Mark Your Calendar:

 

NWHA 2011 Annual Conference

 

February 22-24

 

Please mark your calendar for the 2011 Annual Conference to be held February 22-24, 2011 at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront Hotel in Portland, Oregon.

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The Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront is offering special NWHA room rates of $149 as well as a limited number of rooms at the government per-diem rate. Please click here or call 1-800-228-9290 to make your room reservations directly.

Agenda

 

Preliminary agenda coming soon.

2009 Speakers

 

February 16

New Hydro Workshop

 New small hydro development includes projects added to existing dams, conduit exemptions (projects on pipelines) in irrigation and drinking water systems, run-of-the river projects under 5 MW, and some kinetic hydro projects. Representatives from working groups formed to address small hydro issues—Oregon Small Hydro Working Group, NWHA Small Hydro Working Group, and the NHA Small Hydro Council—will explore incentives, constraints, “green certification”, renewable energy credits, and other related topics. This is an open forum for anyone interested in pursuing new hydro development.

Workshop Speakers and Presentations:

Anderson, Longview Associates, Inc.: Potential for New Hydro Development                      

Kevin Crew, Black Rock Inc.: Agricultural Conduit Exemptions

Josh Thomas, Lucid Energy: Kinetic in-Line Hydro: Demonstration Projects

Bob Ross, Bureau of Reclamation: Development on Federal Facilities – Working with Federal Agencies

Stephen Hatch, Hatch USA: Incremental Hydro: Blue Lake Hydro Project, Sitka Alaska   

Jed Jorgensen, Energy Trust of Oregon: Tools for the Process

Gia Schneider, Natal Energy: Proposed FERC Changes

Steve Hocking, FERC: Working with FERC

Compliance Roundtable: Public Safety Plans

Moderator: Diane Barr, PacifiCorp

Public safety plans are an integral part of licensing and compliance efforts. But in today’s world of NERC, dam safety programs, recreation interests and concerns about corporate liability, implementation can be challenging. In this interactive forum, you’ll learn more about what’s important to FERC and how other licensees set up their plans.

Panelists and Presentations:

Eric Gaedeke, FERC Compliance Division: FERC Overview

Bob Steele, Portland General Electric: Public Safety Plans A how to guide...

Dams and Sediment

Moderator: John Esler, Portland General Electric

In this session, you’ll examine the role that dams play in altering the sediment migration in rivers, including cutting-edge efforts to measure and mitigate the effects of those changes on channel shape and complexity as well on macro invertebrate production and salmon spawning habitat.

CLE

Continuing Legal Education

NWHA is securing CLE credit approval from Idaho, Oregon and Washington State Bar Associations. Check back later and we can advise attorneys of the number of CLE each state will issue for conference attendance.

Sponsorship

Support the NWHA 2011 Conference and Gain Exposure

The NWHA Annual Conference provides a forum for key water resource professionals to explore ways to help improve hydro delivery in the Pacific Northwest.

Companies who would like to contribute and make a visible statement of support of this objective are invited to become NWHA Conference Sponsors. The cost of Sponsorship is only $400. Conference Sponsors will receive logo recognition on the NWHA website as well as in the conference brochure, on-site signage, and the conference agenda.

IMPORTANT DEADLINE: For your logo to be included in the conference brochure, you must commit to sponsorship before October 15.

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Information Exchange (Exhibitors)

Attendance at the NWHA Annual Conference includes a range of hydro professionals, particularly those involved in regulatory and compliance issues.

The “Information Exchange” – located in the conference registration/break area – contains a limited number of 8’x10’ table display spaces which are available to organizations offering products or services to facilitate licensing and compliance.

Display spaces are available only to conference registrants.

 

Important: Reserve Your Hotel Room Today!

 

Make your room reservation directly with the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront Hotel by calling (800) 228-9290 or Please click here!

There are a number of reasons to stay at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront Hotel:

• The Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront Hotel is offering special NWHA room rates of $149 as well as a limited number of rooms at the government per-diem rate (first come-first served for government rates).
• It’s convenient, near restaurants and shopping, and just a few blocks from the Yamhill stop on the MAX (Metro Area express) Light Rail.
• Plus…you benefit the Association. NWHA must pay for meeting space. When you stay at the Marriott, the hotel provides the Association with credits to help defray this cost.

Brochure

The brochure will be available here in the fall.

Register Early and Save

Download Registration Form [ PDF ]

Email  inquiries concerning registration should be directed to Jan Lee at jan@nwhydro.org

Telephone inquiries: call Jan Lee at 1-503 545-9420.