Regional Technical Forum

Fish and Wildlife Committee – 8:30am Mountain Time – Boise Room

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Fish and Wildlife Program Amendment – Committee recommendation of draft amendment announcement and call for recommendations (PO,TG) (30)
Update on MAFC Columbia Basin Partnership Task Force (TG) (15)
Project Review: Proposal #2017-004-00, Northern Pike Suppression and Monitoring Plan (MF) (30)
Briefing on the final Screw Trap Report (KF) (30)
Update on Research Inventory and Project Review (LP) (15)
Update on habitat monitoring and evaluation strategy (LB, MF and NL) (30)
Emerging Priorities (Staff)

Power Committee – 8:30am Mountain Time – Payette Room

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Draft 2023 Resource Adequacy Assessment, JF (45 min)
Generation Resource Updates for the Mid-Term Assessment, GC, MS (60 min)
- Resource Acquisition and Retirements since adoption of the Seventh Plan
- Updated Generation Resource Cost Analysis for Mid-Term Assessment – Part 1
  - Updates to Wind and Solar PV capital costs
Demand forecasting and the transportation sector, SS (30 min)
Report on BPA Resource Program, BPA (45 min)

Council Meeting – 1:30pm Mountain Time – Boise Room

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	1:30 – 1:45pm	Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs Committees: Guy Norman, chair, Fish and Wildlife Committee; Tim Baker, chair, Power Committee; and Bill Booth, chair, Public Affairs Committee.
1.	1:45 – 2:30pm	Briefing on Idaho Power Company implementation of membership in the Energy Imbalance Market: John Prescott, Northwest Representative, EIM Board Member; and Tess Park, Idaho Power Company.
2.	2:30 – 3:00 pm	Briefing on 2018 snow and streamflow outlook – shortages, surplus, etc.: Ron Abramovich, Water Supply Specialist, USDA NRCS Snow Survey, Boise, Idaho.
	3:00 – 3:15pm	Break
3.	3:15 – 3:45pm	Council decision to release draft “Under-served Energy Efficiency Markets Assessment – Summary of Results” for public comment: Kevin Smit, senior energy efficiency analyst.
4.	3:45 – 4:00pm	Briefing on the Lake Roosevelt Forum meeting: John Harrison, public information officer.
5.	4:00pm	Demonstration of updated Council website, Mark Walker, director, public affairs division; Ben Kujala, director, power division and Chad Madron, project analyst.

The Public Affairs Committee will meet at the close of business on Tuesday, May 8.

Continuation of Council Meeting – 8:30am Mountain Time – Boise Room

6.	8:30 – 9:00am	Update on Genetic Monitoring: Dr. Shawn Narum, Lead Geneticist, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; and Matt Campbell, Fisheries Genetics Program, Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
7.	9:00 – 9:30am	Update on Lake Pend Oreille Lake Trout Suppression Efforts: Dr. Dan Schill, Fishery Research Supervisor, Idaho Department of Fish and Game; and Dr. Matt Corsi, Principal Fishery Research Biologist, Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
	9:30 – 9:45am	Break
8.	9:45 – 10:15am	Council decision on Fish and Wildlife Program amendment announcement and call for recommendations: Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager; Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division and John Shurts, legal counsel.
9.	10:15 – 10:30am	Briefing on the administrative record for the Fish and Wildlife Program amendment process: John Shurts
10.	10:30am	Council business: Approval of minutes of April 10-11 Council Meeting Council decision to release for public comment the draft “Council FY 2020 Budget and FY 2019 Revisions” Council decision to approve contract with OMBU for website maintenance for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2018 Council decision to release for public comment the draft “BPA annual report of fish and wildlife costs for Fiscal Year 2017”
		Public comment on any issue before the Council.

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018 to Wednesday, May 9, 2018