Board Meeting Agenda

Santa Fe, New Mexico

April 20, 1999


Tuesday, April 20

8:30 a.m. Call meeting to order - Jeff Burks (UT), Chairman

Introductions
Meeting objectives

9:00 a.m. Meeting with DOE Deputy Secretary T.J. Glauthier (potential topics include: electric system reliability; coal R&D and climate change; sulfur in gasoline standards and refinery R&D; renewables; western needs and DOE programs)

11:00 a.m. Business meeting

* Election of officers
* Approval of Board budget for FY 99-00
* Committee reports
* Resolutions
* Report from WGA - Jim Souby, WGA Executive Director

12:00 p.m. Luncheon for Board members

1:45 p.m. Report from WestStart - Mike Gage, President and CEO

* Organizational developments
* Key technological developments

2:45 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m. State/provincial innovations

* Canadian greenhouse gas emissions trading (BC)
* Improving energy efficiency in oil fields (CA, UT)
* Solar portfolio standard developments (NV)
* Cooperatives for aggregating customers (CA)
* MTBE follow-up (CA)
* Million solar roofs (AZ)
* Y2K impacts (CO)
* Smart Jitneys (OR)
* Utah's energy management program for state government (UT)
* Other?

5:30 p.m. Adjourn