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Council Meeting

Council Meeting

Tuesday, August 9, 2016 to Wednesday, August 10, 2016

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Tuesday, August 9

Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting – 8:30am Mountain Time – Michel/Victor Room

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  • Presentation on cold water refuges in the mainstem Columbia: where they are, importance, and how adult salmon and steelhead use them: Matt Keefer, University of Idaho and John Palmer, EPA (LP)
  • Update from the Corps of Engineers on water temperature modeling (LP)
  • Briefing on real time summer conditions and management decisions to prevent/reduce summer fish mortalities (LP)
  • Cost Savings Workgroup Update (Staff)
  • Update on Emerging Priorities Implementation (Staff)

Fish and Wildlife Staff Work Session – 11:30am - 1pm Mountain Time – Koostahtah Room

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  • Work session on regional habitat indicator project led by PNAMP

Power Committee – 9am Mountain Time – Alexander Room

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  • Energy Keepers, Inc (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes) Comments, Brian Lipscomb, Energy Keepers CEO
  • 2021 Adequacy Assessment Decision - Colstrip related update, (JF)
  • Momentum Savings Context, (CG, TJ, KS)

Council Meeting – 1:30pm Mountain Time - Michel/Victor Room

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  1:30 – 1:45pm Welcome from Vernon Finley, Chairman of the Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council
  1:45 – 2:00 Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs:  Jennifer Anders, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Tom Karier, chair, power committee; Jim Yost, chair, public affairs committee.
1. 2:00 – 2:30 Remarks by Dan James, Deputy Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration
  2:30 – 2:45 Break
2. 2:45 – 3:30 Council decision on 2021 Adequacy Assessment: John Fazio, senior power systems analyst.
3. 3:30 – 4:00 Briefing on System Capacity Contribution of Montana wind: John Fazio; Ben Kujala, interim director, power division; and John Ollis, power system analyst.
4. 4:00 – 4:30 Update on Demand Response Advisory Committee Membership: Tina Jayaweera, senior energy efficiency analyst.

The Public Affairs Committee will meet at the close of business on Tuesday, August 9

The Executive Committee will meet at the close of business on Tuesday, August 9

Wednesday, August 10

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Continuation of Council Meeting – 8:30am Mountain Time – Michel-Victor Room

5.      8:30 – 9:15am Presentation on Bonneville Power Administration Energy Efficiency and Momentum Savings: Carrie Cobb, BPA
6.      9:15 – 10:00 Update on Research Plan:  Tom Karier, Washington Council Member; Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager.
7.      10:00 – 10:15 Update on Bull Trout Litigation: John Shurts, general counsel.
      10:15 – 10:30 Break
8.  10:30 – 11:15 Presentation on Bull Trout Recovery Efforts in the Flathead Subbasin: Brian Marotz, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks; Les Evarts, Barry Hansen and Lynn DuCharme, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
9.  11:15 Council Business: Approval of minutes
    Public comment on any issue before the Council