RAAC Steering Committee Meeting
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Committee meeting

RAAC Steering Committee Conf. Call

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 to Wednesday, April 9, 2014

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Tuesday, April 8

Fish and Wildlife Committee – Elizabethan Room – 8:30am

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  • Presentation by StreamNet on maps showing various habitat protections and/or designations in the Columbia basin; Chris Wheaton, StreamNet
  • Fish and Wildlife Program amendments discussion

Power Committee – Early Bird Room – 8:30am

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  • Energy GPS briefing on availability of California Markets, Energy GPS
  • Resource Adequacy Update, JF
  • Report on the RFP RPM vendor selection, CB
  • Draft Power Price Forecast, SS
  • Report on western states regulators and energy offices meeting, CB
  • Seventh Power Plan Environmental Methodology Outline, CB, TE

Council Meeting – Elizabethan Room – 1:30pm

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 1:30 – 1:45pmReports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Phil Rockefeller, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Pat Smith, chair, power committee; Henry Lorenzen, chair, public affairs committee; and Jennifer Anders, Vice-Chair, reporting on Transboundary Conference
1.  1:45 – 2:15pmUtility representative comments on proposed amendments to the Fish and Wildlife Program:  Fred Rettenmund, Inland Power and Light; Steve Eldrige, Umatilla Cooperative (by phone); and Terry Flores, Executive Director, Northwest RiverPartners
2.  2:15 -2:45pmPresentation on Avista activities: Jason Thackston, Senior Vice President, Avista
3.  2:45 – 3pmCouncil decision on Fish Data Product: Nancy Leonard, fish, wildlife and ecosystem monitoring and evaluation manager; Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish; and Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division
 3 – 3:15pmBreak
4.  3:15 – 3:30pmReport on RFP RPM Selection Process: Charlie Black, director, power division
5.  3:30 – 4pmCouncil Decision on Environmental Methodology, Sixth Power Plan Ninth Circuit Remand: John Shurts, general counsel
6.  4pmCouncil Business: Approval of minutes

The Executive Committee will meet in the Elizabethan Room at the close of Council Business on Tuesday, April 8.

The Public Affairs Committee will meet in the Early Bird Room at the close of Council Business on Tuesday, April 8.

Wednesday, April 9

Continuation of Council Meeting – Elizabethan Room – 8:30am

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7.  8:30– 9:00amComments by the Spokane Tribe on amendments to the Fish and Wildlife Program:  Matt Wynne, Spokane Tribal Council Member; and B. J. Kieffer, Natural Resources Director
8.  9 – 11amDiscussion of proposed amendments to the Fish and Wildlife Program (breaks as needed):  Tony Grover; Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager; and Laura Robinson, program implementation and liaison specialist
9. 11 – 11:30amBriefing on the Independent Scientific Advisory Board Review of the Proposed Spill Study: ISAB Members Greg Ruggerone, Vice-chair, and Alec Maule; Jim Ruff, ISAB Ex Officio; and Erik Merrill, ISAB Coordinator
10. 11:30 am – NoonPresentation on the Wanapum Dam spillway fracture: Chuck Berrie, assistant general manager, Grant PUD
11. Noon – 12:15pmPresentation on Wanapum Dam spillway fracture’s impact on Chelan PUD’s projects and operations: Tracy Yount, Director of External Affairs, Chelan PUD
 1:30 – 5pmContinued discussion of proposed amendments to the Fish and Wildlife Program (breaks as needed)
 5pmPublic comment on Fish and Wildlife Program Amendments

The times listed for specific agenda items, and the order of those items, are approximate and are subject to change.