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January 29, 2010 - Steering Committee Agenda

Northwest Power and Conservation Council
851 SW Sixth Avenue
Portland, OR 97204

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10:00 AM Introductions, welcome to new Co-Chair Steve Oliver, and review of agenda (40k Word)
10:15 AM Resource Adequacy Assessment for 2013 and 2015
  • Yellow alert status and actions under the implementation plan
    >> Presentation
  • Comparison to last year's assessment (Fazio)
    • How resources have changed
    • How load forecast has changed
  • Comparison to PNUCC's NRF (Adams)
    >> Report (160k PDF)
11:30 AM LUNCH - On your own
12:30 PM Work Plan for 2010
>> Presentation
  • Model/Methodology Review (Fazio)
    >> Presentation
    • Benchmarking Efforts
    • Reconsideration of Probabilistic Adequacy Metrics
  • Capacity Value Assessments
    • Sustained Hydro Peaking Capacity (Long/Koehler)
      >> Presentation
    • Long-term Synthetic, Temperature-Correlated Wind Records (Kujala/Koehler)
      >> Presentation
2:00 PM Steering Committee Decisions (Karier, Oliver)
  • Approval of Work Plan
    • Should the Forum provide utility guidance?
      >> Presentation
    • Should the Forum develop an economic threshold?
      >> Presentation
  • Options for Making the Forum a more Formal Organization?
    >> Presentation
  • Approval of proposed LOLP Workshop (and schedule date)
3:00 PM Schedule Next Meeting / Adjourn
Future Meetings of Interest:
 >> NERC LOLE Meeting (April 27, Council Offices) | Agenda, Scope
>> Proposed Regional LOLP Workshop (TBA by Forum)