Tuesday, October 14
Council Work Session – 3pm (MDT) / 2pm (PDT) – Grange Hall
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| 1. | 3 – 5pm | Council Work Session: Power Plan Development
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Wednesday, October 15
Council Meeting – 10:30am (MDT) / 9:30am (PDT) – Grange Hall
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| 10:30 – 10:45am | Executive Director report and state updates: Peter Cogswell, Executive Director, Chair Mike Milburn, and Council Members | |
| 2. | 10:45 – 11:30am | 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 | 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 | Decision item: Regional Technical Forum 2026 Work Plan: Laura Thomas, RTF Manager |
| 5. | 1:45 – 2:45pm | 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 | Grid enhancing technologies: Joe Walderman, Resources Analyst, Annika Roberts, Resource Policy Analyst, Jake P. Gentle, Idaho National Lab, and Phil Anderson, Erik Schellenberg, Idaho Power |
| 7. | 4 – 5pm | 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 – 8am (MDT) / 7am (PDT) – Grange Hall
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| 8. | 8am – Noon | Council Work Session: Fish and Wildlife Program Amendments
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| Noon – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
| 9. | 1:30 –1:45pm | Council Business:
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| Public comment on any issues before the Council. Please sign up prior to the meeting to provide comment by emailing your name to meetingorganizer@nwcouncil.org. Any person participating in the meeting should review and abide by the Code of Conduct expected of all who participate in the Council’s public forums. All meetings are recorded. | ||
| 8. | 1:45 –5pm | Council Work Session: Fish and Wildlife Program Amendments (continued)
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