Western Interstate Energy Board of Directors

7:00 a.m.	Continental breakfast

8:00 a.m.	Introductions

	Approval of the minutes of the April 3, 2007 Board Meeting

	Report on Board and Committee activities - Doug Larson, Executive Director [present]
	· Proposed name change for Board's Reclamation Committee
	o Rick Chancellor, Reclamation Committee Chair (via phone)
	· Potential additional support for CREPC from WCPSC

	Financial report
	· FY 07-08 Budget - Doug Larson

	WGA activities
	o Steve Ellenbecker, WGA Staff Council Chair

	Background information
	WGA energy programs
	WGA Staff Council Meeting agenda

8:45 a.m.	Status of work on Board's priorities for collaboration on climate-change related activities

	1. Analysis of western LSE resource plans (To be addressed in afternoon workshop)

	2. Integration of large amounts of variable output renewables into the power system
	· Status of regional wind integration studies [present]
	o Debbie Lew, National Renewable Energy Lab
	· Recommendations from September 28-29 WGA/NWCC/Geothermal
	Energy Council Renewables/Transmission Summit
	■ Western Renewable Energy Zones [present]
	o Doug Larson, Debbie Lew
	■ High Plains Express state team [present]
	o Doug Larson, Steve Ellenbecker

	3. Hybrid generation options
	· Results of feasibility study of wind/advanced coal hybrid study [present]
	o Amol Phadke, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

	4. Electrification of the transportation sector
	· WGA Transportation Fuels for the Future: Electricity [present]
	o Gayle Gordon, WGA staff

	Background information
	October 10-12 Workshop presentation
	Draft report (August 17, 2007)

	5. Assistance to WGA in evaluating the impact of federal climate change proposals

	6. Sharing of information among western states and provinces
	· Western Climate Initiative
	o Tony Usibelli (WA) with comments from participating states/provinces
	· State/provincial reports on selected new developments

	Background information
	WIEB Climate Change web page

	New business
	· WIEB participation in Western Climate Initiative electricity subcommittee
	· Other

	Next meeting

11:30 a.m.	Board luncheon - Coyote Cafe in hotel - Flora room

1:00 p.m.	Call to Order
	o Tony Usibelli, WIEB Chair
	o John Savage, CREPC Chair

	Outline of issues and outcomes from the session
	· What future resource mix are LSE's contemplating?
	· What are the implications of potential carbon limits?
	· Where will these generating resources come from?
	· What transmission is needed to tap these resources?
	· What are the implications of a new resource mix on grid operation?
	· How should these issues be addressed?

1:15 p.m.	U.S. federal legislation on greenhouse gas
	o Kevin Moran, WGA, Washington, D.C. Office (via phone)

	Background information
	Comparison Chart of Climate Bills
	Economy-wide Cap and Trade Proposals in the 110th Congress

	Lieberman-Warner
	Summary of S. 2191 America's Climate Security Act
	October 18 Press Release

	Congressional Budget Office, November 1, 2007
	Testimony on Approaches to Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions, pdf

	Congressional Research Service Report
	Climate change Legislation in the 110th Congress, July 2007

	EIA analysis of Lieberman/McCain proposal
	Energy Market and Economic Impacts of S. 280:
	The Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2007
	November 1 Supplemental Report on S. 280

	EIA analysis
	Energy and Economic Impacts of Implementing:
	A 25-Percent RPS and a 25-Percent RFS by 2025

1:30 p.m.	State/Provincial Climate Initiatives
	· Western Climate Initiative Work Plan October 2007-August 2008
	o Patrick Cummins (WCI)
	· Comments by states/provinces

2:00 p.m.	Current directions of western IRPs and greenhouse gases [present]
	o Chuck Goldman/Galen Barbose
	Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
	· Overall preferred resource mix
	· Treatment of GHG risk in IRPs
	· GHG footprints
	· Comparison of IRPs and proposed U.S. federal legislation
	· Implications of a regional GHG cap and trade system on generation additions
	· CREPC discussion - balance costs and financial risks to ratepayers

	Background information
	TBA

3:00 p.m.	Break

3:15 p.m.	Designation of renewable energy zones in the Western Interconnection
	· California Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative [present]
	o Traci Bone (CA PUC)
	· Colorado Renewable Energy Zone [present]
	o Jeff Hein (CO PUC)
	· Nevada Renewable Energy Transmission Access Advisory Committee [present]
	o Hatice Gecol (NV EO)
	· Arizona Renewable Energy Assessment
	o Arizona staff

	Background information
	S. 2076 Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Act

	Proposed Western Interconnection WREZ analysis [present]
	· Presentation of concept
	o Debbie Lew (NREL) / Traci Bone (CA PUC) / Doug Larson (WIEB)
	· Recommendation to Western Governors
	· Formation of a CREPC task force to participate in the effort

4:30 p.m.	WECC concerns/activities regarding greenhouse gases limits/RPSs
	Future role of WECC
	WREGIS
	o Louise McCarren, WECC CEO
	o Connie White, WREGIS Program Director

5:00 p.m.	Recess