From bailey@ilsr.org Wed Sep 13 20:55:42 2000 Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 12:40:15 -0500 From: John BaileyTo: John Bailey , Bioenergy List , E-Advocate List , Windnet List Subject: What's New at Sustainable MN - August 2000 [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] ME3 Netters and other Energy Folks - Here is the listing of what has been added to the Sustainable Minnesota web site since August 7, 2000. Find direct links to all numbered items via the What's New page at http://www.me3.org/whatsnew.html or follow the links to the various issue pages shown below. Issues getting updates this month included: ME3 newsletter, transmission lines, hydro power, wind energy, biomass, solar energy, electric utility restructuring, ecological tax reform, climate change, energy efficiency, nuclear energy, sprawl/land use, fuel cells, environmental costs, utility merger, energy calendar, and energy news. Please forward this message to others you think might find it useful. Thanks for visiting. jb. p.s. If you know people that would like to get regular energy policy updates from ME3 including these monthly summaries tell them to sign-up at http://activist.me3.org/ WHAT'S NEW AT SUSTAINABLE MINNESOTA http://www.me3.org/whatsnew.html August 2000 Added the following on the Sustainable Minnesota Newsletter Page http://www.me3.org/newsletters/ 1. Sustainable Minnesota Newsletter - Summer 2000 - pdf version Added the following to the Electric Transmission Line page http://www.me3.org/issues/transmission/ 1. Opponents dominate hearing power line hearing - Duluth News Tribune, August 29, 2000 2. Expert says power line no major health threat - Duluth News Tribune, August 29, 2000 3. Environmental expert testifies on power line's impact - Duluth News Tribune, August 30, 2000 4. Wholesale Electric Power Links - Department of Energy 5. CRVC withdraws from mediated agreement - Inter County Leader, August 11, 2000 6. Order on Motions to Dismiss and Compel Discovery and Other Orders - MN Office of Administrative Hearings, July 29, 2000 7. Wisconsin PSC unanimously rejects powerline foes' motion to step aside - Duluth News Tribune, August 4, 2000 8. Cree Nation keeps power-line debate emotional - Duluth News Tribune, July 29, 2000 9. Foes hope to highlight project's environmental problems - Duluth News Tribune, July 24, 2000 Added the following to the Hydropower Resources Page http://www.me3.org/issues/hydro/ 1. Comments of Pimicikamak Cree Nation In the Matter of NSP's Petition for Review of its 1999 All Source Request for Proposals - PUC Docket No. E-002/M-99-888, submitted August 18, 2000 2. NSP Reply to Pimicikamak Cree Nation Motion to Extend Reply Comment Period In the Matter of NSP's Petition for Review of its 1999 All Source Request for Proposals - PUC Docket No. E-002/M-99-888, submitted August 21, 2000. 3. Manitoba Hydro Hydroelectric Reservoir Energy Content and Reliability Report - Pimicikamak Cree Nation, Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada, Issue 2, May 2000 4. Manitoba Hydro Hydroelectric Reservoir Energy Content and Reliability Report - Pimicikamak Cree Nation, Cross Lake, Manitoba, Canada, Issue 1, April 2000 Added the following to the Wind Energy Information page http://www.me3.org/issues/wind/ 1. SMMPA Will Offer Wind Generated Power to its Member Utilities - Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Association, August 4, 2000 2. Fair Transmission Access for Wind, A Brief Discussion of Priority Issues - AWEA, August 2000 3. Trinity Towers 4. ABB Group 5. Research Summary: Public Attitudes towards Wind Farms in Scotland - by Anna Dudleston, System Three Social Research, August 2000 6. Wind Energy Outlook 2000 - AWEA, August 2000 (6 MB pdf file) 7. Plugging into Green Power: Local Government Options for Renewable Energy - by Joshua 8. Springtyme LLC 9. Kansas Wind Energy 10.Eurowind - Sweden Warner and Lola Schoenrich, Minnesota Project, 1999 11. Wisconsin Electric's Wind Project - Fond du Lac 12. Midwest Wind Farm Trip Report and Observations - by Paul Gipe, February 2000 13. Midwest Performance Projections: Are they too Aggressive? - by Paul Gipe, 1999 Added the following to the Biomass Information Resources Page http://www.me3.org/issues/biomass/ 1. Xcel Energy to purchase electricity from Fibrowatt affiliate - Xcel Energy Release, September 1, 2000 2. Energizing Agriculture: Manure Management for Energy - Haubenschild Farm Demonstration Project, Minnesota 3. Haubenschild Farms Manure Digester - Minnesota 4.Haubenschild Farms: Highlighting the Plug Flow Digester- Minnesota 5. Haubenschild Farm Home Page- Minnesota 6. Environomics 7. National Food and Energy Council 8. Renewable Energy Corporation Ltd. Added the following to the Solar Energy Information Page http://www.me3.org/issues/solar/ 1. SolarGB - UK 2. Canadian Association of Renewable Energies 3. Solar Co. LTD - China 4. Annual Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Manufacturing Activities Tables, 1999 - EIA, August 2000 5. Evergreen Solar Inc. 6. Solar Sailor Added the following on the Electric Utility Restructuring Page (MN) http://www.me3.org/projects/dereg/ 1. Minnesota Attorney General's Office 2. The Electricity Deregulation Experience - MN Attorney General's Office, August 2000 (view executive summary) 3. Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Association's Electric Restructuring page Added the following on the Electric Utility Restructuring page (Non-MN) http://www.me3.org/projects/dereg/nonmn.html 1. Disastrous Deregulation - Ratepayers for Affordable Green Electricity (RAGE), July 2000 2. Electric Power Industry Tax Modernization Act (S. 2967) - introduced by Sen. Murkowski, July 27, 2000 3. The Electric Transmission Network: A Multi-Region Analysis - Energy Information Administration, August 2000 4. GreenPrices - Green Energy in Europe 5. Wholesale Electric Power Links - Department of Energy 6. Powerful Choices: A Survey of Retail Green Power Programs in the Pacific Northwest and Beyond - Renewable Northwest Project, August, 2000 7. Automatic Switch Company (ASCO) Added the following on the Ecological Tax Reform page http://www.me3.org/projects/greentax/ 1. Environmental Tax Reform in the States: A Framework for Assessment - by J. Andrew Hoerner and Gina M. Erickson, Center for a Sustainable Economy, July 2000 2. Hearing on Energy Tax Issues - U.S. Senate Committee on Finance's Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Ovesight, July 18, 2000 - includes testimony from J. Andrew Hoerner, Center for a Sustainable Economy 3. Database on Environmental Taxes in the European Union Member States, plus Norway and Switzerland - European Union, updated June 2000 4. Behavioral Responses to Environmentally-related Taxes - OECD, March 2000 5. Database of Environmental Taxes - OECD 6. Database on Environmental Taxes and Charges in Central and Eastern Europe - Sofia Initiative on Economic Instruments, 1999 7. Improving Environment and Economy: The Potential of Economic Instruments for Environmental Improvements and Sustainable Development - Sofia Initiative on Economic Instruments, July 1999 8. Study on the Relationship Between Environmental/Energy Taxation and Employment Creation - Prepared for the European Commission Directorate General XI, April 2000 Added the following to the Global Climate Change page http://www.me3.org/issues/climate/ 1. Global Warming and Terrestrial Biodiversity Decline - by WWF Canada, the David Suzuki Foundation and the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, August 2000 2. A New Approach to Mitigate CO2 Emission from Electric Utility Under Liability Rules - by Akim M. Rahman, Ohio State University, August 2000 3. Climate Voice Campaign - easy way to tell the World's leaders what you think about climate change 4. Global Warming in the 21st Century: An Alternative Scenario - NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), August 2000 5.Climate Change Levy and Energy Efficiency Agreements - United Kingdom Department of the Environment,Transport and the Regions, August 2000 6. The Carbon Trader 7. International Carbon Sequestration Incentive Act (S. 2982) - introduced by Sen. Brownback, July 27, 2000 Added the following to the Energy Efficiency Resources page: http://www.me3.org/issues/efficiency/ 1. ACEEE Green Book Online: The Environmental Guide to Cars and Trucks - ACEEE 2. Residential Sector Data Tables - Energy and Greenhouse Gas - EIA, August 2000 3. Gas Guzzler Loophole: SUVs and Other Light Trucks Drive Off with Billions - Friends of the Earth, August 2000 4. Con.web - Pacific Northwest Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy News 5. Energy Ideas Clearinghouse 6. Collaborative Labeling and Appliance Standards Program 7. Staying Cool: How Energy-Efficient Air Conditioners Can Prevent Blackouts, Cut Pollution and Save Money - by Appliance Standards Awareness Project, July 2000 8. Resource Efficient Appliance Incentives Act (S. 2939) and H.R. 4977 - introduced July 2000 Added events to the Nuclear Energy Information page http://www.me3.org/issues/nuclear/ 1. Xcel Energy selects Framatome for steam generator design work - Xcel Energy Release, September 5, 2000 2. Court revives Xcel Energy^Òs nuclear waste storage lawsuit - Xcel Energy Release, September 1, 2000 Added the following to Sprawl Resources page http://www.me3.org/projects/sprawl/ 1. Sky Loop 2. A Longer Life for the Stillwater Bridge? - by Mary Losure, Minnesota Public Radio, August 2, 2000 (Real Audio) 3. Developments and Dollars: An Introduction to Fiscal Impact Analysis in Land Use Planning - Natural Resources Defense Council, 2000 4. Carsharing.net Added the following to the Fuel Cells Resources page http://www.me3.org/issues/fuelcells/ 1. Stuart Energy Systems 2. Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited (CFCL) Added the following to the Environmental Costs of Electricity page http://www.me3.org/projects/costs/ 1. Federal Energy Subsidies: Not All Technologies Are Created Equal - Renewable Energy Policy Project, August 2000 Added the following to the Utility Merger page http://www.me3.org/issues/merger/ 1. Xcel Energy Inc. born as merger receives final approval from SEC - NSP Release, August 17, 2000 2. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Recommendation In the Matter of NSP^Òs Petition for Approval to Merge with New Century Energies, Inc. - MN Office of Administrative Hearings, February 28, 2000 Added events to the Sustainable Energy Calendar page http://www.me3.org/calendar.html Added dozens of stories to the Energy News Page http://www.me3.org/news/ -- John Bailey Institute for Local Self-Reliance 1313 Fifth St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55414 E-mail: bailey@ilsr.org ILSR Home Page: http://www.ilsr.org/ Sustainable MN: http://www.me3.org/ The Bioenergy List is sponsored by: David M. 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