Council Meeting

January 14 - 15, 2025
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► This meeting was video recorded. See video links below for each agenda item

Tuesday, January 14

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

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ITEM 1: Council Work Session Fish and Wildlife Program Amendment 8am – Noon

  • Discussion and Council decision on call for amendments: Patty O’Toole, Fish and Wildlife Division Director and John Shurts, General Counsel (► Video)
  • Briefing on the current Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program: (► Video)
    • Current structure and organization: Patty O’Toole and John Shurts
    • Hydro operations review, current operations and issues: John Shurts and Kate Self, Fish and Wildlife Program Scientist

(includes 15 min break)


Council Meeting – 1pm (PST) / 2pm (MST) – Large and Small conference rooms

  1 – 1:15pm
(► Video)		 Public Affairs Report: Member Louie Pitt Jr and Executive Director Report: Bill Edmonds, Executive Director
2. 1:15 – 1:45pm
(► Video)		 Council decision on the Asset Management Strategic Plan: screen priorities for FY2025-FY2027: Mark Fritsch, Project Review and Implementation Manager, Andy Traylor and Eric Leitzinger, BPA
3. 1:45 – 2:45pm
(► Video)		 Overview and implementation update on the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement: Kate Marckworth, Yakama Nation, Jay Hesse, Nez Perce Tribe, Austin Smith, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, Eric Quaempts, Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation Jim McKenna, State of Oregon, and Michael Garrity, State of Washington
  2:45 – 3pm Break
4. 3 – 4pm
(► Video)		 Bonneville 2024 Resource Program Results: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning, Suzanne Cooper, Ryan Egerdahl, Allie Mace and Eric Federovitch, BPA

The Council will meet in executive session to discuss personnel matters at the end of the day on Tuesday, January 14.
 

Wednesday, January 15

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

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ITEM 5: Council Work Session Power Plan Preparation 8am – 2:30pm

  • Briefing on Northwest Power Act Framework for Power Plan: Jennifer Light, Director of Power Planning, and John Shurts, General Counsel (► Video)
  • Briefing on Scoping Questions in Preparation for the Ninth Plan: (► Video)
    • Proposal of Existing Policies to Incorporate in Plan Starting Point: Annika Roberts, Resource Policy Analyst and John Ollis, Manager of Planning and Analysis (► Video)
    • Representation of Extreme Weather in Climate Change Data: Dan Hua, Power System Analyst and Dor Hirsh Bar Gai, Power System Analyst (► Video)
    • Approach to Modeling Operational Risks from Wildfires: Dor Hirsh Bar Gai (► Video)
    • Approach to Modeling Hydrogen: Tomás Morrissey, Senior Power Analyst and Annika Roberts (postponed)

(includes 15 min break & 1-hr lunch)

6. 2:30pm
(► Video)		 Council Business:
  • Council approval for the summary of the December 2024 Council Meeting
  • Authorize contract for Executive Director search firm (motion added 1/15/25)
  • Election of Officers
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