► This meeting was video recorded. See video links below for each agenda item
Tuesday, April 8
Council Meeting – 8am (PDT) / 9am (MDT) – Large and Small conference rooms
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| 8 – 8:15am (► Video) |
Executive Director Report: Bill Edmonds, Executive Director | |
| 1. | 8:15 – 8:30am (► Video) |
Power Plan Update: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning |
| 2. | 8:30 – 8:45am (► Video) |
Approach to Social Cost of Carbon: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning |
| 3. | 8:45 – 9:15am (► Video) |
Developing Demand Forecast Pathways: Tomás Morrissey, Senior Power Analyst and Steven Simmons, Senior Energy Forecasting Analyst |
| 4. | 9:15 – 9:45am (► Video) |
Ninth Plan Rooftop Solar Potential: Kevin Smit, Power Planning Resources Manager |
| 5. | 9:45 – 10:45am (► Video) |
Outside the Northwest Loads and Resources: Tomás Morrissey, Senior Power Analyst and Annika Roberts, Resource Policy Analyst |
| 10:45 – 11am | Break | |
| 6. | 11 – 11:45am (► Video) |
Proposed Final Adequacy Criteria for Ninth Plan: Dor Hirsh Bar Gai, Power System Analyst |
| 7. | 11:45am – 12:30pm (► Video) |
Primer on Regional Strategy Analysis Toolset (OptGen/SDDP): John Ollis, Manager of Planning and Analysis |
| 12:30 – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 8. | 1:30 – 2pm (► Video) |
RTF Annual Report: Laura Thomas, Regional Technical Forum Manager |
| 9. | 2 – 3pm (► Video) |
White Sturgeon Status Report: Laura Heironimus, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Andrea Carpenter, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife |
| 10. | 3 – 4pm (► Video) |
Briefing on Columbia River Basin Salmon and Steelhead Returns for 2024 and Forecasts for 2025: Dr. Charlene Hurst, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Stuart Ellis, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, and Dr. Sarah Maher, Idaho Department of Fish and Game |
Executive Session – Closed Session – 4:15pm (PDT) / 5:15pm (MDT) – Large and Small conference rooms
- The Council will meet in Executive Session to discuss personnel matters.
Wednesday, April 9
Council Meeting cont’d and Council Work Session – 8:30am (PDT) / 9:30am (MDT) - Large and Small conference rooms
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| 11. Council Work Session Fish and Wildlife Program Amendment 8:30am – 11:30am (► Video) (Includes break) |
Council Meeting – 11:30am (PDT) / 12:30pm (MDT) – Large and Small conference rooms
| 12. | 11:30am – Noon (► Video) |
ISAB Report on Data Sources, Calculations and Interpretations of Smolt to Adult Return and Survival Rates: Tom Quinn, Independent Scientific Advisory Board |
| Noon – 1:15pm | Lunch | |
| 13. | 1:15 – 2pm (► Video) |
Briefing on Cycles of Productivity in the Ocean: Brian Burke, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center |
| 14. | 2pm (► Video) |
Council Business:
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Executive Committee Meeting – Closed Session – 2:15pm (PDT) / 3:15pm (MDT) – Large and Small conference rooms