. "No nukes" message on Sierra Club homepage Stop the Nuclear Bailout: The Sierra Club supports a just-launched petition campaign at http://www.nukefree.org/ <http://www.nukefree.org/> to remove expensive loan guarantees for the building of more nuclear power plants from the Energy Bill. Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, and Graham Nash, who were among the artists behind the historic "No Nukes" concerts in 1979, will deliver the petition to Congress on October 23. Background on Lieberman-Warner cap-and-trade bill The Sierra Club is urging co-sponsors of the bill and members of the Environment and Public Works Committee to continue their leadership and improve the bill that was introduced this week. There will be a hearing on October 24 and the bill will be marked up in Subcommittee the week of October 31. Find more information at http://usclimatenetwork.org/federal/lieberman-warner-bill Allison Forbes National Conservation Organizer Sierra Club Global Warming and Energy Program (202) 548-6583

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Re: [EC] Expert Witness News!
by Barbara Fallon 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

Very good work Jonathan and Duane. Thank you so much for getting this witness ready... ----- Original Message ---- From: Jonathan Rosenbaum <freesource(a)cheat.org> To: Energy Committee <ec(a)osenergy.org> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:35:32 PM Subject: [EC] Expert Witness News! Hi everyone, After several weeks of meetings with Ronald L. Klein, Professor Emeritus, Duane Nichols and I our happy to announce that he has agreed to be fully involved with the expert witness process in our intervention with the PSC TrailCo proceeding. As for the costs, he presented terms today that our clearly within our budget. -Jonathan _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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TRAILCO - Discovery of Carbon Foot Print for Proposed Electric Line
by William V. DePaulo, Esq. 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

W. Va. Code § 24-2-11a (d)(1) provides with regard to proposed electric transmission lines, that "the commission may approve the application if it shall find and determine that the proposed transmission line: (1) Will economically, adequately and reliably contribute to meeting the present and anticipated requirements for electric power of the customers served by the applicant or is necessary and desirable for present and anticipated reliability of service for electric power for its service area or region; and (2) Will result in an acceptable balance between reasonable power needs and reasonable environmental factors." I have prepared a discovery request that seeks to flush out the environmental costs vs the electricity benefits for this specific proposed line. As currently drafted, the discovery request focuses almost exclusively on carbon dioxide emissions. Please review the proposed discovery request and forward me your suggestions for additions, deletions, changes. I would appreciate in particular any identifiable environmental costs other than carbon dioxide emissions, i.e., endangered species harm, adverse air or water impacts (and a means of quantifying them) and anything else that can be reduced to numbers. Thanks. Bill -- William V. DePaulo, Esq. 179 Summers Street, Suite 232 Charleston, WV 25301-2163 Tel: 304-342-5588 Fax: 304-342-5505 william.depaulo(a)gmail.com www.passeggiata.com

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Re: [EC] Expert Witness News!
by Grubb, Karen 19 Oct '07

19 Oct '07

As I said yesterday, I recommend that we have an energy conference call soon to discuss this and another potential expert, Hale Powell. This is good news, but we need to be sure we have enough funds to also pay Hale Powell, if Bill DePaulo decides we need both witnesses. Karen -----Original Message----- From: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org [mailto:ec-bounces@osenergy.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan Rosenbaum Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:36 PM To: Energy Committee Subject: [EC] Expert Witness News! Hi everyone, After several weeks of meetings with Ronald L. Klein, Professor Emeritus, Duane Nichols and I are happy to announce that he has agreed to be fully involved with the expert witness process in our intervention with the PSC TrailCo proceeding. As for the costs, he presented terms today that our clearly within our budget. -Jonathan _______________________________________________ EC mailing list EC(a)osenergy.org http://osenergy.org/mailman/listinfo/ec

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Re: [EC] Testimony of Ron Klein
by Grubb, Karen 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

I recommend that we have an energy conference call soon to discuss this and another potential expert, Hale Powell. Karen ________________________________ From: ec-bounces(a)osenergy.org [mailto:ec-bounces@osenergy.org] On Behalf Of Duane330(a)aol.com Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 7:47 PM To: ec(a)osenergy.org Subject: [EC] Testimony of Ron Klein To: Sierra Club Energy Committee From: Duane and Jonathan. We met today with retired Prof. Ron Klein who has continued to read and study the TrAIL case. He drafted some preliminary questions and answers earlier that indicate some potential for "expert testimony". At our last meeting, we approved $500 for preparation of testimony and $250 or so to appear and present testimony (plus expenses). He told us today the he will participate and do the work involved under the following pay schedule: Phase 1. Two increments of $500, for preparation of draft materials.............$1,000 (now due). Phase 2. Two increments of $500, for final preparation as an expert witness...$1,000 (December 5th) Phase 3. The sum of $1,000 to travel to Charleston, as needed and testify..... $1,000 (after testifying) He said today the he could probably absorb the travel costs into the final Phase 3 payment, i.e. no additional for travel expenses. Please consider this above plan as a motion to the Energy Committee by Duane with a second by Jonathan.......... If the above plan is approved, please make checks payable to: Ronald Klein, 461 N. Rebecca Street, Morgantown, WV 26505. ________________________________ See what's new at AOL.com <http://www.aol.com?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001170> and Make AOL Your Homepage <http://www.aol.com/mksplash.adp?NCID=AOLCMP00300000001169> .

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Kansas Rejects coal-fired power plant
by James Kotcon 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

How Do You Spell "Momentum"? JBK KDHE Denies Sunflower Electric Air Quality Permit Roderick L. Bremby, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), announced today that he has denied the air quality permit for the two proposed 700-megawatt generators at the Sunflower Electric Power Corporation plant near Holcomb. “After careful consideration of my responsibility to protect the public health and environment from actual, threatened or potential harm from air pollution, I have decided to deny the Sunflower Electric Power Corporation application for an air quality permit,” said Bremby. In making his decision, Bremby cited the authority provided to the Secretary of KDHE in K.S.A. 65-3008 and K.S.A. 65-3008a, which grant him the authority to affirm, modify or reverse a decision on an air quality permit after the public comment period or hearing, and K.S.A. 65-3012, which authorizes him to deny or modify an air quality permit to protect the health of persons or the environment. “I believe it would be irresponsible to ignore emerging information about the contribution of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to climate change and the potential harm to our environment and health if we do nothing,” said Bremby. The U.S. Supreme Court found in Massachusetts v. EPA that carbon dioxide meets the broad definition of an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act. The Kansas Air Quality Act similarly has a broad definition of what constitutes air pollution. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recognized the need for public health agencies to take the lead on educating the public about the health impacts of climate change and has adopted priority health actions to prepare for, respond to and manage the associated health risks of climate change. The decision constitutes a first step in emerging policy to address existing and future carbon dioxide emissions in Kansas. “ KDHE will work to engage various industries and stakeholders to establish goals for reducing carbon dioxide emissions and strategies to achieve them. This is consistent with initiatives underway in states leading the effort to address climate change,” said Bremby. One such initiative currently being undertaken by eight northeastern states is the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a mandatory regional cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 10 percent, or approximately 12 million tons annually, by 2020. The expanded Sunflower plant was projected to release an estimated 11 million tons of carbon dioxide annually. “Denying the Sunflower air quality permit, combined with creating sound policy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions can facilitate the development of clean and renewable energy to protect the health and environment of Kansans,” said Bremby. # # # Editor’s note: More information about the Sunflower Electric Cooperative air quality permit decision, including a timeline, the summary response to comments and multimedia clips of the announcement can be found at http://www.kdheks.gov/press_room.htm.

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Testimony of Ron Klein
by Duane330＠aol.com 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

To: Sierra Club Energy Committee From: Duane and Jonathan. We met today with retired Prof. Ron Klein who has continued to read and study the TrAIL case. He drafted some preliminary questions and answers earlier that indicate some potential for "expert testimony". At our last meeting, we approved $500 for preparation of testimony and $250 or so to appear and present testimony (plus expenses). He told us today the he will participate and do the work involved under the following pay schedule: Phase 1. Two increments of $500, for preparation of draft materials.............$1,000 (now due). Phase 2. Two increments of $500, for final preparation as an expert witness...$1,000 (December 5th) Phase 3. The sum of $1,000 to travel to Charleston, as needed and testify..... $1,000 (after testifying) He said today the he could probably absorb the travel costs into the final Phase 3 payment, i.e. no additional for travel expenses. Please consider this above plan as a motion to the Energy Committee by Duane with a second by Jonathan.......... If the above plan is approved, please make checks payable to: Ronald Klein, 461 N. Rebecca Street, Morgantown, WV 26505. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

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Expert Witness News!
by Jonathan Rosenbaum 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Hi everyone, After several weeks of meetings with Ronald L. Klein, Professor Emeritus, Duane Nichols and I our happy to announce that he has agreed to be fully involved with the expert witness process in our intervention with the PSC TrailCo proceeding. As for the costs, he presented terms today that our clearly within our budget. -Jonathan

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