The Community Advisory Committee held its third meeting in the process of working toward developing a “Wood River Electric Plan” this past week. This is a follow-up to my reports on the first two meetings, discussed in my January 20, 2007 blog post and my February 18, 2007 blog post.
The Committee continued its efforts to learn more about the electrical system, this time focusing closer to home – on the Wood River Valley substations and transmission lines. We spent considerable time discussing current peak demand and looking at future peak loads based on Valley build out estimates.
We also worked on drafting criteria that will be used in evaluating the eventual options for the Electric Plan. The criteria will be lead by the goals which came out of our sharing of initial issues and concerns from the second meeting. The draft principal goals include:
- Reliable Power
- New Infrastructure Design
- Energy Conservation
- Environment
- Political Support
- Cost Effectiveness
Our monthly meetings will continue through June with a planned public release of the preliminary plan scheduled for mid to late summer. I will continue to report on our progress and you can also follow it at the Wood River Electrical Plan website provided by Idaho Power.
