Generating Resources Advisory Committee Meeting
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Generating Resources Advisory Committee Meeting

Tuesday, January 13, 2009 to Thursday, January 15, 2009

Thursday, January 8

Power Committee Web Conference - 9:00am

  • Discussion (230k PDF, updated 1/20) of power plant construction cost, availability, and retirement uncertainty (Schilmoeller)
  • Discussion (190k PDF) of electricity price, demand, and gas price uncertainty (Schilmoeller) 
    >> Excel Workbook (2.5mb, updated 1/20)
  • Revisions (140k PDF) to fuel price forecast in response to comments (Morlan)

Tuesday, January 13

Fish Committee - 8:30am - Blackfoot Room

  • Quarterly Review (90k PDF) of within-year Project Funding Adjustments (Fritsch)
  • First look (80k PDF) at proposed format of Annual Report on Monitoring and Evaluation (Nancy)
  • Discussion (110k PDF) of the guidance document for science review of Accord projects and update on reviews (Palensky)
  • Recommendation (100k PDF) for Columbia River Fish Accord project, Genetic Assessment of Columbia River Stocks, Project #2008-907-00 (Fritsch, Palensky)
  • Recommendation (70k PDF) on within-year request for Oregon Fish Screens Project, Project #1993-066-00 and in-lieu discussion (Fritsch, Hirotsu)

Power Committee - 8:30am - Bitterroot Room

  • Assessment (300k PDF, updated 1/12) of utility-scale solar-photovoltaic generating resource potential (King)
  • Revised (250k PDF, updated 1/12) draft Sixth Plan electricity price forecasts (Galbraith)
  • Preliminary drafts (60k PDF) of introductory chapters of Sixth Power Plan (Morlan)
  • Recommendation (60k PDF) on release of demand forecast for comment (Jourabchi)
  • Review (60k PDF) draft fuel price appendix and part of Chapter 5 (Morlan)

Council Meeting - 1pm - Blackfoot Room

  1 - 1:15pm Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chair:  Rhonda Whiting chair, fish and wildlife committee; Melinda Eden, chair, power committee; and Dick Wallace, chair, public affairs committee.  
1.  1:15 - 1:45pm Presentation on release of demand forecast paper for public comment: Terry Morlan, director, power division; and Massoud Jourabchi, manager, economic analysis. download
200k PDF
2. 1:45 - 2:30pm  Panel on Bonneville Power Administration role in conservation acquisition:  Nancy Hirsh, Policy Director, NW Energy Coalition;

Jim Morton, Executive Director, Human Resources Council, District XI, and John Krigger, President of Saturn Resource Management, Inc.

 download
60k PDF
3. 2:30 - 3pm Update on Bonneville Power Administration role in conservation acquisition:  Mike Weedall, Bonneville download
60k PDF
4. 3 - 3:30pm Update on generating resource assumptions for draft Sixth Power Plan: Jeff King, senior resource analyst; and Maury Galbraith, resource analyst. download
420k PDF,updated 1/12
  3 - 3:15pm Break  
5. 3:15 - 3:45pm Update on conservation resource assumptions for draft Sixth Power Plan: Tom Eckman, conservation resources manager; and Charlie Grist, senior analyst. download
510k PDF,updated 1/12
6. 3:45 - 4:15pm Status report on Wind Integration Action Plan: Jeff King and Maury Galbraith. download
420k PDF,updated 1/12
7. 4:15 - 4:45pm Update on preliminary drafts of introductory chapters of Sixth Power Plan:  Terry Morlan download
100k PDF
8. 4:45pm Council Business:
  • ISAB nominations
  • Discussion of ISAB work assignments
  • Approval of minutes
  

Wednesday, January 14 - Continuation of Council Meeting - 8:30am - Blackfoot Room

9. 8:30am - 5pm Fish and Wildlife Program Amendments work session:  Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division; Patty O’Toole, program implementation manager; and Sandra Hirotsu, senior counsel.

Thursday, January 15 - Continuation of Council Meeting - 8am - Blackfoot Room

  8 - 9:30am Continuation of Fish and Wildlife Program Amendments work session.  
10. 9:30 - 10:15am Council decision on Columbia River Fish Accord project, Genetic Assessment of Columbia River Stocks, Project #2008-907-00: Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation. download
100k PDF
11. 10:15 - 10:30am Council decision on within-year request for Oregon Fish Screens Project, Project #1993-066-00 and in-lieu discussion: Mark Fritsch; and John Shurts, general counsel. download
70k PDF
12. 10:30 - 11am Update on High Level Indicators: Tom Karier, Washington Council Member. download
60k PDF
  11am Election of Council officers for 2009.  

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.