Technical Committee
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Committee meeting

System Analysis Advisory Committee Meeting

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 to Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Tuesday, September 13

Fish and Wildlife Committee - 8:30am - Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites

GotoMeeting or conference call 1-800-786-1922, code 25249455

  • Presentation (updated 9/13) on Lower Columbia River White Sturgeon Conservation Plan and 2011-13 Sturgeon Joint State Accord
  • Update on program objectives (presentation added 9/13)
  • Discussion (updated 9/13) of timing of next Fish & Wildlife Program Amendment process
  • Discussion of "mini-Science/policy exchange" list of topics
  • Update on Fish Tagging Forum
  • Update on category review process
  • Council approach to habitat projects under BiOp  
  • Project Reviews:
    • BiOp: Project #2010-077-00, Tucannon River Programmatic Habitat
    • Quarterly Review: BOG management decision - Project #1988-115-25, Yakima River Design & Construction-Yakima/Klickitat Fisheries Project (YKFP)
    • Follow-up: Project #1998-007-04, Grande Ronde Spring Chinook on Lostine/Catherine Creek/Upper Grande Ronde Rivers

Power Committee - 10am
Note different location: Best Western Lincoln Inn, 555 Hamburg Avenue (1/2 mile west of Holiday Inn Express)

GotoMeeting or conference call 1-800-786-1922, code  58779614

  • Council/PNUCC Wind Impacts Analysis progress report
  • Comparison of Council demand forecast to PNUCC/ NW Regional Forecast and Bonneville White Book

Council Meeting - 1:30pm, Holiday Inn Express and Suites

GotoMeeting or conference call 1-800-786-1922, code 76142266

 

1:30 - 1:45pm

Reports from Fish and Wildlife, Power and Public Affairs committee chairs:  Bill Booth, chair, fish and wildlife committee; Tom Karier, chair, power committee; and Rhonda Whiting, chair, public affairs committee.

1. 

1:45 - 2:15pm

Briefing on ECOFYS Water Heater control demo:  Diane Broad, senior consultant, ECOFYS.

2.

2:15 - 2:45pm

Update on WECC 10-year Transmission Plan:  Wally Gibson, manager, system analysis and generation.

3.

2:45 - 3:30pm

Presentation on regional transmission plans:  Jeff Miller, Planning Vice-President of ColumbiaGrid; and Rich Bayless, consultant with Northern Tier Transmission Group

4.

3:30pm

Update on joint initiatives with the Columbia Basin Trust:  Joan Dukes, Council Vice-Chair; John Shurts, general counsel; and John Harrison, information officer.

  • Universities’ Columbia Governance Symposium, Kimberley, British Columbia, October 4-5
  • Three work projects — transboundary information website; climate change hydrology mapping; joint fish and wildlife project
  • Next Council/CBT meeting

The Council Public Affairs Committee each will meet at the close of business on
Tuesday, September 13.

Wednesday, September 14

Continuation of Council Meeting - 8:30am (was 9am)

Holiday Inn Express and Suites

GotoMeeting or conference call 1-800-786-1922, code 76142266

5. 

8:30 - 9am

Council decision on Project Reviews: Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation.

Follow-up: Project #1998-007-04, Grande Ronde Spring Chinook on Lostine/Catherine Creek/Upper Grande Ronde Rivers

6.

9 - 9:30am

Overview (updated 9/14) of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife fish and wildlife program and related activities: Curt Melcher, Deputy Director of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. 

7.

9:30 - 10am

Briefing on Council approach to habitat projects under BiOp:  Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division; and John Shurts, general counsel.

8.  

10am

Council business

  • Approval of minutes
  • Review of Council Financial Disclosure Forms
  • Council decision to release Annual Report to Congress
  • Recommendation for Fish Tagging Forum Facilitator

 

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 on each issue as time allows.