Council Meeting
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Council Meeting

Council Meeting

Tuesday, October 11, 2016 to Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Tuesday, October 11

Fish and Wildlife Committee – Large conference room – 8:00am

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  • Follow-up discussion about program action effectiveness and monitoring (60) (NL,MF,PO)
  • Update on unusual ocean conditions and stellar sea lion presence and predation (60) (PO,LP)
  • Research Plan discussion (45) (PO)
  • Decision between alternative processes for the use of funds identified by the Cost Savings Workgroup (Staff)
  • Update on Emerging Priorities Implementation (Staff)

Power Committee – Small conference room – 8:30am

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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:  Jennifer Anders, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Tom Karier, chair, power committee; and Jim Yost, chair, public affairs committee.
1. 1:45 – 2:15pm Presentation by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe:  Laura Robinson, program implementation and liaison specialist; and Rudy Salakory, Cowlitz Indian Tribe.
2. 2:15 – 2:45pm Council decision to approve Regional Technical Forum 2017 Workplan: Jennifer Light, manager, Regional Technical Forum; and Charlie Grist, manager, conservation resources.
  2:45 – 3:00pm Break
3. 3:00 – 4:30pm Panel on customer and utility scale energy storage: Massoud Jourabchi, manager, economic analysis; Mike Starrett, energy policy analyst; and panel consisting of:
  • Patrick Balducci, Chief Economist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory  - Panel Chair;
  • Rebecca O’Neil, Program Manager, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory;
  • Russ Weed, VP Business Development and Marketing, UniEnergy Technologies;
  • John Gibson, Manager of Distribution System Operations and Technical Engineering Services,  Avista Utilities; and
  • Sarah Van Cleve, Energy Policy Advisor Tesla – by phone.

The Council will meet in Executive Session to discuss internal personnel matters at the close of business on Tuesday, October 11.

Wednesday, October 12

Continuation of Council Meeting – Large and small conference rooms – 8:30am

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4. 8:30 – 9:15am Update on Bonneville’s energy efficiency target and self-funding:  Ben Kujala, interim director, power division; and Charlie Grist.
5. 9:15 – 10:00am Update on Bonneville Power Administration Integrated Demand-Side Management: Tina Jayaweera, senior energy efficiency analyst; Robert Petty, Manager, Power Forecasting and Planning; Lee Hall, Manager, Distributed Energy Resources; and Allie Mace, Manager, Energy Efficiency Planning and Evaluation Bonneville Power Administration.
  10:00 – 10:15am Break
6. 10:15 – 10:45am Briefing on the potential conversion of Boardman to biomass: Wayne Lei, PGE; Gillian Charles, energy policy analyst.
7.  10:45 – 11:30am Presentation on Independent Scientific Advisory Board Predation Metrics Report: Dr. Greg Ruggerone, Chair, ISAB; Steve Schroder, ISAB Vice-chair; and Erik Merrill, Manager, Independent Scientific Review Program.
8. 11:30am Council Business:
    Public comment on any issue before the Council.