► This meeting was video recorded. See video links below for each agenda item
Tuesday, October 14
Council Work Session – 3pm (MDT) / 2pm (PDT) – Grange Hall
Recommended parking for meeting location is at 75 Arling Center Ct on the resort grounds
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| 1. | 3 – 5pm (► Video) |
Council Work Session: Power Plan Development
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Wednesday, October 15
Council Meeting – 10:30am (MDT) / 9:30am (PDT) – Grange Hall
Recommended parking for meeting location is at 75 Arling Center Ct on the resort grounds
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| 10:30 – 10:45am (► Video) |
Executive Director report and state updates: Peter Cogswell, Executive Director, Chair Mike Milburn, and Council Members | |
| 2. | 10:45 – 11:30am (► Video) |
Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) presentation: Review of the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Steelhead Program, 2024-2025: Richard Carmichael, ISRP |
| 3. | 11:30 – 11:45am (► Video) |
Update on the on-going response to the quagga mussel infestation on the mid-Snake River, Idaho: Chanel Tewalt, Director, Idaho State Department of Agriculture |
| 11:45am – 1:15pm | Lunch | |
| 4. | 1:15 – 1:45pm (► Video) |
Decision item: Regional Technical Forum 2026 Work Plan: Laura Thomas, RTF Manager |
| 5. | 1:45 – 2:45pm (► Video) |
Strategies for addressing energy shortfalls and ensuring resource adequacy, Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative’s (PNGC) approach: Jessica Matlock, Rich Stover, PNGC |
| 2:45 – 3pm | Break | |
| 6. | 3 – 4pm (► Video) |
Grid enhancing technologies: Joe Walderman, Resources Analyst, Annika Roberts, Resource Policy Analyst, and Phil Anderson, Erik Schellenberg, Idaho Power |
| 7. | 4 – 5pm (► Video) |
White Sturgeon status report for the Snake River between Hells Canyon Dam and the Lower Granite Pool: Joe Dupont, Idaho Department of Fish and Game |
Thursday, October 16
Council Work Session – 10:30am (MDT) / 9:30am (PDT) – Grange Hall (note starting time change)
Recommended parking for meeting location is at 75 Arling Center Ct on the resort grounds
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| 8. | 10:30am – Noon (► Video) |
Council Work Session: Fish and Wildlife Program Amendments
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| Noon – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 9. | 1:30 –1:45pm (► Video) |
Council Business:
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| 8. | 1:45 –5pm (► Video) |
Council Work Session: Fish and Wildlife Program Amendments (continued)
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