Note:

Online registration is currently closed, but spaces are still available. If you would like to attend this event, please call NWPPA at 360-254-0109, and our staff will be happy to help you.

Who Should Attend:

Utility environmental professionals (new and experienced), government agency staff, vendors, and anyone who is tasked with or interested in environmental issues, regulatory compliance, or mitigation in the environmental arena of electric utilities.

Meeting Overview:

This is a regular meeting of the long-standing Environmental Task Force that examines environmental issues and the impact of current and proposed environmental regulations on electric utilities. This meeting occurs three times each year to review and discuss new and proposed regulations and issues facing each utility; and to hear from subject matter experts on key issues of the day, as well as from vendors with new technology or services. This is a solution-focused, learning, and networking venue that brings utility, industry, and government environmental professionals together on a regular basis.

The meeting is open to all. Please note that fees may apply depending upon your membership status with NWPPA.

Meeting Agenda:

8:30-8:40 a.m. General Meeting Welcome and Group Introductions

Jeri Timm, ETF Chair, Okanogan PUD

8:40-9:20 a.m. Public Outreach in Permitting a Substation in a Tourist Town

Speaker: TBD, Chelan County PUD

9:20-10 a.m. SMUD’s Station E Project and Unanticipated Discovery of A Dump Site

Speaker: Sarah Cheney, Senior Civil Engineer, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

10-10:15 a.m. Break

10:15-11 a.m. Powering the Future while Protecting the Past- Cultural Resource Matters at Portland General Electric

Speaker: Mini Sharma-Ogle, Archeologist, Portland General Electric

11-noon Assessment & Cleanup of a Contaminated Property-Riverfront Restoration and Historic Manufactured Gas Plant

Speaker: Jared Rubin, Principal Environmental Specialist, Eugene Water and Electric Board

Noon-1 p.m. Networking Lunch

Networking opportunity for utilities, regulators, vendors, and guests over lunch
Lunch provided by NWPPA

1-2 p.m. Detecting Oil and PCB’s With Portable Test Kits

Speaker: Cathy Kopylec and Patrick Vogt, Dexsil Corporation

2-3 p.m. Introduction to Retriev Technologies: Responsible Recyclers of a Variety of Battery Chemistries in a Growing and Critical Energy Storage Sector

Speaker: Todd Coy, Executive Vice President, Kinsbursky Brothers Inc. - Retriev Technologies Affiliate

3-3:15 p.m. Break

3:15-3:45 p.m. ETF Technical Advisory Committee Discussion (Utility Employees Only)

Topics Include:

• Representatives
• Decision Making
• NWPPA Strategy Meeting/Conference Call
• Meetings (mornings of ETF?)

3:45-4:30 p.m. Roundtable Discussion of Topics (Utility Employees Only)

Topics:
• ETF meeting opens up to general discussion as a full group. This is a great forum to bring up specific projects that you would like help with from the group, and hear what others are doing on a variety of topics. If you would like to submit a roundtable topic prior to the meeting, please email jenny@nwppa.org.
• Planning for the January 9, 2018 ETF Meeting in Seattle, Wash.

Amanda Froberg, Environmental Management Specialist and 2018 Chair, Sacramento Municipal Utility District; and Ammon Rice, Environmental Specialist and 2018 Vice Chair, Cowlitz County PUD

4:30 p.m. Ajourn

5:30 p.m. Group Networking Dinner (not hosted)

Location: Hard Rock Café (in hotel)

The networking dinner is popular and is a great time to relax, get to know others with similar jobs and responsibilities. The relationships you build will pay you dividends when back on the job and you need to talk with another utility about best practices.

Meeting Schedule:

Registration will begin at 8 a.m., and the meeting will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lunch, as well as refreshments, will be provided.

Meeting Location & Hotel Information:

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe
Highway 50 at Stateline Avenue
Lake Tahoe, NV 89449
(800) 455-4770

Room rate: $109

Please book your room as soon as possible, but no later than August 11, 2017, to secure this rate. Mention that you are with Northwest Public Power Association when booking your reservation.

Meeting Fees: