Council Meeting

July 11 - 12, 2023
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Council's Offices
Portland

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

Tuesday, July 11

Power Committee – 9am (PST) / 10am (MST) - Large and Small conference rooms

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Fish and Wildlife Committee – 1:30pm (PST) / 2:30pm - Large and Small conference rooms

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  • Fish and Wildlife Committee Update and Planning (PO) (► Video)
  • Update on Columbia River (DART) Data Access in Real Time: Dr. Jennifer Gosselin and Susannah Iltis, University of Washington Columbia Basin Research (KH) (► Video)
  • Improved productivity of naturalized spring Chinook salmon following reintroduction from a hatchery stock in Lookingglass Creek, Oregon: Hayley Nuetzel, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (MH) (► Video)
  • State of Washington Interagency Northern Pike Rapid Response Plan Overview: Jesse Schultz, WDFW and Dr. Erika Rubenson, Four Peaks Environmental & Data Science (SH) (► Video)

Wednesday, July 12

Council Meeting – 8am (PST) / 9am (MST) - Large and Small conference rooms

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  8 – 8:15am
(► Video)		 Reports from Committee Chairs and Executive Director: Mike Milburn, Chair, Fish and Wildlife Committee; Doug Grob, Chair, Power Committee; and Bill Edmonds, Executive Director.
1. 8:15 – 9am
(► Video)		 Independent Scientific Review Panel (ISRP) Presentation: Review of the Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Spring/Summer Chinook Program: Stan Gregory, Chair and Richard Carmichael, Vice-Chair, ISRP.
2. 9 – 9:45am
(► Video)		 Western Resource Adequacy Program Update: Ryan Roy, Western Power Pool.
3. 9:45 – 10:15am
(► Video)		 NEEA’s Draft Cycle 7- 2025-2029 Business Plan: Becca Yates, Executive Director, NEEA.
  10:15 – 10:30am Break
4. 10:30am – 12pm
(► Video)

State Utility Commissioners Panel: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning. 

  • Megan Decker, Chair and Commissioner, Oregon Public Utilities Commission 
  • James Brown, President, Montana Public Services Commission 
  • David Danner, Chair and Commissioner, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission 
  • Edward Lodge, Commissioner, Idaho Public Utilities Commission
5. 12 – 12:30pm
(► Video)		 Council Perspective on Efficiency Savings: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning and Tina Jayaweera, Manager, Power Planning Resources.
6. 12:30pm
(► Video)		 Council Business:
    Public comment on any issues before the Council. Please sign up prior to the meeting to provide comment by emailing your name to meetingorganizer@nwcouncil.org 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. All meetings are recorded.