Frank, are you still planning to go?
From: Frank Young [mailto:fyoung@mountain.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 5:18 PM
To: Grubb, Karen
Subject: Fw: [EC] FW: Jan 29 meeting in Wetzel Co
I don't think this came through the EC list. FYI.
----- Original Message -----
From: Duane330(a)aol.com
To: fyoung(a)mountain.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [EC] FW: Jan 29 meeting in Wetzel Co
Jim, Beth, Frank, et al.
I will be attending this …
[View More]meeting, if I can locate an original copy of
the
invitation to provide the context and invitation list. My home
territory is Tyler and Wetzel county;
I drove thru Wileyville earlier today coming from Paden City back to
Morgantown on WV Route 7.
I can go representing the TDS Strategy Group. However, this Group has
its focus on the Monongahela River.
Wetzel County is in the Ohio River watershed, not the Monongahela River
watershed. The Marcellus Shale drilling operations in Wetzel county
drain mostly into Marshall county then to the Ohio River.
It you want to see some of the pictures, go to: www.marcellus-shale.us
Let me know if you need a ride from Morgantown................... Duane
Nichols
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
In a message dated 1/27/2010 11:44:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
fyoung(a)mountain.net writes:
Beth,
Can you give us an idea of what you'd specifically like SC's
presence there to be?
Ask people to sign a Sierra Club contact sheet? Offer some
specific assistance from Sierra Club? If so, what?
If I go, I will be going in mostly blind. I do not know any of
the people you have mentioned. And other than for the town of New
Martinsville (on the Ohio River), I have no familiarity with Wetzel
County. But I am a country boy, and so I can find my way to the
meeting- wherever it is. But unless I know what you might expect of me
there, I would be winging it.
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: Frank Young <mailto:fyoung@mountain.net>
To: EC(a)osenergy.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [EC] FW: FW: Jan 29 meeting in Wetzel Co
If no one else at all can go, I could. But Friday is
usually my day to take care of treasurer stuff at the WVEC office- pay
our lobbyists, pay other bills, etc.
I could go this one time. But I could not make the
commitment to make this an ongoing priority. I have too many of those
already.
Frank
----- Original Message -----
From: Grubb, Karen
<mailto:Karen.Grubb@fairmontstate.edu>
To: EC(a)osenergy.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:57 AM
Subject: [EC] FW: FW: Jan 29 meeting in Wetzel
Co
Can anyone make this meeting? I will try, but I
will have to take off work to go.
________________________________
From: rhunt(a)ovis.net [mailto:rhunt@ovis.net]
Sent: Wed 1/27/2010 10:20 AM
To: Grubb, Karen
Subject: Re: FW: Jan 29 meeting in Wetzel Co
The meeting is Jan 29,1-4 pm at the Wileyville
Auction Hall
on Rt 7 right on the road. Turn from rt 250
right before
Hundred on to Rt 7, Wileyville is in the center
of the
county..we also have people from Washington Co
Pa coming,
Bob Donnan, and many families who are desperate
for finding
help. I bought a Jayco Camper which sleeps 8 so
we could
have a nice place for people to stay. please let
me
know..people still are stunned that this could
happen in
America to a quiet rural community..some driller
landsmen
were stopping at the store in Littleton last
week and were
bragging about fooling people..they were on
their way to
Rock Cave. Let me know, Marilyn Hunt
----- Original Message
Follows -----
From: "Grubb, Karen"
<Karen.Grubb(a)fairmontstate.edu>
To: <rhunt(a)ovis.net>
Cc: "James Kotcon" <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu>
Subject: FW: Jan 29 meeting in Wetzel Co
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:36:52 -0500
>Marilyn,
>
>I may be able to attend the meeting in Wetzel
County. Can
>you tell me where and when it is? Beth Little
asked if
>someone could go to keep us all in the loop.
Also Jim
>Kotcon, Energy Chair may be able to attend.
>
>Karen Grubb
>
>Sierra Club Conservation Chair
>
>From: Beth Little [mailto:blittle@citynet.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:55 AM
>To: 'James Kotcon'; Grubb, Karen
>Subject: RE: Jan 29 meeting in Wetzel Co
>
>The weather is making it look completely
impossible for me.
> Plus, Caroline's car just broke down.
>
>The contact for the meeting is Marilyn Hunt
304-775-2484.
>We talked for at least an hour, and she said
she could
>provide overnight accommodations too.
>
>Also, there is a Penn State webinar on water
testing
>related to gas drilling tomorrow, 1/27 at noon
and 7pm
>http://water.cas.psu.edu/webinars.htm
><http://water.cas.psu.edu/webinars.htm> It is
being
>conducted by Brian Swistock. He is a
Cooperative Extension
>agent and he came to Monroe Co in 2008 to
conduct a public
>meeting on Marcellus shale. I was impressed
that he was a
>straight shooter that was really trying to get
information
>out to the public.
>________________________________
>
>From: James Kotcon [mailto:jkotcon@wvu.edu]
>Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 8:17 PM
>To: Beth Little
>Subject: Re: Jan 29 meeting in Wetzel Co
>
>Both Karen Grubb and I indicated this was a
possibility, so
>send info to both of us. I will try to go, but
this is a
>big grant-writing week, plus I am leading the
Blackwater
>Canyon x-c ski outing the next day, so I am a
little iffy.
>
>JBK
>
>>>> "Beth Little" <blittle(a)citynet.net>
1/25/2010 7:10 PM
>
>Hey Jim, Dan Soeder said he thought someone at
the ExCom
>meeting said they were available to go to the
Marcellus
>shale gas drilling meeting in Wetzel Co this
Friday and
>maybe it was you. Yes? Or do you know who? I
don't think
>I have sent the information to find out where
it is. Beth
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Can anyone make this meeting? I will try, but I will have to take off work to go.
________________________________
From: rhunt(a)ovis.net [mailto:rhunt@ovis.net]
Sent: Wed 1/27/2010 10:20 AM
To: Grubb, Karen
Subject: Re: FW: Jan 29 meeting in Wetzel Co
The meeting is Jan 29,1-4 pm at the Wileyville Auction Hall
on Rt 7 right on the road. Turn from rt 250 right before
Hundred on to Rt 7, Wileyville is in the center of the
county..we also have people from Washington Co Pa coming,
Bob Donnan,…
[View More] and many families who are desparate for finding
help. I bought a Jayco Camper which sleeps 8 so we could
have a nice place for people to stay. please let me
know..people still are stunned that this could happen in
America to a quiet rural community..some driller lansmen
were stoping at the store in Littleton last week and were
bragging about fooling people..they were on their way to
Rock Cave.Let me know, Marilyn Hunt
----- Original Message
Follows -----
From: "Grubb, Karen" <Karen.Grubb(a)fairmontstate.edu>
To: <rhunt(a)ovis.net>
Cc: "James Kotcon" <jkotcon(a)wvu.edu>
Subject: FW: Jan 29 meeting in Wetzel Co
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:36:52 -0500
>Marilyn,
>
>I may be able to attend the meeting in Wetzel County. Can
>you tell me where and when it is? Beth Little asked if
>someone could go to keep us all in the loop. Also Jim
>Kotcon, Energy Chair may be able to attend.
>
>Karen Grubb
>
>Sierra Club Conservation Chair
>
>From: Beth Little [mailto:blittle@citynet.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:55 AM
>To: 'James Kotcon'; Grubb, Karen
>Subject: RE: Jan 29 meeting in Wetzel Co
>
>The weather is making it look completely impossible for me.
> Plus, Caroline's car just broke down.
>
>The contact for the meeting is Marilyn Hunt 304-775-2484.
>We talked for at least an hour, and she said she could
>provide overnight accommodations too.
>
>Also, there is a Penn State webinar on water testing
>related to gas drilling tomorrow, 1/27 at noon and 7pm
>http://water.cas.psu.edu/webinars.htm
><http://water.cas.psu.edu/webinars.htm> It is being
>conducted by Brian Swistock. He is a Cooperative Extension
>agent and he came to Monroe Co in 2008 to conduct a public
>meeting on Marcellus shale. I was impressed that he was a
>straight shooter that was really trying to get information
>out to the public.
>________________________________
>
>From: James Kotcon [mailto:jkotcon@wvu.edu]
>Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 8:17 PM
>To: Beth Little
>Subject: Re: Jan 29 meeting in Wetzel Co
>
>Both Karen Grubb and I indicated this was a possibility, so
>send info to both of us. I will try to go, but this is a
>big grant-writing week, plus I am leading the Blackwater
>Canyon x-c ski outing the next day, so I am a little iffy.
>
>JBK
>
>>>> "Beth Little" <blittle(a)citynet.net> 1/25/2010 7:10 PM
>
>Hey Jim, Dan Soeder said he thought someone at the ExCom
>meeting said they were available to go to the Marcellus
>shale gas drilling meeting in Wetzel Co this Friday and
>maybe it was you. Yes? Or do you know who? I don't think
>I have sent the information to find out where it is. Beth
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Here is a link to an interview about AEP's pilot CCS facility in West
Virginia. I pasted in the link to the full interview, along with a few
selected comments from the AEP spokesperson.
David O'Leary
Chapter Conservation Chair
Sierra Club - Maryland Chapter
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[View More]Status Report on the Operation of the Largest Operating Coal-Fired
CCS Plant in the U.S.
Published on January 25th, 2010 in Interviews
American Electric Power, one of the largest electric utilities in the
United States, started operating a 20 MW coal-fired Carbon Capture
and Storage (CCS) plant in September 2009. It is currently the
largest facility of its kind in the United States, and the success or
failure of this operation will likely have a major impact on the
viability of this technology and the future role of coal in the
U.S.'s and the world's low carbon emissions future, as well as impact
the adoption rates of nuclear and renewables. In this follow-up
interview, Nick Akins, the Executive Vice President of Power
Generation for American Electric Power (AEP), speaks about the status
of the operation and what it means for scale-up timetables and
ultimate price and energy penalties that affect the viability of
coal-fired CCS.
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The 20-megawatt CCS installation at our Mountaineer Plant in New
Haven, W.Va., started capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) Sept. 1, 2009,
and we began injecting CO2 into the geologic formations Oct. 1, 2009.
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we are in the range of the 15 to 30 percent energy penalty that we
were expecting. It is important to realize that this is a process
validation installation, so it is not optimized for efficiency, but
rather for flexibility to adjust process conditions.
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We were extremely pleased to be notified Dec. 4, 2009, that we were
selected to receive $334 million in funding through the Department of
Energy's Clean Coal Power Initiative to scale-up the CCS process at
our Mountaineer Plant. We plan to build the 235-megawatt installation
of the chilled ammonia carbon capture and storage process at
Mountaineer and expect it to be operational in 2015. At this scale,
we will capture and store approximately 1.5 million metric tones of
CO2 annually.
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We anticipate retrofitting up to 75 percent of our existing 25,600
megawatts of coal-fueled generation with CCS technology by 2025 or
2030. The plants we retrofit will be our largest, most efficient
generating units that have already been retrofit to reduce emissions
of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury. The remaining 25
percent of our existing coal-fired generating fleet likely will be
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Longview has requested a determination by the WV Public Service Commission. that tax-exempt Industrial revenue bonds to be issued by the WV Economic Development Authority "do not offend the public interest". The bonds were approved by the WV-EDA three years ago, but Longview now wants the PSC's blessing because that is a condition written into state law.
I propose to submit the attached Letter of Protest objecting to sch a determination. The deadline is Thursday, so let me know if you have …
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FYI.
This is a pretty important survey, and the pdf has some very important advice on word choice. How we talk about this matters. Terms like "Carbon Neutral" and "Green Jobs" are jargon and they are NOT reaching Americans, whereas concerns about energy security, health, and sustainability matter a lot.
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Date: 2010/1/22
Subject: 2010 coal campaign small grant program announcement
To: COAL-CAMPAIGN-ALERTS(a)lists.sierraclub.org
Beyond Coal Campaign
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to increase grass roots volunteer involvement, to empower activists to
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where we currently not have enough capacity.
We are looking for innovative ideas, and ideas that could be translated or
used for other locations.
The coal campaign fully supports the Club’s diversity policy and encourages
projects that further the goals of the policy.
There are only limited *C3* funds (that means no lobbying), a total of about
$50,000, available for these small grants. The suggested budget range is
$5000 or less. Depending on demand, available funds, and a good pitch, a
larger project may be considered. The Coal Campaign Small Grants
Application Form is available on the Coal Campaign’s Clubhouse website or
by contacting Judy.Hofrichter(a)sierraclub.org .
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Remember: Mother Nature bats last.
--- On Fri, 1/22/10, Jane Feldman <feldman.jane(a)GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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Subject: Fwd: drop in electricity usage, especially coal-generated
To: CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-CHAIRS(a)LISTS.SIERRACLUB.ORG
Date: Friday, January 22, 2010, 1:28 PM
Hi, all -
Maybe you have seen this already. Good stuff.
The EIA has a nice monthly report on electricity usage in the US …
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http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/epm_sum.html
The latest one shows electrical usage dropping 4.6% in 2009 vs. 2008 and
coal-generated electricity decreasing a whooping 12.4%. Factor in a recession, but I think this is still very good news.
--
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Energy Chair, Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club
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