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2022 meeting dates have been set and can be viewed on our calendar. Meetings early in the year will be held virtually. A decision about in-person meetings will be made, in coordination with the larger Council organization, when it feels safe to do so.
Recent and Upcoming Meetings
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NOV
2024
TUE
WED
19
-
20
RTF Meeting
NOV
2024
THU
21
1:00 pm—2:00 pm
Resource Cost Framework in Power Plan Webinar
NOV
2024
FRI
22
9:30 am—11:30 am
Fuels Advisory Committee
DEC
2024
MON
02
11:00 am—12:00 pm
Demand Response Advisory Committee
DEC
2024
WED
04
10:00 am—12:00 pm
Climate and Weather Advisory Committee
1:00 pm—4:00 pm
RTF Policy Advisory Committee Q4
DEC
2024
TUE
WED
10
-
11
Council Meeting
DEC
2024
TUE
17
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
JAN
2025
WED
08
9:30 am—3:30 pm
Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
JAN
2025
MON
13
10:00 am—12:00 pm
Demand Forecasting Advisory Committee
JAN
2025
TUE
WED
14
-
15
Council Meeting
JAN
2025
WED
22
1:00 pm—4:00 pm
RTF New Member Orientation
JAN
2025
THU
23
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
JAN
2025
MON
27
1:00 pm—3:00 pm
Fuels Advisory Committee
JAN
2025
FRI
31
9:30 am—3:30 pm
Generating Resources Advisory Committee
FEB
2025
WED
05
9:00 am—12:00 pm
System Analysis Advisory Committee
FEB
2025
TUE
WED
11
-
12
Council Meeting
FEB
2025
WED
19
2:00 pm—4:00 pm
Demand Forecast Advisory Committee
FEB
2025
FRI
21
9:30 am—12:30 pm
Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
FEB
2025
THU
27
1:00 pm—4:00 pm
Resource Adequacy and System Analysis Advisory Committees Combined Meeting
MAR
2025
MON
WED
10
-
12
Council Meeting
MAR
2025
TUE
18
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
MAR
2025
THU
20
1:00 pm—4:00 pm
Demand Response Advisory Committee
MAR
2025
WED
26
1:00 pm—3:00 pm
Generating Resources Advisory Committee
MAR
2025
THU
27
9:00 am—11:00 am
Resource Adequacy Advisory Committee - Steering Committee
12:30 pm—1:30 pm
Special Council Meeting
APR
2025
THU
03
1:00 pm—3:00 pm
Climate and Weather Advisory Committee
APR
2025
TUE
WED
08
-
09
Council Meeting
APR
2025
THU
10
9:00 am—11:00 am
Fuels Advisory Committee Meeting
APR
2025
TUE
15
9:00 am—11:30 am
RTF Meeting
APR
2025
WED
16
1:30 pm—4:00 pm
Demand Response Advisory Committee
APR
2025
MON
21
1:00 pm—5:00 pm
Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
APR
2025
THU
24
9:00 am—10:00 am
Public Affairs Committee
APR
2025
TUE
29
1:00 pm—3:00 pm
Council Meeting
MAY
2025
TUE
WED
13
-
14
Council Meeting
MAY
2025
FRI
16
2:00 pm—4:00 pm
Demand Forecast Advisory Committee
MAY
2025
THU
22
9:00 am—2:30 pm
RTF Meeting
MAY
2025
WED
28
Council Meeting Executive Session
MAY
2025
THU
29
9:00 am—12:00 pm
Conservation Resources Advisory Committee
MAY
2025
FRI
30
1:30 pm—3:00 pm
Demand Response Advisory Committee
JUN
2025
TUE
WED
10
-
11
Council Meeting
JUN
2025
TUE
17
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
JUL
2025
WED
09
1:00 pm—3:00 pm
RTF Policy Advisory Committee
JUL
2025
TUE
WED
15
-
16
Council Meeting
JUL
2025
TUE
22
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
AUG
2025
TUE
WED
12
-
13
Council Meeting
AUG
2025
TUE
WED
19
-
20
RTF Meeting
SEP
2025
TUE
WED
09
-
10
Council Meeting
SEP
2025
TUE
16
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
SEP
2025
THU
18
1:00 pm—4:00 pm
RTF Policy Advisory Committee
OCT
2025
WED
THU
15
-
16
Council Meeting
OCT
2025
TUE
21
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
NOV
2025
THU
13
9:00 am—1:00 pm
RTF Meeting
NOV
2025
TUE
WED
18
-
19
Council Meeting
DEC
2025
TUE
09
9:00 am—4:00 pm
RTF Meeting
DEC
2025
TUE
WED
16
-
17
Council Meeting
How does the RTF help the region achieve its goals?
With the passage of the Northwest Power Act in 1980, Congress defined energy efficiency as a key resource for meeting the region's load growth. The Regional Technical Forum was established as a body that would provide the region with consistent and reliable quantification of energy savings estimates for specific efficient technologies or actions. The energy savings estimates generated through the public processes of the RTF enable accurate estimates of the region's efficiency potential vital to power system planning, as well as a better understanding of the region's efficiency accomplishments. Since 1978, energy efficiency has provided significant benefits to the Northwest: