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Western Interstate Energy Board |
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Delta Pinnacle Hotel |
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Ambleside Room |
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Vancouver, British Columbia |
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October 2 - October 3, 2002 |
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Agenda |
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Schedule of Meetings |
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Wednesday, October 2 |
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10:30 a.m. |
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| Noon | Working Lunch for Board Members | ||||||||
| 1:30 p.m. | Petroleum product supplies in the West | ||||||||
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The overarching objective of this discussion is to determine if there is reason to be concerned about the potential for an interruption of petroleum product supply in the West and the resulting price spikes from inability to meet demand. Specifically, the Board would like to know: Is there adequate refinery capacity to meet the future demand for petroleum products in the West? Is there adequate product pipeline capacity to meet future demand? How vulnerable are Western product supplies to disruptions caused by refinery or pipeline accidents? How close to capacity is the Western refining and distribution system? Is there slack in the system to absorb the shortfalls from such accidents? What refinery and pipeline expansions are planned or underway? How do/will fuel composition requirements affect the ability to meet Western product demand? Is there sufficient capacity to meet future product composition requirements including MTBE phase out, ethanol mandates, low sulfur gasoline and diesel requirements, RFG3 and other state fuel requirements? Will and how much will such fuel composition requirements reduce the number of suppliers of the required fuels or fuel components? What other challenges do you see in ensuring adequate fuel supplies in the West? |
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| 5:00 p.m. | Recess |
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Thursday, October 3 |
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| 7:30
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Continental
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8:30 a.m. |
Continued discussion of business meeting items or petroleum product issues |
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| Roundtable on state/provincial developments | |
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| Noon | Adjourn |