Council Meeting
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Council Meeting

Council Meeting

Tuesday, February 14, 2017 to Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Tuesday, February 14

Fish Committee – 9am – Large Conference Room

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  • Update on Natural Origin Salmon and Steelhead Adult Objective Mapping Tool (Staff, QW Consulting, StreamNet) (30)
  • Update on Cost Savings Workgroup (Staff) (30)
  • Update on O&M Strategic Plan (MF) (15)
  • Update on the Ocean Forum Meeting (PO) (15)
  • Report on January NOAA Regional Partnership meeting (Staff & Council members) (30)
  • ISAB Review of Upper Columbia Spring Chinook (EM) (15)
  • Update on Emerging Priorities Implementation (Staff) (15)

Power Committee – 9am – Small Conference Room

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  • Preview of Paper on Marginal Carbon Production, JO, GC (30)
  • Deep Dive into Conservation Achievements, JL (30)
  • NEEA Discussion of Emerging Technology in energy efficiency: Mark Rehley, NEEA; energy efficiency team (45)
  • Primer on the Physics of the Power System, MS, JO (30)

Continuation of Council Business from January 2017 Council Meeting – 1:30pm – Large and Small Conference Rooms

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  • Approval of November 2016 and December 2016 minutes
  • Council decision to adopt Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Year 2016
  • Election of officers

Council Meeting – 1:45pm – Large and Small Conference Rooms

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  1:45 – 2pm Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs:  Jennifer Anders, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Tom Karier, chair, power committee; and Jim Yost, chair, public affairs committee.
1. 2 – 2:30pm Briefing on recent cold-weather events and their impact on load and power prices:  Massoud Jourabchi, manager, economic analysis; and Steve Simmons, senior economic analyst.
  2:30 – 2:45pm Break
2. 2:45 – 3pm Briefing on wind generation during recent cold-weather events:  Gillian Charles, energy policy analyst.
3. 3 – 3:30pm Briefing and discussion on ISEMP, CHaMP and Action Effectiveness Monitoring:  Nancy Leonard, fish, wildlife and ecosystem monitoring and evaluation manager; and Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.

The Executive Committee and the Public Affairs Committee will meet at the close of business on Tuesday, February 14.

Wednesday, February 15

Continuation of Council Meeting – 9am - Large and Small Conference Rooms

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4. 9 – 9:45am Briefing on the current state of federal Energy Efficiency Standards as of the end of 2016: Tom Eckman, consultant.
5. 9:45 – 10:45am Update on the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative and Regional Restoration Efforts:  Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation; Christina Wang and Howard Schaller, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and Brian McIlraith, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
6. 10:45am Council Business
  • Decision on vendor for End-Use Conservation Model Scoping Study: Tina Jayaweera, senior analyst.
  • Decision on Regional Technical Forum PAC Charter Renewal and Co-Chair appointment, Jennifer Light, Manager, Regional Technical Forum.
    Public comment on any issue before the Council.