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		<title>Project gets fed approval</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a preliminary permit to grant the Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co. the exclusive right to conduct a feasibility study for generating power from wind and wave energy on a 28-mile stretch of the Pacific Coast from Ocean Shores to Grayland over the next three years.The permit, issued Friday, does not authorize any construction.
The project foresees as many as 90 260-foot tall steel wind turbines, as well as wave energy converters to convert ocean .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Rush of wind power to hit the Northwest</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Utilities and independent developers are poised to more than triple the amount of wind power in the Northwest, a huge increase that underscores the region&#8217;s push for renewable energy.
&#8220;It&#8217;s phenomenal,&#8221; said Elliot Mainzer, a transmission manager with the federal Bonneville Power Administration. &#8220;It&#8217;s more than we expected.&#8221;
Evidence of the wind rush shows up in a recent BPA assessment aimed at finding out how much more electricity will fit on transmission lines now in place for delivery to customers in urban .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wild Horse wind farm expansion examined</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>19 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council announced it will conduct a public hearing 7 p.m. Aug. 6 at Central Washington University to examine a request to expand the acreage of the Wild Horse Wind Power Project and add 26 wind turbines to the wind farm located 17 miles east of Ellensburg.
The hearing will be in Central’s Student Union &#038; Recreation Building Ballroom.
Owners and operators of the wind farm, Puget Sound Energy, are asking to expand the wind farm site .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Constellation unit works to tame wily wind power</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Constellation Energy Group is looking for ways to tame plentiful but unpredictable electricity supplies from wind, a carbon-free resource that supporters say could supply 20 percent of the U.S. power needs by 2030.
Texas now leads the nation in wind generation capacity, as entrepreneurs including billionaire oil investor T. Boone Pickens join others in a rush to build turbines on the state&#8217;s vast, wind-swept prairies.
But for the nation&#8217;s power grid operators, channeling these new supplies can be a headache, because wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed zoning change draws heat in Skamania County</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Skamania County is considering opening wide swaths of land to renewable-energy development.
The county planning commission will take testimony tonight on a proposed zoning ordinance that has drawn heated opposition from foes of a proposed wind project near Underwood Mountain, just outside the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area boundary.
The hearing begins at 7 p.m. at Rock Creek Center in Stevenson.
County officials say they want to encourage development of alternative energy on land that’s currently unzoned. That includes just about all .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Extra water, wind strain Northwest power grid</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Electricity &#8212; Dams are producing more than can be sold and spilling excess water, which can harm fish
The Northwest is awash in electric power this spring.
Rivers are swollen. Columbia River dams are running full bore. Wind farm blades are spinning.
That should be good news for the Northwest, where hydropower is cheap and wind is a leader in renewable energy. And it should be good news for California, a huge electricity consumer that often sucks up Oregon&#8217;s springtime surplus.
But a doubling .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Washington high court holds hearing on wind farm appeal</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The state Supreme Court is weighing whether it has jurisdiction in Kittitas County&#8217;s appeal of a wind farm 12 miles northwest of Ellensburg.
The court held a hearing today on whether it should weigh in on the case. In September, Gov. Chris Gregoire approved Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project, as recommended by the state&#8217;s Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council.
The council primarily is responsible for permitting large power plants in Washington but in recent years has been allowed to also work on .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Court hears wind farm arguments; Focus on state energy siting law</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The state Supreme Court on Thursday will hear arguments on whether state government can override a Kittitas County land-use decision that denied approval of the 65-turbine Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project proposed for 12 miles northwest of Ellensburg.
A deputy prosecutor representing Kittitas County government and an attorney representing a citizen advocacy group along with valley resident Steve Lathrop will argue that Gov. Chris Gregoire and the state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, or EFSEC, improperly used a flawed and unconstitutional .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Skamania Co. hears wind power proposal</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>25 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ Skamania County is studying a change in zoning that could attract wind farms over extensive areas north of the Columbia River and outside scenic areas.
The highest profile, potential project involves a &#36;150 million proposal from SDS Lumber in Bingen.
Company President Jason Spadaro explained the project in the fall of 2007 would sit on SDS land along Saddleback Mountain and involve between 40 and 50 wind turbines.
Spadaro says his project is now on hold while Skamania County decides whether to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power touted for West Lewis County</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[What would a set of wind turbines in the Pe Ell area look like, financially, for Lewis County?
A handsome influx of tax revenue and minimal public service impacts, according to a consultant hired by the Lewis County Economic Development Council to study the issue.
The EDC hosted Eric Hovee, a Vancouver economic and development consultant and founder of E.D. Hovee and Company, LLC., at its general membership meeting Thursday morning at the Kit Carson Restaurant in Chehalis. Hovee reported on his .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Second bid for Larch-area wind farm submitted</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another wind energy company has jumped into the sweepstakes to build a wind farm along a ridge on state-owned timberland in east Clark County.
It marks the latest sign that an already-booming wind industry is starting to trickle west across the Cascade Range.
Horizon Wind Energy, which also is proposing a 120-megawatt project currently under court challenge by Kittitas County officials, filed an application to lease 5,400 acres from the state Department of Natural Resources in the Larch Mountain area of Clark .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Washington state Supreme Court to consider challenge to approval of wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Washington state Supreme Court will hear a challenge June 26 to state authorization of a major of a major new wind power project planned in Kittitas County.
At issue is approval of Horizon Wind Energy LLC&#8217;s Kittitas Valley project by Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council.
A local citizens group called Kittitas County and Residents Opposed to Kittitas Turbines challenged the siting council&#8217;s and the governor&#8217;s authority to preempt local land use regulations as well .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed wind farm may be visible to Portland/Vancouver residents</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 17:29:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[NEAR LARCH MOUNTAIN, Wash. &#8212; A proposed wind farm development Washington is creating some controversy.
While the plan is still in the very early stages, the designers envision placing wind turbines on a ridge near Larch Mountain, east of Battle Ground.
There is also a Larch Mountain in Oregon near the Columbia River Gorge, but that site is not under consideration. 
The turbines are about 400 feet tall and may be visible to residents in Portland and Vancouver if they are built.
Hundreds .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Interest in wind farms blows in</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 09:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Southwest Washington is likely to see wind turbines on the horizon thanks to burgeoning demand for renewable energy in the region, according to developers of Clark County’s first wind farm proposal.
Representatives of a large energy developer eyeing a state-owned ridgeline in east Clark County indicated Wednesday that plenty of wind prospectors are scouring the landscape for potential wind farm locations. The company, enXco Inc., wants to lease state timberland to build as many as 39 skyscraper-high wind turbines near Larch .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>In Our View: Questions in the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 18:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wind turbines have been in the local news in recent months because they’ve come across Port of Vancouver docks en route to the windy east side of the Cascade Mountains, where wind farms generate electricity in places such as Klickitat, Kittitas and Walla Walla counties. But now, the rush toward renewable energy sources could be expanding into Clark County. We welcome it. But, plenty of questions surround this week’s stunning development.
A company called Evergreen Wind Power Partners LLC expects to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm proposed near Larch Mountain</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 10:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A wind energy developer wants to lease state-owned forest to build as many as 39 skyscraper-high wind turbines along a ridge near Larch Mountain in east Clark County.
The proposal, by a Portland-based subsidiary of enXco Inc., marks one of the first signs of westward migration for a wind energy boom that’s already caused windmills the size of office towers to sprout across Eastern Washington. Washington’s commissioner of public lands expects more to come.
“There are significant opportunities,” state lands Commissioner Doug .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Cowlitz PUD considering expansion at White Creek wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 11:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ROOSEVELT, Wash. — Atop a 265-foot wind turbine, workers can see 50 miles across the rolling plains overlooking the Columbia River Gorge. Four mountains — Hood, Jefferson, Adams and St. Helens — cut majestic swaths in the skyline. And the tiny cattle grazing below look out of place amid the 89 titanic turbines that make up Cowlitz PUD’s &#36;360 million White Creek wind farm.
“It definitely gives you an unobstructed, panoramic view of the area,” said White Creek general manager and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>If it is good for Canada, it must be good for county, right&#63;</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[James Boyle recently wrote that he was concerned about the sale of PSE to a group of foreign investors.  This shouldn’t be a problem since the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) has as their mission statement: “The UTC protects consumers by ensuring that utility and transportation services are fairly priced, available, reliable and safe.”
The citizens of Washington recently passed I-937 which requires the use of narrowly defined renewable energy sources by utilities serving over 25,000 customers. PSE is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm headed for Lincoln County</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Windmills five miles south of Reardan will be generating electricity for Avista Utility customers by the end of 2011, the Spokane company announced Thursday.
The &#36;120ƒ&#124;million project will be a first for Avista, which has been buying wind energy from third-party suppliers for several years.
The Lincoln County windmills will have the capacity to produce 50 megawatts of power, enough for 37,500 homes. But wind variability reduces the average output of the towers to only about one-third maximum, wholesale power manager Steve .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County approves Vantage wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 20:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 69-turbine, &#36;250 million wind farm proposed for seven miles west of Vantage was approved Tuesday by Kittitas County commissioners, and construction at the site could start in October.
Commissioners Mark McClain and Alan Crankovich OK’d a final version of a development agreement with Invenergy Wind North America LLC after making minor changes to some of its provisions.
Before a wind-farm building permit can be issued to the Chicago-based energy company, a list of requirements in the agreement must be met, said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Avista nears pact for first wind plant</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 10:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>02 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[50-megawatt facility would cost &#36;120 million, be built by 2012 deadline  
Avista Utilities expects to reach an agreement soon to tie up a site to build its first wind-turbine farm and also has released generating-capacity and cost figures for the planned facility.
The Spokane company says in its recent annual report that it expects to construct the 50-megawatt wind-generation facility in 2010 or 2011 at an estimated cost of about &#36;120 million.
“We are close to completing the acquisition of a .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Recent sightings raise hopes that sage grouse and wind farms may not be mutually exclusive</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[YAKIMA &#8212; One sage grouse, and one sage grouse nest containing broken eggs, might not mean much.
Or it might mean a great deal.
Especially when they were both found on the ridges almost directly between the state&#8217;s two existing populations of sage grouse, a threatened species in Washington and a candidate for federal protection status.
And they were found on, of all things, a wind farm.
While those discoveries last September won&#8217;t be the focus of tonight&#8217;s public presentation by a Wild Horse .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Why tribes may be key players in eco-energy</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Native Green Energy sees vast potential in installing wind turbines on Indian reservations.
An effort to transform American Indian tribes into the world&#8217;s new energy barons is being nurtured at a company founded by a Puget Sound region Indian.
Native Green Energy, formed in October, is building wind turbines and delivering them to Indian tribes that will use the energy to power their own reservations and will sell energy to nearby cities and other governments.
&#8220;This is a great source of economic development, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Puget Energy plans to expand wind farm in central Washington</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Puget Energy Inc. said Thursday it plans to expand a wind farm on Central Washington&#8217;s Whisky Dick Mountain, boosting the site&#8217;s capacity by 17 to 22 percent.
The company&#8217;s Puget Sound Energy division said it will ask state regulators to let it add about 25 wind turbines to the site, known as Wild Horse Wind Facility, which is located near the town of Ellensburg. A total of 127 turbines already operate at the site.
Wild Horse currently has the potential to generate .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Kittitas County calls for wind farm changes</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kittitas County commissioners have affirmed that planned turbine locations in a proposed wind farm should be moved to comply with the required setback distance from two residences that exist near the project east of Ellensburg.
Commissioners Mark McClain and Alan Crankovich met Tuesday and reviewed with county staff a draft development agreement between the county and Chicago-based Invenergy Wind North America LLC.
The company is proposing to construct and operate the 69-turbine Vantage Wind Power Project 15 miles east of Ellensburg between .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Windmill rule ideas get public airing</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ The Columbia County Planning Commission hears options tonight that could change the face of local projects.
DAYTON &#8212; A controversy that has been brewing in Columbia County for months draws closer to resolution tonight.
The Columbia County Planning Commission will discuss options for amending the zoning ordinance regarding development requirements or processing for wind tower-related energy production.
The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in the Delany Building, 101 S. Second St.
Of the five options under consideration, two are proposed by .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New wind farm gets first OK</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Kittitas County Planning Commission on Tuesday voted 5-0 to recommend approval of the proposed 69-turbine Vantage Wind Power Project, a &#36;300 million wind farm proposed for 15 miles east of Ellensburg between Vantage Highway and Interstate 90.
In making the motion for recommendation of approval, Planning Commission member Kimberli Green said she had no problems with the project as long as Chicago-based Invenergy Wind North America LLC follows through with all environmental safeguards and mitigations it has committed to.
Green said .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Charge of inconsistency cannot be substantiated</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Contrary to lobbyist Timothy Killian’s recent assertion that “wind works;” in fact, wind power doesn’t work (on average) 75 percent of the time. When it does work, it is usually out of sync with demand and so requires very large backup capacity requirements. In Washington state today, that requirement is being met with natural gas fired turbines and at great expense to the consumer. As usual with proponents of unrestricted growth for commercial wind power, the “wish” is greater than .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Development seeks to chip away at gorge</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Suppose you owned a diamond worth &#36;1 billion with a brilliance that is almost hypnotic. Every member of your large family wanted a piece of it. You obliged. But one day the diamond cutter’s tool slipped, and the spectacular orb shattered into a thousand pieces. Its value plummeted.
The Columbia River Gorge is like that diamond. It is a priceless treasure of unequaled scenery, more than 75 waterfalls, open space and heritage. But two longtime gorge lumber companies — SDS and .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>&#36;5 billion power line proposed</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>21 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Project might tie California, B.C., provide Avista a link
Avista Utilities is studying ways to link with and gain benefits from a &#36;5 billion power line that a California utility has proposed to build between Northern California and British Columbia by late 2015.
The California utility, Pacific Gas and Electric Co., of San Francisco, says it wants to transmit renewable energy from the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, and Alberta to Northern California over the new line.
PG&#038;E says it has identified “significant” new .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>New wind farm gets public support</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ELLENSBURG – The wind definitely blew in the right direction on Wednesday for Invenergy Wind North America LLC as the Chicago-based company received nothing but supportive public comments during a hearing on its plan for a wind farm east of Ellensburg.
Roger Clerf of Peoh Point reflected opinions expressed by others in the joint hearing before the Kittitas County Planning Commission and the county commissioners. He said energy costs, especially for oil, are going nowhere but up.
“I support wind power in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday wind-power hearing is a &#39;First&#39;</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The joint public hearing on a wind farm proposal set for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Kittitas County Fairgrounds will be the first time county government utilizes its new wind farm overlay zone ordinance to deal with a wind-power project.
The new ordinance, approved in July 2007, designates an approximate 500-square-mile area on the east end of the county as a zone pre-identified for general locations for wind farms.
A streamlined process required by the ordinance applies to companies seeking projects within .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit aims to stop wind farm near Columbia River Gorge</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A newly formed citizens ­organization has filed a ­lawsuit to block a wind farm from ­rising within sight of the Columbia River Gorge.
Save Our Scenic Area, a nonprofit organization based in Underwood, filed the lawsuit against Skamania County in Clark County Superior Court earlier this week.
The group contends ­Skamania County is violating the state Growth Management Act by failing to adequately protect commercial ­timberland and failing to ­properly zone the area where 44 giant wind turbines would rise.
The group’s Seattle-based .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>First step to wind turbines: wind energy producer looks at Yakima County</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>06 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Yakima County Planning Commission recommends building several wind measuring towers near Sunnyside.
This could be the first step towards energy-producing wind turbines in Yakima County.
The towers would measure the wind power in the county for a year. If the wind averages above seventeen miles an hour, Yakima could be a prime place for wind turbines.
Wind power is the fastest growing energy market in the world.
The company Northwest Wind Partners has proposed putting up four wind testing towers. The towers are .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Vantage wind farm requirements issued</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A 30-page list of requirements for the construction and operation of the proposed Vantage Wind Power Project was issued Monday by Kittitas County Development Services officials.
The list is part of the county’s determination that an environmental impact statement is not necessary for the 69-turbine wind farm planned for a 4,750-acre site seven miles west of Vantage between Vantage Highway and Interstate 90.
What is required of the company proposing the &#36;250 million, electricity-generating facility — Chicago-based Invenergy Wind North America LLC .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm appeal sent to Supreme Court</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Thurston County judge closed Kittitas County&#8217;s investigations into alleged misbehavior by state officials Friday, sending the county&#8217;s wind farm appeal to the state Supreme Court for a ruling.
Judge Richard Hicks certified case records from the county&#8217;s challenge of Gov. Christine Gregoire&#8217;s Sept. 18 decision to approve the Kittitas Valley wind farm, a 65-turbine project 12 miles northwest of Ellensburg.
His decision, finalized with a signature expected next week, sends the case as is to the Supreme Court. About 16,000 pages .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm idea aired</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Burton Hamner came into town to find out which way the wind is blowing. He already knows the wind off the coast has great potential to be turned into electricity with massive wind-powered turbines. But he wants the community’s support for his plan to harness that power.
At a public meeting Friday morning at the Port of Grays Harbor, he found area commercial and sport fishermen weren’t keen on the idea.
“We look at this as a monstrosity,” said Ray Toste, president .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Fourth wind farm hearing set</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A joint public hearing before Kittitas County commissioners and the county Planning Commission examining the 69-turbine Invenergy wind farm west of Vantage is set for March 12, according to county planning staff.
The hearing will be at 6 p.m. in the Manastash Room at the county fairgrounds, under the grandstands.
Planner Joanna Valencia, with county Community Development Services, said the hearing before the two decision-making bodies will take testimony on the impacts of the proposed, &#36;250 million wind farm and the adequacy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind farm could grow from 10 to 80 turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>31 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[EAST WENATCHEE — A Douglas County PUD project to place 10 wind turbines near the farming town of Withrow could grow to 80 turbines or more following a recent study by an independent consultant.
&#8220;We&#8217;re studying with the larger project in mind,&#8221; PUD General Manager Bill Dobbins said Tuesday of the Withrow Wind Project.
Still in the analytical stage, the project could cover about 23 square miles (14,600 acres) of desert scrub and farmland northeast of Withrow with three-bladed wind machines that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill would benefit public power projects like Energy Northwest wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[OLYMPIA &#8212; The Legislature is considering a bill that would front cash incentives owed by the federal government to public developers of wind farms and other environmentally friendly power projects.
In Washington, that would be Energy Northwest. It operates the Nine Canyon Wind Project south of the Tri-Cities and estimates it had been shorted &#36;5 million through 2006 because Congress hasn&#8217;t approved enough money to fund publicly owned projects nationwide.
The Renewable Energy Production Incentive, or REPI, program was set up in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County calls foul at wind farm</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kittitas County legal officials say they’re concerned that an official of the state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council had improper contact with the governor’s office and with others related to wind farm issues as the council prepared to make a decision on the Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project.
County Deputy Prosecutor Neil Caulkins recently released the information in connection with the county’s court appeal of Gov. Chris Gregoire’s decision last year to approve the Kittitas Valley wind farm, a 65-turbine project .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>EFSEC actions further erode trust in government</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>04 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[As citizens living in a democracy, the relationship we have with government must reflect qualities and expectations we typically apply to our most personal relationships: Trust, respect, loyalty, fairness and honesty &#8212; to name a few.
In our relationship with public officials that are elected, appointed or hired to serve us, things seem to be going sideways with increasing momentum. Reports of unethical behavior, poorly executed programs and grossly mismanaged money are increasing common on the nightly evening news.
Most disturbing, however, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Dollars &#8212; and controversy &#8212; blowin&#39; in the wind</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kittitas County, where strong winds whip across the landscape, is an ideal location for wind turbines.
For some in the county, that&#8217;s been a decidedly mixed blessing.
While wind-farm applications bring in permitting fees, and the existing Wild Horse wind project will generate about &#36;1 million a year in property taxes, the County Commission is fighting two other wind-farm proposals in legal battles that may continue for months, if not years, to come.
Such battles may become more widespread as the state faces .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/01/01/dollars-and-controversy-blowin-in-the-wind/</link>
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		<title>Wind-power politics &#8212; locals push for land-use control</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 12:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Jan 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[About six months after Mark McClain moved to Kittitas County, he was driving to work when he saw a neighbor struggling to get an uncooperative cow to go through a fence. Although McClain was wearing a suit, he jumped out of the car and helped out.
That&#8217;s one example of the small-community feel that McClain cherishes, and part of the reason he&#8217;s concerned about managing the region&#8217;s growth as a county commissioner.
Key to managing that growth, he said, is maintaining local .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/01/01/wind-power-politics-locals-push-for-land-use-control/</link>
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		<title>EFSEC bias suspected: County prosecutors unveil e-mails from Chairman Luce</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Controversial EFSEC emails surface in court. • EFSEC Chairman Jim Luce writes local ‘input’ not what windfarm side is about. • Judge describes EFSEC chairman as ‘loose cannon.&#8217; • Commissioners question EFSEC integrity, while state government officials express shock and dismay.
CLE ELUM &#8212; In what could be characterized as a startling new development, on Friday, Dec. 7 the Kittitas County prosecutor&#8217;s office filed a petition with Thurston County Superior Court bringing to light evidence some countians agree challenges the integrity .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/12/14/efsec-bias-suspected-county-prosecutors-unveil-e-mails-from-chairman-luce/</link>
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		<title>Court: County gets time to investigate EFSEC</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>11 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[ELLENSBURG – A Thurston County Superior Court judge on Friday granted Kittitas County and two other appellants more time to investigate their contention that the state reflected bias and prejudgement and violated appearance of fairness rules in approving the location of a wind farm in the county.
Judge Richard Hicks ruled from the bench to deny a request from the state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council and Gov. Chris Gregoire to close the official record on how EFSEC decided to recommend .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Branching Out</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[From a remote ridge at 2,200 feet elevation behind Underwood Mountain, Jason Spadaro surveys a clear-cut landscape. The wind is blowing, hard. Bonneville Power Administration transmission towers march across the slopes.
Connecting the dots, Spadaro imagines a day when dozens of giant wind turbines planted on these ridges will harness the gusts that blow through the Columbia River Gorge.
Spadaro is the top executive of both SDS Lumber Co. and Broughton Lumber Co. The two companies, mainstays of the gorge timber economy .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Wind power project good fit for Skamania, official says</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[UNDERWOOD &#8212; The proposed Saddleback Mountain wind project lies outside the boundary of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area &#8212; barely.
That&#8217;s a sensitive point for SDS Lumber Co. President Jason Spadaro, because another proposed gorge wind project, which would skirt the scenic area boundary across the Columbia River between Mosier and The Dalles, Ore., has provoked strong opposition in gorge communities.
The turbines of the Cascade Wind Project, just south of the scenic area boundary, would be visible from several .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>County: State biased in wind farm decision; Allegations leveled at EFSEC&#39;s chairman</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>08 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kittitas County on Wednesday charged a state council that makes decisions on county wind farms  with being biased against the county&#8217;s position and against public testimony from those in opposition to a local project and also alleged the council&#8217;s chairman violated appearance of fairness rules.
Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) and  governor-appointee, Jim Luce, prejudged the  65-turbine Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project before final decisions were made, was biased against the county&#8217;s stance against the project and expressed disdain .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/12/08/county-state-biased-in-wind-farm-decision-allegations-leveled-at-efsecs-chairman/</link>
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		<title>Avista shifts, mulls own wind power; Utility abandons effort to buy renewable energy through RFP process</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>07 Dec 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dissatisfied with proposals it received from prospective vendors interested in providing it with long-term renewable energy, Avista Corp. says it now is looking at building its own wind-power plant to meet some of those future electrical-generation needs.
“Our new strategy is to develop something ourselves,” says Steve Silkworth, wholesale power manager for the Spokane-based utility. He says the company is evaluating potential wind-farm development sites “in or near our service area.”
Development of such a plant would help Avista comply with an .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/12/07/avista-shifts-mulls-own-wind-power-utility-abandons-effort-to-buy-renewable-energy-through-rfp-process/</link>
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