ASSOCIATIONOFPOWERBIOLOGISTS

2017ConferenceMinutesAugust29th–31st,Centralia,Washington

58thAssociationofPowerBiologistsAnnualConferenceThe58thAPBConferencewashostedbyTacomaPowerinCentralia,WashingtonandfeaturedatouroftheCowlitzRiverHydroelectricProject.MeetingAttendees

1 AaronUtz IdahoPower 26 JohnSwett USBR2 AlSolonsky SeattleCityLight 27 KaitlinSchnell USACE3 AmyKrisch PG&E 28 KarrieGibbons USACE4 AndrewDerugin USACE 29 KevinBarnes AzG&T5 AndrewTraylor USACE 30 KyleMundy USACE6 ArnieAspelund PugetSoundEnergy 31 KyleTidwell USACE7 BobCordie USACE 32 MadelynMartinez USACE8 BrianBissel USACE 33 MarcWicke SaltRiverProject9 ChrisKarchesky PacifiCorp 34 MargaretDavid PGE10ChrisWalker USACE 35 MarkFerraiolo PacifiCorp11ChristopherNoyes TacomaPower 36 MattBleich TacomaPower12CindySwanberg TacomaPower 37 MattPeter TacomaPower13ClareKeane PG&E 38 NathanZorich USACE14ConorFlynn ArizonaPublicService 39 NickAckerman PGE15DanCramer PGE 40 PhilipSandstrom TacomaPower16DouglasBruland PSE 41 RachaelPoston SouthernCal.Edison17EricShoblom TacomaPublicUtilities 42 RichGrost PacifiCorp18ErikLesko PacifiCorp 43 SummerPeterman PacifiCorp19ErinKovalchuk USACE 44 TerryMurphy USBR20ErinLowery SeattleCityLight 45 TimothyHoffnagle TacomaPower21GarthWyatt PGE 46 TonyFuchs PugetSoundEnergy22GinaMorimoto PG&E 47 TravisNelson TacomaPower23GreggGarnett USBR 48 ZachDay USACE24 JamieMurphy TacomaPower 25 JasonSchilling DouglasCountyPUD

TuesdayAugust29th

ResidingAPBPresidentandTreasurerDanCrammerwelcomedparticipantsandgaveafewopeningremarksregardingthe58thAPBmeeting.HealsointroducedfellowofficersChrisKarchesky(VicePresent)andMattBleich(Secretary).HealsorecognizedSarahBallwithEdisonElectricInstitute(EEI)whoprovidedfinancialsupportforthe2017APBmeeting.PresentationsGarthWyatt-PortlandGeneralElectric

Populationlevelresponseto21stcenturyfishpassageinfrastructureintheupperClackamasRiverbasin

ArnieAspelund-PugetSoundEnergy

NearlyaDecadeLater–SockeyeProductionintheBakerBasinRachaelPoston-SouthernCaliforniaEdison

PowerofGISMapViewingTools–ConsolidationandStandardizationofDataConorFlynn-ArizonaPublicService

NEPAandIntegratedVegetationManagement*KyleTidwell-USArmyCorpsofEngineers

PinnipedmonitoringChrisNoyes-TacomaPower

CushmanDownstreamPassageCindySwanberg/EricShoblom-TacomaPower

Cowlitzwildlifeandfishfacilitiestourpreview*Asdeterminedbyaconfidentialvote,theawardforbestpresentationwenttoKyleTidwell.

APBAnnualBowlingFollowingtheconclusionofthefirstdayofpresentations,participantstraveledtoFairwayLanesCentralia,WAfortheopeningnightsocial.

WednesdayAugust30thProjectTour-CowlitzHydroelectricProjectTwoseparatetourswereoffered,onethatfocusedonthevariousissuesandinfrastructureassociatedwithproject’saquaticimplementationandmonitoringprograms,andtheotherthatfocusedontheproject’sterrestrialwildlifeandlandmanagementprograms.TacomaPower’sJamieMurphyandChrisFosterfacilitatedthegrouptouroftheCowlitzSalmonHatcheryandCowlitzFallsNorthShoreCollector,whileEricRussellandCindySwanbergfacilitatedtheTerrestrialTour.ManyoftheprogramshighlightedwerethoserecentlyimplementedaspartoftherecentimprovementsmadebyTacomaPower.Participantswereallowedtochoosewhichtourtheywouldliketoattend.

Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery AquaticsTour

ThefirststopoftheAquaticsTourwasattheCowlitzSalmonHatchery,oneofthelargestfishhatcheriesinthestate.JamieMurphyprovidedanoverviewofTacomaPower’shatcheryprogramandoperations.EricShoblomansweredquestionsastohowthehatcheryisdesignedtohelpmeetprogramgoals.Participantswherethenallowedtotourthefacilityandobserveoperationsasadultsspawned.ThenextstopwasCowlitzFallsDamwhereChrisFoster

discussedtheCowlitzFallsNorthShoreCollector,someoftheuniquedesignfeaturesandsomeofthechallengesassociatedwithoperatingacollectoratafacilityoperatedbyaneighboringutility.Christhenleadatourandparticipantswereallowedfullaccesstoobserveoperations.

TerresterialTourTheTerrestrialTourwasledbyEricRussellandCindySwanbergandprovidedanoverviewoftheroughly14,200acreCowlitzWildlifeArea.ThetourstartedattheWashingtonDepartmentofFishandWildlife(WDFW)officeinMortonwheretheCowlitzWildlifeAreahostedatalkbywildlifescientistNicholleStephensonthefisherreintroductionwhichoccurrednearbyandthestatusofelkhoofdisease.BythenthecloudshadliftedandthefirsttourstopwasthetopofDogMountain,awell-knownhang-gliderlaunchofferingwideviewsofRiffeLake.ThereTacomaPowerleddiscussionsabouttheWildlifeSettlementAgreementafternearly25yearsofexperienceandthechallengesposedbythenewlowerlevelofRiffeLake.ThegroupjoinedtheAquaticTourinTacoma’sTaidnapamParkforlunch.Theremainingtimewasspentatthe

PetermanHillUnitoftheCowlitzWildlifeAreadiscussingforestmanagement.Someparticipantstookashorthikeonthetrailwhereitisrumoredabananaslugwassighted!

APBDinnerBanquet–

AfterafulldayspenttouringtheCowlitzRiverHydroelectricProject,thedayculminatedwiththeannualAPBdinnerbanquetatMcMenaminsOlympicClubindowntownCentralia,WA.

ThursdayAugust31st

Presentations NathanZorich-USArmyCorpsofEngineers

EvolutionofmechanicallampreycountersinLampreyPassageStructuresMattPeter-TacomaPower

CowlitzOperationSpill–TotalDissolvedGas

MeetingAwards

TheawardforbestpresentationwasgiventoKyleTidwellforhispresentationonpinnipedmonitoringatBonnevilleDam.

ThebowlingtrophywasawardedtoKyleMundy(TacomaPower).KyleclaimedthetitlebybowlingthehighestsinglegameaverageinAPBmemory(240)andthehighesttwogameaverageof170.ThelowsinglegamescorewasbowledbyMagieDavidwitha44,whilethelowtwogameaveragewasbowledbyErinKovalchuckwith60.

BusinessMeeting–Friday,October9thPresidentDanCramercalledthebusinessmeetingtoorderfollowingtheconclusionofthepresentationsonFriday.OrdersofBusinessOldBusiness

Reviewofthe2016MeetingMinutes:SecretaryMattBleichreadexcerptsfromthe2016meetingminutes(HostedbyPacifiCorp,Vancouver,WA)tothegroup.Themeetingminuteswereapproved.

NewBusiness

1. TreasuryReport:DanCramerpresentedtheTreasuryReportatthemeeting.Thereportisincludedinthemeetingminutesbelow.

a. APBcarriedoverabalanceof$2,199.94fromthe2016meeting.TotalexpensesforAPBin2017were$5,810.00.Themeetingcostandannualbusinessexpensesweresharedamong48attendeeswhopaidaregistrationfeeof$65andacash

sponsorshipfromEdisonElectricalInstituteintheamountof$4,000.Afterthecompletionofthe2017meetingtheAPBtreasurybalancewas$3,445.20.

b. LitehouseTechnology,LLCcontinuedtodothewebsitehosting.Totalwebsitefeesfortheyearwere$40.34fortheannualGoDaddydomainrenewalfeeand$280.00toLithouseTechnologyforadministrativecosts.

2. Candidate/NewMembers:DanCramerreadthelistofallcandidate/newmembers whosubmittedcompletedapplications.

a. CandidateMembersdeclaredfor2017:

i. SeanMoura–HawaiianElectricCompany.EmployedbyHawaiianElectricCompanyfor2.5years.WillbeeligibleforfullmembershipfollowingattendanceatfirstAPBmeeting.

ii. FredGoetz–USACE.EmployedbyUSACEfor25years.Willbeeligiblefor

fullmembershipfollowingattendanceatfirstAPBmeeting.

iii. EricShoblom–TacomaPower.EmployedbyTacomaPowerfor1year,10months.FirstAPBmeetingattended.Willbeeligibleforfullmembershipin2018.

2017ConferenceBalanceSheet

Description Debit Credit Balance2016CarryOver $2,199.94 EEIContribution $4,000.00 RegistrationFees $3,055.00 GoDaddyFee $40.34 Bowling&Refreshments $753.25 HolidayInnMeetingRoom $649.20 MeetingRefreshments(Tues) $218.60 MeetingRefreshments(Thurs) $148.19 PayPalfees $61.32 Banquet $2,543.32 TourSnacks $52.00 TourLunch $915.82 Litehouse(webhosting) $280.00 Awards $147.96

Interest $0.26

TOTAL $5,810.00 $9,255.20 $3,445.20

b. FullMembersdeclaredfor2017:

i. JasonSchilling–DouglasCountyPUD.InattendanceforhissecondAPB

conferenceandacceptedforfullmembership.

ii. SummerPeterman–PacifiCorp.InattendanceforhersecondAPBconferenceandacceptedforfullmembership.

iii. ClareKeane–PG&E.EmployedbyPG&Efor7years.Acceptedforfullmembership.

iv. GinaMorimoto–PG&E.EmployedbyPG&Efor8.5years.Acceptedfor

fullmembership

v. RachaelPoston–SouthernCaliforniaEdison.EmployedbySouthernCaliforniaEdisonfor6years.Acceptedforfullmembership

vi. KaitlinSchnell–USACESeattle.EmployedbytheUSACEfor3years.

Acceptedforfullmembership.

vii. KyleTidwell–USACE.EmployedbyUSACEfor2.5years.Acceptedforfullmembership.

viii. ChristopherNoyes–TacomaPower.EmployedbyTacomaPowerfor2

years.Acceptedforfullmembership.

ix. ErinLowery–SeattleCityLight.EmployedbySeattleCityLightfor3years.Acceptedforfullmembership.

3. Hostofthe2018Meeting:Therewasadiscussionaboutpossiblehostutilitiesin2018.

PotentialutilitiesdiscussedwerePGE’sClackamasRiverProjectandSouthernCaliforniaEdison.RachaelPoston(SouthernCaliforniaEdison)indicatedthatSouthernCaliforniaEdisonwouldbewillingtohost.ItwasdecidedthatSouthernCaliforniaEdisonwouldhostthemeeting.

4. OfficerNominationsandElections:RachaelPoston(SouthernCaliforniaEdison)was

nominatedbyDanCramer.Rachael’selectionwasdiscussedbythegroupandshewasunanimouslyvotedinasAPBsecretary/treasurer.CongratulationsRachael!

5. SpecialAcknowledgements:The2017APBOfficerswouldliketothankTacomaPower

forhostingthisyear’smeeting.APBwouldalsoliketothankoutgoingPresident/Treasurer,DanCramer,forallhisworkfortheorganizationoverthelastthreeyears.WewouldalsoliketoextendaveryspecialthankyoutoSarahBalloftheEdisonElectricInstituteforEEI’sgenerouscontributionof$4,000.ThiswasSarah’s6thyearof

providingtheAPBgroupwithfunding.ThisfundingkeepscostdownforattendeesandgreatlyimprovestheplanningprocessfortheAPBofficers.

We look forward to seeing everyone in 2018! ASSOCIATION OF POWER BIOLOGISTS

2018 Officer Contacts

Chris Karchesky President PacifiCorp 105 Merwin Village Ct. Ariel, WA 98603 (360) 225-4432 chris.karchesky@pacificorp.com

Matt Bleich Vice President Tacoma Power 3628 S. 35th St Tacoma, WA 98409 (253) 502-8794 MBleich@ci.tacoma .wa.us

Rachael Poston Secretary/Treasurer Southern California Edison 2244 Walnut Grove Ave. GO-Quad2C Rosemead, CA 91770 (626) 260-5024 Rachael.Poston@sce.com