SAAC
July 17, 2025 9:30am - 3:30pm Pacific
This meeting is in person at the Council's offices. In person attendance is encouraged.
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About this meeting: Staff will discuss methodologies associated with modeling renewable generation, demand futures and existing policies in Council production cost and capital expansion models. Additionally, staff will discuss trends in and implications of draft market availability analysis after recent data updates.
Agenda - UPDATED day of meeting, some topics moved later in day
9:30 – 9:45 - Introductions and review agenda
9:45 – 10:30 - OptGen/SDDP Methodology Discussion
- Proposed methodology on zonal setup and policies
- Review and update on proposed futures methodology
10:30 – 11:15 - Demand Forecast
- Review of components
- Futures – demand pathways by climate model
12:15 – 1:00 - Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 - Renewable Generation
- Types and in-region/out-of-region considerations
- Methodology
- Futures
2:00 – 2:30 - Modeling Hydrogen Load in Council models
- Why is hydrogen demand different?
- Modeling hydrogen demand in AURORA, GENESYS and OptGen
2:30 – 3:25 - Market Availability Study
- Methodology updates on implementation of policies
- Methodology changes from last study
- Discussion of draft results (time permitting)
Closing - Topics for Upcoming Meetings and Conclusion
- SAAC meetings: August, September, October
- Topics:
- Updates on GENESYS, OptGen and SDDP
- Updates on market availability study results
- Upcoming plan methodologies for needs assessment and resource strategy analysis