Energy Meetings Page

 

August 13, 2001 Western Governors Annual Meeting

June 29, 2001  Second Transmission Plan
Work Group Meeting

June 6, 2001 Transmission Plan Working Group Meeting

May 9, 2001 Transmission Meeting

February 2, 2001 Energy Meeting

April 14-16, 2004 North American Energy Summit

September 16, 2003 WGA Annual Meeting Presentations

Plenary Session

Sub-regional meetings Transmission Planning

  • SSG-WI and STEP - Jeff Miller, California ISO

  • CATS - Jessica Youle, SRP 

  • RMATS - Jim Byrne, facilitator, Rocky Mountain Area Transmission Study

  • NTAC - Rich Bayless, PacifiCorp & Matt Morrison, Pacific Northwest Economic Region 

  • Otter Creek project - Carlos Aguilar, Bechtel Enterprises

August 13, 2001 Western Governors Annual Meeting

The governors discussed with public and private experts conceptual plans outlining possible enhancements to the Western Interconnection that would help resolve the Western energy crisis and prevent future problems.  Governor Kempthorne appointed Jack Davis, President and CEO of Pinnacle West, and Marsha Smith, Chair of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, to co-chair development of the plans.  Joining in the discussion were Jim Connaughton, Chair the President’s Council on Environmental Quality; and Jim Jensen, POWER Engineers, Inc.  

Powerpoint presentation on transmission report findings
 from Transmission Working Group Co-chairs

Panelist bios

View the webcast.


June 29th  Second Transmission Plan
Work Group Meeting

Meeting Agenda

Meeting Materials


June 6th Transmission Plan
Working Group Meeting

Outcomes from June 6 Transmission Work Group Meeting

Meeting Materials for June 6 Transmission Work Group Meeting

Draft Transmission Principles 

First draft of introduction and 
background sections of a 
Conceptual Transmission Plan
 
(downloadable Word Document)

Draft Agenda (6/1)

Paul Smith Presentation (.ppt)


May 9th Transmission Meeting

Draft Action Plan from Meeting

WGA Press Release 
Governor Geringer Press Release

Governor Kempthorne's Opening Statement

CUT 1: Governor Kempthorne summarizes the session
CUT 2: The Governor talks about what the meeting accomplished
CUT 3: Gov. Kempthorne discusses the role states
 and the federal government play in resolving energy
issues

Agenda

Rich Bayless presentation on overview of the transmission situation

Jim Byrne, Western Regional Transmission Association, presentation on transmission grid

PacifiCorp presentation on transmission
 line planning and financing

Tom Foley's presentation

List of Roundtable Participants

Background Materials


February 2nd Energy Meeting

Governors' Recommendations from February 2nd Meeting

Feb. 2 meeting information 
(agenda, briefing materials, governors' statements, transcripts, video, etc.) 

 

 

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