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Council Meeting

Council Meeting

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Tuesday, January 13

Council Meeting – 9am (PST) / 10am (MST) – Large and Small conference rooms

General ATTENDEES should use this link to register. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Contact CouncilIT@nwcouncil.org with any technical questions.

  9 – 9:15am Executive director report and state updates: Peter Cogswell, Executive Director; Chair Mike Milburn, and Council Members
1. 9:15 – 9:45am Update of the Council's Asset Management Strategic Plan recommendations for Program hatcheries and fish screens: Mark Fritsch, Project Review and Implementation Manager; Eric Leitzinger and Andrew Traylor, Bonneville Power Administration
2. 9:45 – 10am Update on the Fish and Wildlife Program amendment process: Patty O’Toole, Fish and Wildlife Division Director
  10 – 10:10am Break
3. 10:10 – 11:45am Power Plan update: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning
  • Scenario modeling updates
  • Reminder of Power Act requirements
  • Proposed table of contents
4. 11:45am – Noon Council business: Please sign up prior to the meeting to provide comment by emailing your name to meetingorganizer@nwcouncil.org. Please also note that there is a public hearing later in the day to receive comments on the Council’s draft Fish and Wildlife Program. Please reserve comments on that topic for that hearing.
  Noon – 1:30pm Lunch
5. 1:30 – 3:30pm Panel on data centers efficiency and flexibility opportunities: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning, Kevin Smit, Manager of Power Planning Resources, Joe Walderman, Resources Analyst; Christine Golightly, CRITFC; Karina Hershberg and Ben Burnett, PAE; Baskar Vairamohan, Electric Power Research Institute; and Isaac Barrow, Portland General Electric
  • From 4–6pm, the Council will hold an Oregon Public Hearing on the Draft 2026 Fish and Wildlife Program

Any person participating in the meeting should review and abide by the Code of Conduct expected of all who participate in the Council’s public forums.

All meetings are recorded.