June 2, 2020
9:30am - 3:30pm Pacific Time
Council Offices, 851 SW Sixth Ave, Suite 1100, Portland, OR
Agenda
9:30 – 9:45 Introductions, approve minutes of May 6 meeting, membership and review agenda
9:45 – 10:30 Further Discussion of Climate Change Wind Methodology
10:30 – 12:00 Further Discussion of State Policies and Emerging Tech Reference Plant
- Regional municipal policies and utility goals - (Updated 6/20/2020, see GRAC Home Page for link to new material)
- WECC wide policies
- Emerging tech reference plant
12:25 – 1:10 Virtual Social Distancing Lunch - time updated
1:10 – 2:45 Proposed Setup for External Electricity Price Forecast Scenarios in AURORA
- Scenarios and which will likely have different benchmark price forecasts
- Implementation of WECC-wide policies
- Resource build limitations: wind in California, gas plants on the west coast
- Climate change data
- Parameters updates in AURORA for different scenarios
2:45 – 3:15 RPM Futures Methodology (Part 2)
- Review of how risk is assessed in the Regional Portfolio Model
- Benchmark forecasts
- Weather Normalized Loads
- Expected Peak Loads
- Gas Prices
- Electricity Prices
3:15 – 3:30 Topics for Upcoming Meetings and Conclusion
- SAAC meetings: July 8th and August 5th
- Committee charter/memberships updated in June 2020
- Topics:
- RPM Futures Methodology (Part 3)
- External Electricity Price Forecast Results
- Adequacy results (ARMs and ASCCs)
- Continued discussion on scenarios
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