POWER AND WATER
Conference in Detail
Day 1 - Thursday, August 16, 2001
(For Day 2 agenda, click here)
| 8:30 | The Intersection of Power and Water |
Randall J. Hardy, Program Co-Chair Hardy Energy Consulting Services Spokane, WA Elizabeth Thomas, Esq., Program Co-Chair Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP Seattle, WA |
| 8:45 | Kick-Off Address: “Fish and Power Trade-offs: Summer 2001 and Mid-Term” |
Judith Johansen, Executive Vice President PacifiCorp Portland, OR |
| 9:30 | Break |
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Short-Term Problems and Solutions |
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| The dynamics of power problems triggered by the California situation have been accelerated by a near-record drought and lagging capacity investments in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada. The time lines for supply and demand side action are very short. Among the constraints on near-term remedies are commitments in streams and rivers to salmon recovery. The following panels deal with power dynamics as a separate issue, and in connection with water issues and fish recovery. |
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| 9:45 | Dealing with the Power Crisis A.S.A.P. This panel focuses on demand-side solutions in programs and markets; distributed generation; high tech and general load growth; and the status of the region’s resources. |
William A. Gaines Vice President, Energy Supply Puget Sound Energy, Inc. Bellevue, WA Margaret Gardner, Executive Director Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Portland, OR Jerry D. Rust, President Northwest Power Pool Portland, OR Gary Zarker, Superintendent Seattle City Light Seattle, WA |
| 12:00 | Lunch (on your own) |
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| 1:00 | State Water Law, the Clean Water Act, and ESA: What are the Optimal Short Term Outcomes? The public interest and perhaps even health and safety— require reliable power delivery. Are current decision processes under state water law, the Clean Water Act (including TMDL) and the Endangered Species Act, adequate to balance the public’s competing interest in keeping the lights on and protecting precious natural resources? |
Elizabeth Thomas, Esq., Moderator Richard A. Agnew, Esq. Van Ness Feldman Seattle, WA D. Robert Lohn, Esq., Director Northwest Power Planning Council Portland, OR Al Wright, President Al Wright Consulting Portland, OR |
| 3:00 | Wrap-up Discussion with the Panelists: Priority Solutions |
Attendees and members of the first two panels |
| 3:45 | Break |
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| 4:00 | Water for Fish: What are the Optimal Long Term Outcomes? Hydropower licensing and water for fish; what does science say about salmon survival and river flows? And what policies follow from science and flows? The panel also discusses whether salmon spawning needs and the federal Clean Water Act are in conflict |
Mason D. Morisset, Esq. Morisset Schlosser Ayer Jozwrak Seattle, WA Darryll Olsen, Ph.D., Principal-in-Charge Pacific Northwest Project Kennewick, WA Michael Schiewe, Ph.D. Director of Fish and Ecology Division National Marine Fisheries Service Seattle, WA |
| 5:30 | Northwest Beer & Wine Reception for Faculty and Attendees |
Sponsored by Hardy Energy Consulting Services and Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP |
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