Western Interstate Energy Board of Directors

Schedule of Meetings

Tuesday
April 1, 2008

Wednesday
April 2, 2008

Thursday
April 3, 2008

Friday
April 4, 2008

1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
WIEB meeting

6:30 p.m. Board dinner

8:30 a.m. - Noon
WIEB meeting

Joint WIEB Board / WIRAB luncheon

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
WIRAB 101

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
WIRAB Annual Meeting

Joint WIEB, CREPC, WIRAB
Workshop on Assessments
8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

CREPC meeting
8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.	Convene meeting - Tony Usibelli, Chair
	Business meeting
	■ Approval of the minutes from the November 5, 2008 Tucson meeting
	■ Election of officers
	■ Review of Board and Committee activities
	(This will include presentations on WIEB private web site and climate
	change web site.)
	■ Review and approval of an FY 08-09 work plan and budget memo

	Report on WGA activities
	o Steve Ellenbecker (WY), WGA Staff Council Chair

	Background information
	WGA brief on Energy and Climate Change
	WGA brief on Transportation Fuels

	Federal Climate Legislation and Renewable Incentives
	o Kevin Moran, WGA Washington Office Director

	Background information
	EPA letter and summary (PDF)
	EPA analysis of the Lieberman-Warner bill (PDF)
	Comparison of economy-wide cap-and-trade proposals in Congress

	Report on West-wide Renewable Energy Zone (WREZ) project
	(This WGA project has been proposed to DOE for funding. DOE has indicated it will support
	the project. WIEB's primary involvement will be in Phase 2, which is the identification of
	transmission needed to move generation from Renewable Energy Zones, however, staff
	will continue to be active in advising on Phase 1, which is the identification of the zones.
	The project should be underway by the April 1 Board meeting).
	o Doug Larson, (WIEB)

	Background information
	WREZ presentation

	*Report on the Western carbon sequestration partnerships (via teleconference)*
	(There are four western regional carbon sequestration partnerships. The Board has been
	briefed by the partnerships during their Phase 1 study work. The partnerships are now in
	Phase 2 which involve pilot projects injecting CO2 into the ground. Each partnership has
	negotiated Phase 3 with DOE, which will involve large volume injection of CO2.)
	o John Talbot, Big Sky [presentation]
	o Larry Myer, WestCarb [presentation]
	o Ed Steadman, Plains [presentation]

	Background information
	Big Sky Partnership
	Plains Regional Partnership
	Southwest Partnership
	West Coast Partnership

	State/provincial roundtable on targeted recent climate change-related developments
	(Sharing information in climate change-related developments is one of the six priorities
	adopted by the Board as part of its FY 07-08 workplan. This discussion will supplement
	the information found on the WIEB climate change web site and focus on important
	developments since the November board meeting.)
	[SK present], [AB present], [BC present], [CO present], [MT present]. [NM present]

	Background information
	WIEB climate change home page

5:30 p.m.	Recess

6:30 p.m.	Board dinner (Dussini's Greek Restaurant)

7:00 a.m.	Continental breakfast

8:30 a.m.	State/provincial roundtable on targeted recent climate change-related developments (continued)

10:15 a.m.	Break

10:30 a.m.	Plug-in hybrid vehicles: Status and implications for the western power system
	(Electrification of the transportation sector is one of the Board's six climate change-related
	priorities. Work on this priority has been deferred until the WGA Transportation Fuels
	Report recommendations were completed. The WGA report was released in February.
	This discussion will emphasize the impact of the deployment of plug-in hybrids on the
	Western grid.)
	o Terry Penney, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (contact WIEB staff for presentation)
	o Michael Kintner-Meyer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory [present]

	Background information
	WGA electric working group final report (January 10, 2008)
	PNNL study:
	Impact of Assessment of Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles on Electric Utilities and Regional
	U.S. Power Grids Michael Kintner-Meyer, PNNL, Nov. 2007
	Environmental Assessment of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles, EPRI and NRDC
	Google Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Project

11:30 a.m.	New business
	· Discussion of how various state/provincial policies on carbon limits, RPSs, IRPs fit
	together
	o Tony Usibelli, WA
	· Other

Noon	Adjourn Board meeting

	Joint luncheon for WIEB Board and WIRAB members

1:00 p.m.	WIRAB 101 (open to all interested parties)

2:30 p.m.	Break