Hermiston Power Project
Hermiston, Oregon

Klondike Wind Project, Sherman County, OR (Courtesy NW Windpower)

Generating Resources Advisory Committee

[This 2002 GRAC stopped meeting when the 5th Power Plan was done. Also see the 6th Power Plan GRAC.]

The Council's Generating Resources 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. The Generating Resources Advisory Committee will advise the Council regarding future generating resources and technology alternatives that have significance to the Fifth Power Plan. Activities of the Committee will include:

• Assisting in the identification of generating resources and technology alternatives that have significance to the power plan.
• Assisting in the identification of sources of technical, cost, environmental, and other important information concerning significant generating resources and technology alternatives.
• Reviewing the information and assumptions concerning generating resources and technology alternatives proposed for use in the power plan.
• Reviewing and interpreting the results of analyses concerning generating resources and technology alternatives undertaken for development of the power plan.