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Tuesday, February 9

Power Committee – 9:30am (PST) and 10:30am (MST)

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Fish and Wildlife Committee – 9am (PST) and 10am (MST)

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  • Presentation of the Bird Track Springs habitat enhancement project, by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Bonneville Power Administration (KW) (30)
  • Draft division workplan (PO and staff) (60)
    • Discuss collaborative framework for program implementation
    • Future project review tasks
    • Overview of Program Performance tasks

The Public Affairs Committee will meet on Tuesday, February 9th at 1pm (PST) and 2pm (MST)

Wednesday, February 10

Council Meeting 9am (PST) and 10am (MST)

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 9 – 9:30amReports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs: Jeffery Allen, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Pat Oshie, chair, power committee; and Ted Ferrioli, chair, public affairs committee.

1.

9:30 – 10:15amPresentation on Mitigation and Fish Passage by Mid-Columbia Public Utility Districts: Peter Graf, Grant Public Utility District; Tom Kahler, Douglas Public Utility District and Lance Keller, Chelan Public Utility District.

2.

10:15 – 10:30amUpdate on Anadromous Habitat and Hatchery Review: Mark Fritsch, manager, project review and Implementation and staff.
 10:30 – 10:45amBreak

3.

10:45 – 11:45amState of Utilities Report and Update on 2020 Loads and Covid Impacts: Massoud Jourabchi, manager, economic analysis.

4.

11:45 – NoonCouncil decision on Regional Technical Forum PAC Charter Renewal and Membership Appointments: Jennifer Light, manager, Regional Technical Forum and Andrea Goodwin, senior counsel.
 Noon – 12:45pmLunch

5.

12:45 – 1:30pmWashington State Energy Strategy: Glenn Blackmon, WA Department of Commerce State Energy Office.

6.

1:30 – 2:15pmSummary of Baseline Condition Modeling Results for Power Plan: Ben Kujala, director, power division and John Ollis, manager, planning and analysis.

7.

2:15pmCouncil Business: Council approval of the January 2021 Council Meeting minutes
  

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