Tuesday, July 8, 2014 to Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Tuesday, July 8
Fish and Wildlife Committee – Large conference room – 9am
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- Update on the Okanogan Basin Monitoring and Evaluation Program (OBMEP) Using status and trend habitat monitoring to help guide steelhead recovery from the bottom up. John Arterburn Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation; Willis “Chip” McConnaha, ICF International; and Jason Sweet, Bonneville Power administration. (MF,NL)
- Update on Lake Pend Oreille Kokanee Recovery: Jim Fredericks, Idaho Department of Fish and Game
Power Committee – Small conference room – 8:30am
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- Update to upstream inputs to Seventh Plan (Demographic, Economic, Natural Gas Prices), MJ
- Locational value of new generation in system planning, BK, SS
- Case study of locational value, Troutdale Energy Resource Center, Mark Klein, Development Partners
- Proposed Council Comment on revisions to BPA Post-2011 Energy Efficiency Program, TE, CG
- Monthly report on RPM Redevelopment, BK, SS, CM
Council Meeting – Large and small conference rooms – 1:30pm
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| 1:30 – 1:45pm | Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Phil Rockefeller, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Pat Smith, chair, power committee; and Henry Lorenzen, chair, public affairs committee | |
| 1. | 1:45 – 2:30pm | Presentation on Columbia Generating Station: Mark Reddemann, CEO, Energy Northwest |
| 2:30 – 2:45pm | Break | |
| 2. | 2:45 – 3:30pm | Briefing by ISRP on the review of the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan: Dr. Steve Schroder and Dr. Greg Ruggerone, Independent Scientific Review Panel members |
| 3. | 3:30 – 3:45pm | Update on proposed revisions to BPA Post-2011 energy efficiency program: Tom Eckman, introduction; Richard Genecé, Bonneville Power Administration, presentation |
| 4. | 3:45 – 4pm | Decision on Council comments on proposed revisions to BPA post-2011 energy efficiency program: Tom Eckman, acting director, power division; and Charlie Grist, manager of conservation resources Link to Final Comments Letter sent to BPA (added 7/16/14) |
Public hearing on the Council’s draft Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program, large conference room – 4:30 – 6pm
Wednesday, July 9
The Public Affairs Committee will meet in the Public Affairs Conference Room and the Executive Committee will meet in the Large Conference Room at 8am on Wednesday, July 9
Continuation of Council meeting, large and small conference rooms – 9am
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| 5. | 9 – 9:30am | PNUCC presentation: Carbon, A Northwest perspective: Ben Kujala, introduction; Dick Adams, executive director; and Tomás Morrissey, policy analyst, Pacific Northwest Utilities Conference Committee |
| 6. | 9:30 – 10:15am | Presentation on BPA’s FY 2015 start of year budget and definition of capital funding needs in the future: Lorri Bodi; Bill Maslen and Bryan Mercier, Bonneville Power Administration |
| 10:15 – 10:30am | Break | |
| 7. | 10:30 – 10:45am | Update on fish and wildlife program amendment process: John Shurts, general counsel; Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager; and Laura Robinson, program implementation and liaison specialist |
| 8. | 10:45am | Council business:
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| Public comment on any issue before the Council |
The Council will meet in Executive Session at the close of business on July 9 for the purpose of discussing Council organization and procedures.
The times listed for specific agenda items, and the order of those items, are approximate and are subject to change.