Tuesday, August 6, 2013 to Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Tuesday, August 6
Fish and Wildlife Committee – 8:30am – Deschutes C
GotoMeeting or conference call 800-786.1922, Participant Code: 25249455
- Geographic Review – programmatics
- Update of EIS hatchery review report
- Project Review:
- BiOp: Project #2012-013-00, Snake River Fall Chinook Monitoring and Evaluation
- Accord (follow-up): Project #2002-059-00, Yankee Fork Salmon River Restoration
- Step Review: Project #1988-115-25, Yakima Subbasin Summer and Fall Run Chinook and Coho Salmon Hatchery Master Plan
- Appointment of Chair of Wildlife Advisory Committee
- Discussion of next steps with wildlife projects
Power Committee – 8am – Deschutes B
GotoMeeting or conference call 800-786.1922, Participant Code: 58779614
- Primer on solar
- Update on Generating Resource Advisory Committee
- Update on Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee
- Update on Resource Strategies Advisory Committee
- Historical context of power plan provisions of the Northwest Power Act
- Data centers and the Northwest
- Potential load of data centers
- Energy efficiency opportunities at data centers
- Distributed generation at data centers
- Study of non-energy health benefits of energy efficiency that displaces wood burning
- Emerging trends in energy efficiency markets. Jeff Harris, Director of Emerging Technologies and Market Strategies at NEEA
Council Meeting – 1:30pm – Deschutes C
GotoMeeting or conference call 800-786.1922, Participant Code: 76142266
| 1:30 – 1:45pm | Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Phil Rockefeller, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Jim Yost, chair, power committee; and Henry Lorenzen, public affairs committee. Report on the visit of Council Members to the Commission Meeting of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission: Bill Bradbury, Chair. | |
| 1. | 1:45 – 2:15pm | Briefing on Bonneville Energy Efficiency Business Case: Charlie Grist, senior analyst; Richard Génecé, vice president of energy efficiency and Josh Warner, manager, planning and evaluation, energy efficiency, Bonneville Power Administration |
| 2. | 2:15 – 2:45pm | Presentation on Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Business Plan: Charlie Grist; and Susan Stratton, Executive Director, NEEA |
| 2:45 – 3pm | Break | |
| 3. | 3 – 3:30pm | Briefing on financial and other challenges facing Northwest Requirements Utilities member utilities: John Saven, Executive Director, NRU. |
| 4. | 3:30 – 4pm | (POSTPONED) Briefing on Bonneville Power Administration Transmission Rate Case: Ben Kujala, Energy Analyst; and Rebecca Fredrickson, Bonneville. |
| 5. | 4pm | Overview of data centers: Massoud Jourabchi, manager, economic analysis. |
The Executive and Public Affairs Committees will meet at the close of business on Tuesday, August 6
Wednesday, August 7
GotoMeeting or conference call 800-786.1922, Participant Code: 76142266
Continuation of Council meeting – 8:30am – Deschutes C
| 6. | 8:30 – 9:45am | Fish and Wildlife Program amendment process: Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager; John Shurts, general counsel; and Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division
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| 7. | 9:45 – 10am | Council decision on:
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| 10am | Break | |
| 8. | 10:15 – 11am | Council decision on Fish Tagging Forum (FTF) recommendations: Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division. |
| 9. | 11 – 11:30am | Briefing on Bonneville Power Administration’s Start-of-Year Fish and Wildlife Budget: Bill Maslen, Bonneville Power Administration |
| 10. | 11:30 – Noon | Presentation on reintroduction efforts of anadromous fish in Whychus Creek: Zach Tillman, Deschutes River Conservancy. |
| 11. | Noon | Council Business: |
The times listed for specific agenda items, and the order of those items, are approximate and are subject to change.
Public comment will be taken on each issue as time allows.