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Committee Meetings and Council Meeting

May 5 & 10-11, 2011

Power Committee Meeting, May 5

The Power Committee will meet on Thursday, May 5 at 8:30am Pacific Time, 9:30am Mountain Time. Join the meeting through GotoMeeting, or call 800-786-1922 (passcode 58779614). Space will be available at the Council's central office in Portland to attend the meeting.

• Review of 2010 electric and gas prices and consumption (Jourabchi/Morlan) (8:30-9:00)
• Verification (2.7mb PDF) of Council thermal resource assumptions (Fazio/Dragoon) (9:00-9:30)
• Presentation (updated 5/4) on PacifiCorp Integrated Resource Plan (Peter Warnken) (9:30-10:00)
• Proposed RTF Policy Advisory Committee Members (Grist/Morlan) (10:00-10:15)
• Renewal of NGAC charter (Jourabchi/Morlan) (10:15-10:30)
• Discussion (updated 5/4) of California RPS changes on Northwest renewable development (Dragoon) (10:30-10:50)
• Summary of surplus energy paper comments (Dragoon) (10:50 to 11:20)

Fish and Wildlife Committee Meeting and Council Meeting, May 10-11

Columbia Gorge Hotel
4000 Westcliff Drive
Hood River, Oregon 97031 (map)
541-386-5566  fax 541-386-9141

Tuesday, May 10

Fish Committee - 9am Pacific Time

 Join by GotoMeeting or conference call 800-786-1922, participant code 25249455.

• Discussion of programmatic issues associated with RM&E/AP review.
  Draft decision document and remaining projects list (Excel)
  • NOAA discussion of CHaMP project: Scott Rumsey and Bruce Suzumoto
• Potential schedule of upcoming reviews
• Quarterly Review of Within-Year Project Funding Adjustments for Implementation
• Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife overview for Washington State - Phil Anderson
• Comments from public or sponsors on Fish and Wildlife Committee business 

Council Meeting - 1:30pm Pacific Time

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	1:30 - 1:45pm	Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Bill Booth, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Tom Karier, chair, power committee; and Rhonda Whiting, chair, public affairs committee.
1.	1:45 - 2pm	Council decision on project reviews: Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation. Quarterly Review of Within-Year Project Funding Adjustments for Implementation BiOp Projects Project #2010-086-00 Protect and Restore the Crooked and American River Watersheds Project #2007-092-00 Protect and Restore Selway River Watershed
2.	2 - 2:45pm	Briefing and summary of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2010 Anadromous Fish Evaluation Program research: Marvin Shutters, Chief, Environmental Analysis Section, Walla Walla District; and Brad Eppard, AFEP Coordinator, Portland District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.	download
3.	2:45 - 3:15pm	Panel of fish and wildlife representatives on possible cumulative impacts of wind power development in the region: Bill Tweit, Columbia River Policy Lead, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; John Pierce, Chief Wildlife Scientist, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; and Gregg Servheen, Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

The Executive and Public Affairs Committees will meet at close of business Tuesday.

Wednesday, May 11

Continuation of Council Meeting - 9am Pacific Time

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4.	9 - 9:45am	Summary of Columbia River Treaty Analyses: John Fazio, senior power systems analyst; and Jim Ruff, manager, mainstem passage and river operations.	download 2.5mb PDF, updated 5/3
5.	9:45am	Council business: Adoption of minutes Council decision to release draft budget for public comment Council decision on Independent Economic Analysis Board task order Proposed Regional Technical Forum Policy Advisory Committee Members Council decision to renew Natural Gas Advisory Committee charter (updated 5/12)

Last updated: 9/16/2011 05:54pm