Board Meeting Agenda

October 16, 2000

Boise, Idaho 

8:00 a.m.        Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m.        Call meeting to order - Review agenda

8:45 a.m.         Electricity Prices

(1) What happened this past summer?  What were the impacts of the ISO/California PUC rules on prices? What can we expect in the coming year?

• Bill Keese / Dan Nix California Energy Commission  

  • Summary of Recommendations from the California ISO Market Surveillance Committee (Added 9/29)

  • Response of the California ISO to the Market Surveillance Committee Analysis (Added 10/9)

• Dick Watson, Northwest Power Planning Council (via teleconference)
  • Summary of Western Market Power Prices Summer 2000(executive summary)(10/13)
  • Summary of Western Market Power Prices Summer 2000(full report) (10/13)
  • Presentation (10/13)
  • Summary of September 14 Market Evaluation Task Force Meeting (Added 9/29)
    

• What are the fundamental options for moderating electricity prices?

 (2) More generation.  Is it economic? Will it be built? When?

• Comments on proposed new generation
  •   Proposed New Generation in WSCC by Location (Added 9/29)
    
• Roundtable on what actions states/provinces are taking on the generation side (e.g. expedited siting, interconnection standards, utility RFPs)
  • New California Legislation to Expediate Facilities Siting (Added 9/29)
    
•   What will be the impact on price? – CEC/NWPPC
• Is there a need for coordinated action across the West? 

(3) More demand-side response.  What are the policy options? Letting consumers see real-time prices?  (What metering is being put in place?) Financing demand-side measures to capture economic value of peak load reductions?   What is the economic justification for these measures?) Demand-side bidding into power markets? (Who is allowed to bid? Where does the money go?)

• What is being done in your state/province?
  
• Roundtable reports

• Is there a need for coordinated action across the West?
  • Matrix of utility demand reduction efforts (Added 10/10)

10:45 a.m.        Break

11:00 a.m.        Reliability legislation

•  Report on Congressional action – Alan Davis

• Potential next steps in the West (Added 10/5)

11:30 a.m.       Natural gas prices this winter

• Background briefing –staff

• EIA Winter Fuels Outlook (Added 10/9)
• CEC natural gas white paper (Added 10/13)

• Roundtable reports on state actions (Added 10/19)

12:45 p.m.      Luncheon for Board members at the Cottonwood Grille Restaurant

2:30 p.m.       Business meeting  

• Approval of the Minutes from the Vancouver Board Meeting (Added 10/5)
  
• Report on Board and Committee Activities (Added 10/3)
  
• Budget report and long-term WIEB funding (Added 10/9)
  
• Implementation of projects receiving awards from DOE

  • Formation of A Western Interconnection Wind Evaluation Team (Added 9/29)

  • State Implementation Plans (Added 10/9)

  • Air Pollution Prevention Forum (Added 10/9)

  • Transmission Pricing Proposal (Added 10/9)
    

• Board Survey (Added 10/5)
  

• Report on Governors’ priorities – Jim Souby, WGA Executive Director (via phone)

3:15 p.m.          State/provincial innovations

• Alternative transportation fuels on the CanaMex corridor – Amanda Ormond (Added 10/10)
• Alberta’s auction of power plant output – Larry Charach
• Incorporating energy efficiency/renewables in SIPs in Utah – Jeff Burks

5:00 p.m.            Adjourn