northwest regional workshop
October 27, 2020
9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. PDT
Join NWHA and NHA as we host the Northwest Regional Workshop.
The Northwest Regional Workshop will included a potpourri of topics relevant to the the hydropower industry in the Northwest.
9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. PDT
Join NWHA and NHA as we host the Northwest Regional Workshop.
The Northwest Regional Workshop will included a potpourri of topics relevant to the the hydropower industry in the Northwest.
Draft Schedule Overview- October 27th
9:00 a.m.
Virtual Coffee Hour
Introductions
Updates
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Break
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Virtual Power Plant Tour
Tentatively Bonneville Dam
2:00-4:00 p.m.
STEM to Hydro Dialogue Workshop
Are you interested in growing the hydropower workforce in an innovative and virtual way? Join the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and the Hydropower Foundation as they take participants on a journey through the recently launched STEM Hydropower portal. There, participants will be presented with the portal structure and content at a high level. Dialogues will focus on expanding and enriching the portal content and identifying gaps and needs for additional information to foster the linkage between academia and industry. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback on its relevance, breadth of information and its ability to disseminate information and attract workers to strengthen the U.S. hydro industry. This workshop is a great opportunity to collaborate with industry and academia and contribute to a tool that is building the hydropower workforce of tomorrow. (Max participants = 25) Registration is complimentary but required due to size limits and can be made through the register now link above.
9:00 a.m.
Virtual Coffee Hour
Introductions
Updates
- Updates from the Hill- Malcolm Woolf, NHA
- FERC Part 12D Dam Safety NOPR
- Clean Currents planning
- Congressional session aftermath
- Regional Update - Brenna Vaughn, NWHA
- 401- Final Rule – “a year is a year” - How does the change in Section 401 of the Clean Water Act affect licensees? How does it change the negotiation process? How do we get to better outcomes?
- “Long-Fuse” Projects - Status updates on long re-licensing, build, and decommissioning projects in the Northwest
- Hydropower Communications Toolkit Update
- Energy Imbalance Market-How are the markets responding this year to changes in demand?
- Markets today
- RPS and FERC’s PURPA ruling and how it will change pricing tariff implementation
- Possibly look at how bitcoin and grow operations, and other high-load factors are affecting markets - Baxter Gillette, Grant County PUD
- Markets in the future
- California ISO in 2020 – Do markets need to value hydro? - Scott Flake, Scott Flake Consulting
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Break
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Virtual Power Plant Tour
Tentatively Bonneville Dam
2:00-4:00 p.m.
STEM to Hydro Dialogue Workshop
Are you interested in growing the hydropower workforce in an innovative and virtual way? Join the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and the Hydropower Foundation as they take participants on a journey through the recently launched STEM Hydropower portal. There, participants will be presented with the portal structure and content at a high level. Dialogues will focus on expanding and enriching the portal content and identifying gaps and needs for additional information to foster the linkage between academia and industry. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback on its relevance, breadth of information and its ability to disseminate information and attract workers to strengthen the U.S. hydro industry. This workshop is a great opportunity to collaborate with industry and academia and contribute to a tool that is building the hydropower workforce of tomorrow. (Max participants = 25) Registration is complimentary but required due to size limits and can be made through the register now link above.
Registration Rates-
NWHA and NHA members- $49
Non-members- $125
Government/Student- $30
NWHA and NHA members- $49
Non-members- $125
Government/Student- $30
Thank you to our 2020 sponsors
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Northwest Hydroelectric Association
providing a regional forum for the hydropower industry P.O. Box 441 Lake Oswego, OR 97034 Phone: 503-502-7262 Fax: 503-253-9172 Email: info@nwhydro.org |