Council Meeting

April 11 - 12, 2023
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(Webinar)

► This meeting was video recorded. See video links below for each agenda item.

The Public Affairs Committee will meet on Monday, April 10th at 11am (PDT) / 12pm (MDT).

Tuesday, April 11

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

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Fish and Wildlife Committee – 1pm (PDT) / 2pm (MDT)

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  • Report on Regional Coordination Forum meeting April 10 (MH, LB) (► Video)
  • Columbia River Delta Assessment for the Wind, White Salmon and Klickitat Rivers: Bill Sharp, Yakama Nation Fisheries and Charles Seaton, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (MF) (► Video)

Wednesday, April 12

The Executive Committee will meet in closed session to discuss business matters on Wednesday, April 12th at 8:30am (PDT) / 9:30am (MDT).

Council Meeting – 9:30am (PDT) / 10:30am (MDT)

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  9:30 – 9:45am
 (► Video)		 Reports from Committee Chairs and Executive Director: Mike Milburn, Chair, Fish and Wildlife Committee; Doug Grob, Chair, Power Committee; Louie Pitt Jr., Chair, Public Affairs Committee and Bill Edmonds, Executive Director.

1.

 9:45 – 10:30am
 (► Video)
 		 Basin Climate and Water Supply Outlook: Dr. Henry Pai, Senior Hydrologist, NOAA.

2.

 10:30 – 11am
 (► Video)		 Overview of Potential New Load Forecast Tool: Steve Simmons, Principal Analyst.
  11 – 11:15am Break

3.

 11:15 – 11:45am
 (► Video)		 Report out on Regional Technical Forum (RTF) Assessment into Valuing Resilience from Efficiency: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning.

4.

 11:45am – 12:15pm
 (► Video)		 Program Performance: Strategy Performance Indicators (SPI) and Program Tracker: Leslie Bach, Senior Program Manager and Kris Homel, Biologist for Program Performance.

5.

 12:15pm
 (► Video)		 Council Business:
    Public comment on any issue before the Council. Note: Please sign up prior to the Council Meeting to provide comment by sending an email to the Council at meetingorganizer@nwcouncil.org with your name. Any person participating in the meeting should review and abide by the Code of Conduct expected of all who participate in the Council’s public forums.