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Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - Committee meetings

Fish Committee - 9:30 a.m. - Cowlitz Room

  • Level III discussion
  • Discussion on Bonneville spending
  • ISAB discussion

Power Committee - 9:30 a.m.

  • Power supply adequacy update
  • Discussion of process for arriving at a regional adequacy standard
  • Discussion of potential comment on Standard Market Design (SMD) with focus on power supply adequacy
  • Overview of the Power Plan process
  • Review of conservation supply curves - residential appliances, water heating, commercial appliances

Council Meeting - 2:30 p.m.

1.  

2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Presentation by the Bonneville Power Administration on financial choices and program cost reductions: Paul Norman, vice president, power business line, Bonneville Power Administration Packet downloads:

2.

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Council decision on approval of proposed subbasin planning workplans: Peter Paquet, manager, wildlife and resident fish; Brian Allee, manager of policy and program implementation; and Lynn Palensky, subbasin planning coordinator Asotin (160k PDF)
Clearwater (30k PDF)
Imnaha (230k PDF)
LCREP (330k PDF)
Lower Snake (150k PDF)
Salmon Recovery Board
Technical Funding
 (200k PDF)
Tucannon (130k PDF)
Umatilla (230k PDF)
Walla Walla (140k PDF)

5:30 p.m. - Public hearing in Cowlitz Room on draft mainstem amendments

Wednesday, January 15, 2003 - 8:30 a.m. - Continuation of Council Meeting

3.

8:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Presentation by the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority on biological needs of fish using the Columbia River mainstem and reservoirs:  CBFWA fish and wildlife managers

item 3
(10k PDF)
4.

10:45 - 11:30 a.m.

Presentation by University of Washington on CRiSP modeling results on mainstem operations: Chris Van Holmes, University of Washington, Columbia Basin Research

item 4
(10k PDF)
5.

11:30 a.m. - Noon

Update on the activities of Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance: Margie Gardner, director, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

item 5
(10k PDF)
6.

1:30 - 2:15 p.m.

Update on power supply adequacy:  Dick Watson, director, power division and John Fazio, senior power systems analyst, power division

item 6
(10k PDF)
7.

2:15 - 3:45 p.m.

Briefing on Bonneville's fish and wildlife project spending cap for Fiscal Year 2003:  Doug Marker, director, fish and wildlife division; John Ogan, senior counsel

 
8.

4 - 5 p.m.

Council decision on action agencies' proposal for 2003 mainstem system operations: Bruce Suzumoto; manager special projects; Kevin Crum and Jim Athearn, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Greg Delwiche, Bonneville Power Administration.

  • accelerating removable spillway weir development at Ice Harbor Dam;
  • discussion on chum flow prioritization.
item 8
(40k PDF)
9.

5 - 5:30 p.m.

Presentation on Washington's monitoring and evaluation for watershed health and salmon recovery:  Bruce Crawford, Salmon Recovery Board

 
10.  

5:30 p.m.

Council business: Decision to clarify Council name

 

Thursday, January 16, 2003 - 8:30 a.m. - Continuation of Council Meeting

 

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Continuation of briefing on Bonneville's fish and wildlife project spending cap for Fiscal Year 2003 and potential decision on Council process (see item 7 above)  

11.  

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Update on the work of the Citizens' Forum:  Lynne Chamberlain Buchanan, Oregon Wheat Growers League; and Kathryn Brigham, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

item 11
(30k PDF; changed 1/14 2:30pm)

12.

10:45 - 11:15 a.m.

Discussion on Level III regional coordination of subbasin planning:  Peter Paquet

item 12
(40k PDF)

13.

11:15 a.m.

Council business:

  • Approval of minutes
  • IEAB task orders
  • Election of officers
 

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.