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Meeting via Webinar, meetings are recorded

Tuesday, July 13

Power Committee – 9am (PDT) / 10am (MDT)

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  • Discussion of first collected Draft of 2021 Northwest Power Plan

Power Committee meets again afternoon of July 14 - see below.

Fish and Wildlife Committee - 8:30am (PDT) / 9:30am (MDT)

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  • Bonneville Report on Program Research (LB, BPA) (30min)
  • Revisions proposed for Budget Oversight Group Process (MF, BPA) (30min)
  • Assessing Program Performance: Approach and Status Update (LB, KH) (90 min)

The Public Affairs Committee will meet on Tuesday, July 13th at 2pm (PDT) / 3pm (MDT)

Wednesday, July 14

Council Meeting – 9am (PDT) / 10am (MDT)

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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; Doug Grob and Chuck Sams, co-chairs, public affairs committee.
1.9:30 – 10:30amOverview of Transmission in the Region: Brian DeKiep, Montana staff member; Dave Angell, NorthernGrid.
 10:30 – 10:45amBreak
2.10:45 – 12:00pmBasin climate and water supply summary and outlook: Patty O’Toole, Director of Fish and Wildlife Division; Leslie Bach, Senior Program Manager; Ryan Lucas, Northwest River Forecast Center and Aaron Marshall, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 12:00 – 12:15pmRemarks from Chair Richard Devlin
3.12:15pmCouncil Business:
  • Council approval of the June 2021 Council Meeting minutes
  • Decision to Adopt Fiscal Year 2023 And Fiscal year 2022 Revised Budget
  • Approval of amendment to contract with Systematic Solutions Inc. to respond to data requests (added 7/12/21)
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Wednesday, July 14 – Afternoon

Power Committee – 1:30pm (PDT) / 2:30pm (MDT)

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  • Continued discussion of first collected Draft of 2021 Northwest Power Plan