Charter
1. Official Designation: This advisory committee will be known as the
Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council's
Generating Resources Advisory Committee.
2. Background: The Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and
Conservation Act, P.L. 96-501, 16 U.S.C. 839 et seq. ("Act''), in
section 4.(e)(3)(D), requires the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and
Conservation Planning Council ("Council'') to develop "...a
regional conservation and electric power plan." The plan is to
include a twenty year forecast of electricity demands and a resource plan
for the development of conservation and generation to meet the demand at
the lowest cost consistent with adequate and reliable electricity service.
The Generating Resources Advisory Committee is being formed to assist the
Council in its development of the Pacific Northwest Conservation and
Electric Power Plan by advising on important assumptions and analyses
regarding generating resources. This advisory committee is established as
part of a network of advisory committees satisfying the Council's
obligation under the Act to establish a Scientific and Statistical
Advisory Committee. 16 U.S.C. 839b(c)(11). Under section 4(a)(4) of the
Act, the terms of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix I,
sections 1-14, apply ``to the extent appropriate'' to the Council's
advisory committees. 16 U.S.C. 839b(a)(4).
3. Objectives and Scope of Activity: The Generating Resources Advisory
Committee will advise the Council regarding generating resource and
technology alternatives having significance to the new Pacific Northwest
Conservation and Electric Power Plan. Activities of the Committee will
include:
(A) Assisting in the identification of generating resources and
technology alternatives having significance to the power plan.
(B) Assisting in the identification of sources of technical, cost,
environmental and other important information concerning significant
generating resources and technology alternatives.
(C) Reviewing the information and assumptions concerning generating
resources and technology alternatives proposed for use in the power plan.
(D) Reviewing and interpreting the results of analyses concerning
generating resources and technology alternatives undertaken for
development of the power plan.
4. Official to Whom the Advisory Committee Reports: The Generating
Resources Advisory Committee will report to the Executive Director of the
Council.
5. Authority of the Advisory Committee: The Generating Resources
Advisory Committee will serve in an advisory capacity only. Neither the
Committee nor its members are authorized to make statements or commitments
on behalf of the Council. Committee members will not be considered to be
members of the Council staff.
6. Estimated Annual Operating Costs in Dollars and Person-Years:
$10,000 plus one staff month.
7. Advisory Committee Management Officer: The Advisory Committee
Management Officer (``Management Officer'') for the Generating Resources
Advisory Committee will be the Director of the Council's Division of Power
Planning. The Management Officer will designate members of the Council's
staff to coordinate and attend meetings of the Committee.
8. Chairperson:
(A) The Chairperson of the Generating Resources Advisory Committee will
be appointed by the Chairman of the Council, with the concurrence of the
Council members, and will serve at the pleasure of the Council.
(B) The Chairperson may be called upon to report to the Executive
Director of the Council on appropriate matters, including the Advisory
Committee's progress on the tasks described in Part 3 of this Charter.
(C) The duties of the Chairperson will include presiding over
Generating Resources Advisory Committee meetings, ensuring that detailed
minutes of such meetings are prepared and submitted to the Executive
Director of the Council in a timely manner, and maintaining communication
between the Committee and the Council's staff.
(D) The Chairperson will certify detailed minutes of meetings of the
Generating Resources Advisory Committee. The minutes should include a
complete and accurate description on matters discussed, conclusions
reached, actions taken, persons invited to meet with the Committee, and
persons in attendance. The minutes also will include copies of reports
received, issued or approved by the Committee. Minutes of meetings will be
prepared and released within ten days of the meeting, unless an extension
is granted by the Management Officer. The Management Officer will
distribute copies of the minutes to members of the Committee and the other
interested persons.
(E) Small sub-groups of the Generating Resources Advisory Committee may
be established by the Chairperson of the Committee to undertake particular
aspects of the Committee's work. Methods for organizing the work and
procedures of the Committee must follow the scope of responsibilities
assigned to the Committee by the Council. The work of the staff for the
Committee will include making arrangements for Committee meetings, solving
logistical problems, and providing clerical services.
9. Vice-Chairperson: A Vice-Chairperson of the Generating Resources
Advisory Committee may be appointed by the Chairman of the Council, with
the concurrence of the Council members, and will serve at the pleasure of
the Council. The Vice-Chairperson will perform the duties of the
Chairperson of the Committee, in the absence of that Chairperson, and such
other duties as the Chairperson of the Committee may assign.
10. Rules: The advisory committee rules approved and adopted by the
Council on March 17, 1982, as amended from time to time, will apply to the
Generating Resources Advisory Committee.
11. Estimated Frequency of Committee Meetings: The Chairperson of the
Generating Resources Advisory Committee, after consultation with the
Management Officer, or his designee, will call meetings as necessary. All
meetings will be open to the public, unless closed pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552b(c). Timely notice of meetings, including agendas, will be made.
Interested persons may attend Committee meetings and appear before or file
statements with the Committee, subject to such reasonable rules as the
Council may prescribe.
12. Reimbursement of Expenses: The Council will reimburse public
members of the Generating Resources Advisory Committee for travel,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence in accordance with the Council's
travel regulations for contractors and advisory committee members, for the
purpose of attending Committee meetings as authorized by 5 U.S.C. Section
5703. The Executive Director shall determine who are public members.
13. Duration: The Generating Resources Advisory Committee will
terminate two years from the filing date of this Charter, unless renewed
in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. All Members of the
Committee serve at the pleasure of the Council.
This Charter for the Generating Resources Advisory Committee was
approved and adopted at a duly called meeting of the Pacific Northwest
Power and Conservation Planning Council, December 11-12, 2001 at Portland,
Oregon.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST ELECTRIC POWER
AND CONSERVATION PLANNING COUNCIL
By: _____________________________________
Frank L. ("Larry") Cassidy, Jr., Chairman
Date Filed: ____________________________ |
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