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Tuesday, March 13 - Committee Meetings
Fish and Wildlife Committee - 8:30am - Garden Room
- Report (80k PDF) on PISCES wildlife operation and maintenance comments
- Follow up actions/tasks (90k PDF) from Fiscal Year 2007 - 09 project recommendations
- Report (70k PDF) by Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Authority on program amendment process
- Present alternative project selection sequences (590k PDF) for 2010 and beyond
- Discussion (80k PDF) of Science Policy conference
- Report (100k PDF) on coordination contracts
- Update (940k PDF) on a comprehensive workplan for data management
- Recommendation (5mb PDF) on within-year budget adjustment
- Yakima side channels project
Power Committee - 8:30am - LeBois Room
- Methodology and results (100k PDF) of incorporating temperature-sensitive loads in a short-term demand forecasting model
- Carbon legislation and cap and trading issues (210k PDF)
- Progress report (70k PDF) on assessment of power system CO2 production
- Analysis (430k PDF) of enhanced value of conservation for addressing risks
- Progress report (180k PDF) on data reporting standard for adequacy assessment
- Status report (180k PDF) on providing adequacy guidelines to utilities
- Update (80k PDF) on Northern Tier Transmission Group: Chuck Durick, Idaho Power Company
- Discussion (90k PDF) of possible Power Committee site visits
Council Meeting - 1:30pm - Garden Room
| 1:30 - 1:45pm | Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chair: Rhonda Whiting chair, fish and wildlife committee; and Jim Kempton, chair, power committee. | ||
| 1. | 1:45 - 2:30pm | Presentation by ISRP on Fiscal Year 2006 Retrospective Report: Eric Loudenslager and Pete Bisson, ISRP members. | download 2.9mb PDF |
| 2. | 2:30 - 3pm | Council decision on actions to reactivate the Fish Passage Center Oversight Board: John Shurts, general counsel; Jim Ruff, manager, mainstem passage and river operations. | download 90k PDF |
| 3. | 3:15 - 3:45pm | Update on process for amendments of the Fish and Wildlife Program, including the Science Policy conference: Peter Paquet, acting director, fish and wildlife division; and Lynn Palensky, Program Planning and Special Projects Coordinator. | download 70k PDF |
| 4. | 3:45 - 4:15pm | Update on alternative project review sequences for 2010 and beyond: Peter Paquet; Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation; and Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager. | download 590k PDF |
| 5. | 4:15 - 4:30pm | Update on Upper Snake River Tribes’ Compact: Wanda Johnson, chair, Burns-Paiute Tribe; Kyle Prior, chair, Shoshone-Paiute Tribe; and Alonzo Coby, chair, Shoshone-Bannock Tribe. | download 70k PDF |
The Executive Committee will meet at 4:30pm in Executive Session to discuss internal personnel matters.
Wednesday, March 14
Continuation of Council Meeting - 8:30am - Garden Room
The Council will meet in Executive Session at 8am to discuss litigation.
| 6. | 8:30 - 8:45am | Council decision on within-year budget adjustment: Mark Fritsch.
| download 5mb PDF |
| 7. | 8:45 - 9am | Briefing on a comprehensive workplan for data management: Peter Paquet. | |
| 8. | 9 - 10:15am | Update and possible Council decision on response to Bonneville’s Fiscal Year 2007-2009 project funding decision: Patty O’Toole; Peter Paquet; John Shurts. | download 260k PDF |
| 9. | 10:30 - 10:45am | Update on Wind Integration Action Plan: Jeff King, senior resource analyst. | download 160k PDF |
| 10. | 10:45 - 11am | Review by the IEAB of the Revenue Stream paper: Joel Hamilton, IEAB member. | download 290k PDF |
| 11. | 11 - 11:15am | Overview of Council Fiscal Year 2008 Budget and Fiscal Year 2007 revisions: Steve Crow, executive director; and Sharon Ossmann, administrative officer. | download |
| 12. | 11:15am | Council Business: Approval of minutes |
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.
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