Tuesday, February 10
Council Meeting – 9am (PST) / 10am (MST) – Large and Small conference rooms
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- The Council will meet at 8am in executive session to discuss personnel matters.
| 9 – 9:15am | Executive director report and state updates: Peter Cogswell, Executive Director; Chair Mike Milburn, and Council Members | |
| 1. | 9:15 – 9:30am | Columbia River Fish and Wildlife Program amendment update: Maureen Hess, Fish and Wildlife Program Scientist and Patty O’Toole, Fish and Wildlife Division Director |
| 2. | 9:30 – 10am | Bonneville Environment, Fish and Wildlife Program update: Patty O’Toole, Fish and Wildlife Division Director, Jason Sweet, Bonneville Power Administration |
| 3. | 10 – 11am | Regional coordinator reports on invasive species efforts: Stacy Horton, Policy Analyst/Biologist, Jessica LaBelle, Washington Invasive Species Council, Russ Hartzell, Montana Invasive Species Council, Keith DeHart, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Blaine Parker, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Nic Zurfluh, Idaho State Department of Agriculture |
| 11 – 11:15am | Break | |
| 4. | 11:15am – 12:30pm | Preparing for invasive freshwater mussels, assessing hydropower and hatchery infrastructure: Stacy Horton, Policy Analyst/Biologist, James Littley, Okanagan Basin Water Board, Justin Bush, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Michael Stephenson, Idaho Power Company |
| 12:30 – 2pm | Lunch | |
| 5. | 2 – 2:15pm | Power Plan update: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning |
| 6. | 2:15 – 3:45pm | Panel on supply side emerging technologies: Annika Roberts, Resource Policy Analyst, Ben Serrurier, Fervo, Justin Klure, PacWave, Tom Bugert, Helion |
| 3:45 – 4pm | Break | |
| 7. | 4 – 5:15pm | Primer on scenario modeling results: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning, John Ollis, Manager of Planning and Analysis, Tomás Morrissey, Senior Power Analyst, and Jake Kennedy, Power System Analyst |
| 8. | 5:15pm | Council business:
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