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NOTICE OF MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS KLAMATH WATER AND POWER AGENCY The Board of Directors of the Klamath Water and Power Agency (“KWAPA”) will hold a public meeting at the office of the Klamath Irrigation District, 6640 KID Lane, Klamath Falls, Oregon, on Monday, March 23, 2009, commencing at 1:00 pm. The agenda includes the consent agenda consisting of the Minutes of the Board meetings held on February 5, 2009, February 17, 2009 and February 18, 2009, March 6, 2009, and the warrants and vouchers. The agenda also includes: 1. The water enhancement process 2. Ongoing negotiations with BPA and PacifiCorp and their potential impact on KWAPA 3. Other business that may come before the board KWAPA is an interstate, intergovernmental agency formed to: (1) develop and implement a plan to align water supply and demand for the districts and landowners generally within the Klamath Reclamation Project on an annual and ongoing basis, conduct investigations related to the management of water resources, and generally act to provide beneficial water management; and (2) to coordinate studies relating to the acquisition of generation and transmission facilities for electrical energy, coordinate transmission service over various facilities, including those of the United States and the charges for such transmission service and the policies governing such transmission, coordinate and maintain reserve generating and transmitting capacity, coordinate the sale of surplus capacity of energy, coordinate the purchase of energy and the allocation of tax credits, funds, and other resources available to offset the cost of electrical energy, and provide coordination in the realization of benefits of any program or activity intended to minimize the overall cost of electricity for irrigation and drainage in the Klamath Reclamation Project.
Belinda Stewart
(541) 883-6100 (office) |
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