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Committee Meetings and Council Meeting Agenda

December 9-10, 2008

Council Central offices
851 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
Portland, Oregon (map)
503-222-5161  fax 820-2370

Tuesday, December 9

Fish Committee - 8:30am

• Update (60k PDF) on Hatchery Scientific Review Group (HSRG)
• Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Project (60k PDF): Chris Jordan and Michael Newsom
• Presentation on Streambank (2.1mb PDF): Joe Whitworth, Executive Director of Oregon Trout

Power Committee - 8:30am

• Draft (200k PDF) demand forecast (Jourabchi)
• Cost and availability (390k PDF, updated 12/08) of utility-scale solar generation (King)
• Cost and availability (60k PDF, updated 12/09) of coal generation (King)
• Cost and availability (700k PDF) of conservation potential in the industrial sector (Grist)
• Revised forecast (60k PDF, updated 12/08) of electricity spot market prices (Galbraith)

The Council will meet in Executive Session at 11:30am on Tuesday, December 9 to discuss internal personnel matters.

Council Meeting - 1pm

	1 - 1:15pm	Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chair: Rhonda Whiting chair, fish and wildlife committee; Melinda Eden, chair, power committee; and Dick Wallace, chair, public affairs committee.
1.	1:15 - 4:30pm	Discussion of Fish and Wildlife Program Amendments: Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager; Sandra Hirotsu, senior counsel; Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division; and John Shurts, general counsel.

Wednesday, December 10

Continuation of Council Meeting - 8:30am

2.	8:30 - 9:15am	Overview of the Willamette Basin Biological Opinions: Dorie Welch, Bonneville Power Administration; Mindy Simmons, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Stephanie Burchfield, NOAA Fisheries; and Chris Allen, USFWS.	download 510k PDF presentation 5mb PowerPoint (added 1/9/09)
3.	9:15 - 9:45am	Presentation by Renewable Northwest Project on wind integration: Rachel Shimshak; and Ken Dragoon, Renewable Northwest Project.	download 2mb PDF
4.	9:45 - 10:30am	Update on preparations for Columbia River Treaty planning: Rick Pendergrass and Steve Oliver, Bonneville Power Administration.	download 3.8mb PDF
	10:30 - 10:45am	Break
5.	10:45 - 11:30am	Presentation on National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s upcoming hatchery consultation: Rob Walton, assistant director, NOAA Fisheries.	download 520k PDF
6.	1 - 1:45pm	Panel on regional conservation policy: Scott Corwin; executive director, Public Power Council; Bill Drummond, manager, Western Montana G&T; Rick Crinklaw, general manager, Lane Electric Cooperative; Steve Klein, general manager, Snohomish County PUD; and Bob Pierce, manager of member services and key accounts, Clearwater Power Company.	download 160k PDF
7.	1:45 - 2pm	Update on Adequate, Efficient, Economic, Reliable Power Supply (AEERPS) analysis: John Fazio, senior power systems analyst; and Jim Ruff, manager, mainstem passage and river operations.	download 120k PDF
8.	2pm	Council Business: Approval of minutes

The times listed for specific agenda items, and the order of those items, are approximate and are subject to change. Public comment will be taken after each agenda item as time allows.

Last updated: 12/8/2008  5pm