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Council Meeting

Council Meeting

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 to Wednesday, November 14, 2018

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Tuesday, November 13

Fish and Wildlife Committee – large conference room – 8am

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  • Review of Fish and Wildlife Program amendment process and schedule, and overview of Program framework as context for Fish and Wildlife Committee agenda topics (PO) (15 min)
  • Research Progress Review: Discussion and recommendations (LP) (60)
  • Announcing the start of Mainstem/Program Support Category Review – November 2018 (LP) (10 min)
  • Project review: Follow-up action for Project #2017-005-00, Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative Columbia River Basin, Christina Wang, USFWS; Brian McIlraith, HDR; Steve Williams, PSFMC and Siena Lopez-Johnson, BPA.
  • Update on the draft mapping tool and query tool developed to display existing goals and objectives for seven resident and two anadromous fish species (NL) (45 min)
  • Update on tributary habitat monitoring and evaluation (LB, MF,NL) (30 min)
  • Bonneville MOA with the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (Dorie Welch, Bonneville; and Sue Ireland, Kootenai Tribe of Idaho) (15 min)
  • Update and discussion on policy issues emerging from Bonneville’s budget adjustments (TG) (30 min)

Power Committee – small conference room – 9:30am

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  • Energy Efficiency Emerging Tech (NEEA), Mark Rehley, NEEA (30 min)
  • PGE Utility of the Future Presentation, Franco Albi, PGE (30 min)
  • Power Plan Provisions of the Northwest Power Act (JS, BK) (45 min)
  • History and context of Power Plan provisions from the Northwest Power Act (JS) (45 min)

Council Meeting – large and small conference rooms – 1:30pm

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   1:30 – 1:45pmReports 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 – 2:15pmBriefing on PNGC Power Marketing Insights: Greg Mendonca, Vice President of Power Supply, PNGC Power.
2.2:15 – 3:15pmPresentation on the US Army Corps of Engineers’ predation management in the Columbia River System: Tim Dykstra, Fish Program Manager, USACE, Northwestern Division.
3.3:15 – 3:30pmCouncil decision to request a science and economic review of predation by the ISAB and contract economist(s): Laura Robinson, program implementation and liaison specialist.

Wednesday, November 14

The Council will meet in Executive Session at 8am to discuss internal personnel matters and to discuss Council organization, structure and procedure.

Continuation of Council meeting – large and small conference rooms – 9am

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4.9 – 9:45amPresentation on Streamflow and Temperature Projections of the Latest Climate-Change Datasets for the Columbia River Basin: Erik Pytlak, manager, Weather and Streamflow Forecast Group, Bonneville Power Administration.
5.9:45 – 10amUpdate on Natural Gas Pipeline rupture in British Columbia: Steve Simmons,senior economic analyst.
6.10 - 10:30amBriefing on the effect of compound climate events on adequacy in the Pacific Northwest: Sean Turner, Water Resources Management Modeler, and Nathalie Voisin, Regional Water-Energy Dynamics Research Lead, Pacific Northwest National Labs.
 10:30 – 10:45amBreak
7.10:45 – 11am Council decision to release final Energy Efficiency Savings Development and Use White Paper, Jennifer Light, manager, Regional Technical Forum
8.11 – 11:30amPresentation by Snohomish County PUD on solar/EV/and demand response: John Haarlow, CEO; and Jessica Matlock, government relations manager, Snohomish County PUD.
9.11:30am – NoonBriefing on California’s 100% Clean Energy Standard: Gillian Charles, energy policy analyst; and John Ollis, power system analyst.
10.NoonCouncil business: Approval of October 2018 Council meeting minutes
  Public comment on any issue before the Council