Tuesday, August 11

Council Meeting – 9:30am (PDT) / 10:30am (MDT) – 602 Nooksack

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  9:30 – 9:45am Executive director report and state updates: Peter Cogswell, Executive Director; Chair Mike Milburn; and Council Members
1. 9:45am – 12pm Potential decision to release the draft Ninth Power Plan: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning
  12 – 1:30pm Lunch
2. 1:30 – 3pm Energy transition and innovation panel: Elizabeth Osborne, Senior Energy Policy Analyst; Dennis McLerran, Seattle City Light; Josh Jacobs, Puget Sound Energy; and Serj Berelson, Opower
3. 3 – 3:45pm Update from the Washington State Climate Office: Stacy Horton, Policy Analyst/Biologist; and Guillaume Mauger, Washington State Climate Office

Wednesday, August 12

Council Meeting – 9:30am (PDT) / 10:30am (MDT) – 602 Nooksack

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4. 9:30 – 10:15am Discussion with Casey Sixkiller, Director of the Washington State Department of Ecology: Stacy Horton, Policy Analyst/Biologist; and Casey Sixkiller, Washington State Department of Ecology
5. 10:15 – 10:45am Orca Task Force recommendations update: Patty O’Toole, Fish and Wildlife Director; and Tara Galuska, Orca Task Force
  10:45 – 11am Break
6. 11 – 11:45am Presentation by NOAA Science Center: Patty O’Toole, Fish and Wildlife Director; Kris Homel, Biologist for Program Performance; and Scott Hecht, Northwest Fisheries Science Center
7. 11:45am Council Business:
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