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Council Meeting

Council Work Session for Fish and Wildlife Program Amendments

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 to Wednesday, June 12, 2019

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Tuesday, June 11

Power Committee – 8:00am – Small conference room

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  • Power Plan process overview, BK (15)
  • Overview of climate change and earth system models and representative concentration paths, Dr. David Rupp (45 min)
  • Forecast load with price effects and forecast load with frozen efficiency, MJ (45 min)
    • Climate change impacts on load forecasting
  • Power Plan Process Review (120 min)

Fish and Wildlife Committee – 9:00am – Large conference room

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  • Fish and Wildlife Program public outreach discussion (30) (LR)
  • The Upper Columbia United Tribes submittal:  Fish Passage and Reintroduction Phase 1 Report: Investigations Upstream of Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams (60) (SH)
  • North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission and International Year of the Salmon – overview on annual meeting and workshop (15) (LP)
  • Update on Columbia Basin Habitat Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy (10) (LB)

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

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      1:30 – 1:45pmReports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Guy Norman, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Richard Devlin, chair, power committee; and Jeffery Allen, chair, public affairs committee.
1.1:45 – 2:15pmPresentation on Energy Trust of Oregon, Inc. Five-Year Strategic Plan: Mike Colgrove, Executive Director, Energy Trust of Oregon.
2.  2:15 – 2:45pmPresentation on the Upper Columbia United Tribes submittal:  Fish Passage and Reintroduction Phase 1 Report: Investigations Upstream of Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams:  DR Michel, Executive Director, UCUT; Randy Friedlander, Fish and Wildlife Director, Colville Tribe; Caj Matheson, Natural Resource Director, Coeur d’Alene Tribe; Sue Ireland, Natural Resource Director, Kootenai Tribe; and representatives from the Spokane and Kalispel tribes.
3. 2:45 - 3:30pmPresentation on 2019 energy legislation in Washington: Dr. Glenn Blackmon, Energy Policy Manager; Chuck Murray, Senior Energy Policy Specialist; and Dr. Sarah Vorpahl, Senior Energy Policy Specialist.
 3:30 – 3:45pmBreak
4.3:45 – 4:15pmOverview of Climate Change and Earth System Models: Dr. David Rupp, Assistant Professor, Senior Research 
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences,
Oregon State University.

The Public Affairs Committee will meet at the close of business on Tuesday, June 11.

Wednesday, June 12

Continuation of Council Meeting – 8:00am – Large and small conference rooms

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5.  8:00 – 8:30amRemarks from Jan Lee, former Executive Director of Northwest Hydroelectric Association, and introduction of new Executive Director Brenna Vaughn.
6.8:30 – 9:15amPresentation on Northern Pike economics report:Dr. David Kling, Economics Assistant Professor, Oregon State University; Dr. Jim Sanchirico, Environmental Science & Policy Professor, UC Davis; and Dr. William Jaeger, Independent Scientific Advisory Board Member (LR)
7.9:15 – 10:00amPresentation by the Independent Scientific Review Panel on the Mainstem and Program Support Category Review: Dr. Steve Schroder, Chair, Independent Scientific Review Panel; and Erik Merrill, Independent Science Manager.
 10:00 – 10:15amBreak
8.10:15 – 10:30amCouncil Business
  • Approval of minutes of May 2019 Council Meeting
  • Decision on adoption of the final Value of Energy Efficiency paper
  • Public comment on Council Draft Fiscal Year 2021 budget and Fiscal Year 2020 revisions
9.10:30amFish and Wildlife Program Amendment: review Committee recommended draft addendum: Council staff.
  Public comment on any issue before the Council.