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Committee Meetings and Council Meeting Agenda

April 15-16, 2008

Grouse Mountain Lodge
2 Fairway Drive
Whitefish, Montana (map)
406-862-3000  fax 862-0326

To participate in any of the meetings, call our central office, 800-452-5161, for the call-in number.

Council Members may tour the Hungry Horse Dam on Monday, April 14.

Tuesday, April 15

Council meeting - Continental Divide Room

1.

9am - Noon

Council Work session on Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program amendments

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Note: The Council will meet in Executive Session at the call of the Chair to discuss matters related to civil litigation.

1:30pm - 4pm — Summary presentations on recommendations by submitters

Wednesday, April 16

Power Committee - Lower Glacier Room - 8am - 11:30am

• Decision (190k PDF) on adoption of resource adequacy standards
• Generating Resources Advisory Committee charter recommendation (190k PDF)
• Results (260k PDF) of preliminary analysis for the Sixth Power Plan
• Discussion (180k PDF) of financial assumptions for the Sixth Power Plan
• Marginal CO₂ analysis (290k PDF) from the revised electricity price analysis
• The demand forecast and conservation analysis interface (200k PDF)
• Regional Dialogue Update (200k PDF)
• Discussion (60k PDF) of non-Power Committee Council member involvement in Development of the Sixth Power Plan

Fish Committee  - Continental Divide Room - 8:30am - 11:30am

• Quarterly Review (100k PDF) of Within-year Project Funding Adjustments for Implementation
• Fish and Wildlife Program Budget Tracking Process (90k PDF; Spring 2008 modification of BOG)
• Wildlife O&M (370k PDF) - Wildlife Managers response to draft Council letter
• Committee recommendation (310k PDF) on project review process
  (Also see presentation [3mb PowerPoint])

Council Meeting - Noon - Continental Divide Room

2.	Noon - 12:45pm	Presentation on opportunities for conservation and renewable energy generation in the Flathead Electric service area:  Ross Holter, Director of Energy Services, Flathead Electric Cooperative.  (Box lunches will be provided for the Council Members)
	12:45 - 1pm	Break
	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.
3.	1:15 - 1:30pm	Council decision on adoption of resource adequacy standards:  John Fazio, senior power systems analyst; and Terry Morlan, director, power division.	download 190k PDF
4.	1:30 - 2:15pm	Council decision on project review process:  Lynn Palensky, program planning and special projects coordinator; Mark Fritsch, manager, project implementation; and Tony Grover, director, fish and wildlife division.	download 310k PDF presentation 3mb?PowerPoint
5.	2:15 - 2:45pm	Council decision on Fish and Wildlife Program Budget Tracking Process (Spring 2008 modification of BOG):  Mark Fritsch.	download 90k PDF
6.	2:45pm	Council Business: Approval of charter (120k PDF) for a Generating Resources Advisory Committee Approval of release of Council’s draft budget (410k PDF) for public comment Approval of appointment of new member to the Fish Passage Center Oversight Board (tentative) Approval of minutes

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.

Last updated: 4/14/2008  9am