SAAC Webinar
February 5, 2025 9:00am - 12:00pm Pacific

This meeting is by webinar only, register with this Zoom link.
An email with your unique entry link will be sent after registration.

About this meeting: The meeting will focus on a discussion of how the Council's capital expansion and portfolio modeling capabilities are developing to support scenario analysis in development of the Ninth Plan and our likely methods of using those tools.

Agenda

9:00am – 9:15am - Introductions, minutes from the last meeting, and review agenda

9:15am – 9:45am -  Modeling Changes Between RPM and OptGen Part 3: Futures

  • Demand
  • Hydro
  • Fuel Prices
  • Power Prices*

9:45am – 10:30am - Fuel Price Forecast

  • Natural gas and coal Northwest landscape
  • Natural gas price forecast
  • Natural gas price forecast volatility and seasonality
  • Coal price forecast

10:30am – 10:45am - Break

10:45am – 11:45am - Methodologies for Understanding Risk in the Ninth Power Plan

  • Scope and context
  • Scenarios/Sensitivities
  • Representation of drivers
  • Near-term versus long-term
  • Futures

11:45am – 12:00pm - Topics for Upcoming Meetings and Conclusion