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**AGENDA**

**Energy-Water Needs Assessment Workshop**

**Western States Region**

**Hilton Hotel at Salt Lake City Airport**

**January 9-11, 2006**

**Salt Lake City, UT**

# Monday, January 9, 2006

**6:00 -- 8:00 pm INFORMAL RECEPTION** (Atrium Poolside)

# Tuesday, January 10, 2006

**7:00 -- 8:15 am** **Continental Breakfast** (Lobby outside Ballroom
A-B)

**8:15 -- 8:20** **WELCOME AND** **Introductions** (Ballroom A-B) -- Ron
Pate, Sandia

**8:20 -- 8:25 workshop purpose, scope, & goals --** Ron Pate, Sandia

**8:25 -- 8:30** **CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT sTATEMENt:** Erik Webb, Senator
Pete Domenici staff

**8:30 -- 8:50** **SETTING THE STAGE:** "Energy-Water Nexus Overview"
**--** Ron Pate, Sandia

**8:50 -- 10:00 ENERGY-WATER speakers Panel (15 min)**

> "Electric Power/Water Sustainability"\
> Robert Goldstein, Electric Power Research Institute
>
> "Thermal Power Plant Cooling Options & Performance Tradeoffs"\
> John Maulbetsch, Maulbetsch Consulting
>
> "Water Use by Power Plants in the Arid West"\
> Susan Innis, Western Resource Advocates
>
> "Water-Energy Tradeoffs in Western Agriculture"\
> Norm Whittlesey, Professor Emeritus, Washington State University
>
> **QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS**

**10:00 -- 10:05** **WORKSHOP Process and Procedures:** Conrad Mulligan,
McNeil Technologies

**10:05 -- 10:15 BREAK:** (Lobby Outside Ballroom A-B)

**10:15 -- 12:15** **Breakout #1: Problem Area: Energy Supply**

**12:15 -- 1:30** **Lunch:** (Ballroom A-B)

> **12:45 -- 1:15 Luncheon Keynote Speaker\
> **"The Water-Energy Relationship in California"\
> Martha Krebs, California Energy Commission

**1:30 -- 3:30 Breakout #2: Problem Area: Water**

**3:30 -- 3:45 BREAK** (Outside Ballroom A-B)

**3:45 -- 4:25** **Breakout group recAP**

Participants will spend the final 30 minutes prioritizing and
summarizing needs for presentation at the end of Day One.

**4:30 -- 5:00 RECONVENE FULL GROUP & report back** (Ballroom A-B)

Plenary session presentations of problems. Round-robin
presentation/discussion of problems by each breakout group.

# Wednesday, January 11, 2006

**7:00 -- 8:15 am BREAKFAST:** (Lobby Outside Ballroom A-B)

**8:15 -- 8:45** **DAY ONE RESULTS Review** **& DAY TWO GOALS**

-   Brief review of results and findings from Day One

-   Format and goals for Day Two

**08:45 -- 10:30 Breakout Session #3: Needs Identification**

**[10:30]{.smallcaps} -- [11:00 BREAK ]{.smallcaps}**(Lobby Outside
Ballroom A-B) \[hotel checkout opportunity\]

**11:00 -- 12:00 Complete Session #3: Breakout Groups Summary**

**12:00 -- 1:00** **Lunch:** (Ballroom A-B)

> **12:15 -- 12:45 Luncheon Keynote Speaker\
> **"Energy-Water Nexus in the West from the USBR Perspective"\
> Mike Gabaldon, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

**1:00 -- 2:00** **Breakout Session #4: Opportunity/Solution
Identification**\
Participants will prioritize opportunities/solutions at the end of the
session and complete the workshop evaluation..

**2:00 -- 2:30** **Complete Session #4: Breakout Groups Summary**

**2:30 -- 2:45 BREAK** (Lobby Outside Ballroom A-B)

**2:45 -- 3:30 FULL GROUP REPORT BACK & Wrap up** (Ballroom A-B)

**3:30 Adjourn... eND OF wORKSHOP**

+------------+----------------+---+------+-------------+---+------+
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| Session #1 |                |   |      |             |   |      |
| MATRIX:    |                |   |      |             |   |      |
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+------------+----------------+---+------+-------------+---+------+
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| Supply     | *Water-related |   |      |             |   |      |
| Activity** | Issues,        |   |      |             |   |      |
|            | Problems,      |   |      |             |   |      |
|            | Concerns**     |   |      |             |   |      |
+------------+----------------+---+------+-------------+---+------+
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+------------+----------------+---+------+-------------+---+------+

**Question:** Is water now, or will water be in the future, a limiting
factor to energy production in your state or region? What are/will be
the primary concerns for:

-   Extraction of oil, natural gases, coal?

-   Production and refining of fuels (based on energy minerals \[e.g.,
    oil, gas, coal, coal-bed methane, oil shale\] -or- biomass and
    bio-fuel crops)?

-   Electric power generation (including both hydropower supply and
    thermal plant cooling)?

-   Renewable electricity/energy generation (geothermal, etc.)?

    What are/will be the limiting factors?

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-   Cost of water?

-   Absolute availability? Temporal availability? Spatial availability?

-   Quality?

-   Regulatory prohibitions/restrictions?

-   Competing demands?

    **Question:** What is the trend for each of these limiting factors?
    Are they growing in importance (that is, they are becoming more of a
    limiting factor to energy production)?

    **Question:** Is the cost/availability/competing uses of water
    inhibiting energy production or the planning for future energy
    projects? At what point will cost/availability/competing uses
    inhibit the ability of the energy sector to meet the needs of the
    nation?

    **Question:** Of all the factors that will impact energy production
    in your state/region, where does water cost/availability/etc. rank?
    Will water be more of a limiting factor than zoning? Emissions
    regulations? Other constraints?

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  **Breakout                                                                                                                          
  Session #2                                                                                                                          
  MATRIX: [Problem                                                                                                                    
  Area, Water                                                                                                                         
  Supply.                                                                                                                             
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  **Water for ...** **Issues,                                                                                                         
                    Problems,                                                                                                         
                    Concerns                                                                                                          
                    in/on ...**                                                                                                       

                    **Surface   **Trend   **Groundwater**   **Trend   **Economic                      **Trend   **Environment**[^1]   **Trend
                    water**     (↑↔↓)**                     (↑↔↓)**   development/diversification**   (↑↔↓)**                         (↑↔↓)**

  **Urban use**[^2]                                                                                                                   

  **Agricultural                                                                                                                      
  use**                                                                                                                               

  **Energy                                                                                                                            
  production**                                                                                                                        

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  generation**                                                                                                                        

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This breakout session matrix is intended to jointly address the topics
of "Water Supply" and "Impacts on Water Resources" among competing uses
within the states and regions. The level of confidence/certainty of
information gathered is also desired, but has been left off the matrix
for the sake of simplicity.

**Question.** What are the primary issues, problems, or concerns related
to the impacts on surface water from urban/municipal use? Ag use? Energy
production? What is the trend? What is your confidence level in this? In
the near-term? In the long-term?

**Question.** What are the primary issues, problems, or concerns related
to the impacts on ground water from municipal use? Ag use? Energy
production? What is the trend? What is your confidence level in this? In
the near-term? In the long-term?

**Question:** What are the major current, emerging, or projected issues,
problems, or concerns related to water supply in your region or state?

-   Source quality? Quantity & Availability? Cost?

-   Social issues? Economics? Environmental concerns?
    Regulatory/legislative/legal structures?

    -   

  ----------------- ------------------------- --------------------------------
  **Breakout                                  
  Session #3                                  
  MATRIX: [Needs                              
  and Gaps to                                 
  Assure and                                  
  Sustain Water for                           
  Energy.                                     
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  **To address      **We Need ...**           
  ...**                                       

                    **Near-Term (0-10         **Long-Term (10+ years)**
                    years)**                  

  **Priority                                  
  Problem 1**                                 

  **Priority                                  
  Problem 2**                                 

  **Priority                                  
  Problem 3**                                 

  **Priority                                  
  Problem 4**                                 
  ----------------- ------------------------- --------------------------------

**Question:** Focusing on the highest priority "Water for Energy"
problems identified on Day One ...\
\
What do you need to address the water for energy problems your
region/state is likely to experience in the next 10 years? Do you need
improved technologies? If so, what is the delta? How much better do
technologies need to be? Do you need better understanding or knowledge?
If so, what in particular do you need to understand?

If the problems doesn't exist today, but is projected to exist in 10
years, what will be the cause of the problem? What will you need to
address the problem? How much better must a technology/process/knowledge
be to address the future Problem?

Prioritize these needs based on impact or importance.

+------------+---------------------------+-----+---------------+----+
| **Breakout |                           |     |               |    |
| Session #4 |                           |     |               |    |
| MATRIX:    |                           |     |               |    |
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| Solutions, |                           |     |               |    |
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+------------+---------------------------+-----+---------------+----+
| **To       | **We should investigate   |     |               |    |
| address    | the following...**        |     |               |    |
| ...**      |                           |     |               |    |
+------------+---------------------------+-----+---------------+----+
| **Water    | **Solution, approach, or  | **  | **Actor(s)**  | ** |
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|            |                           |     |               | ** |
+------------+---------------------------+-----+---------------+----+
| **Priority |                           |     |               |    |
| Need 1**   |                           |     |               |    |
+------------+---------------------------+-----+---------------+----+
| **Priority |                           |     |               |    |
| Need 2**   |                           |     |               |    |
+------------+---------------------------+-----+---------------+----+
| **Priority |                           |     |               |    |
| Need 3**   |                           |     |               |    |
+------------+---------------------------+-----+---------------+----+
| **Priority |                           |     |               |    |
| Need 4**   |                           |     |               |    |
+------------+---------------------------+-----+---------------+----+

**Question:** What opportunities or options do you see for addressing
the priority "Water for Energy" problems and needs raised? What
*innovations and approaches* are most needed and of highest priority for
addressing the concerns and problems?

**Question:** What are the major impediments, investment risks vs.
rewards, and leverage opportunities? \[Note: We are addressing the range
of innovations and approaches that can be undertaken by local, state,
regional, and national water and energy planners, public and private
utility managers, regulators, and other decision-makers (as well as
researchers) in securing adequate water supplies for future energy
production (and thus securing energy for water supply/distribution
uses)\].\
\
Are there opportunities to be found in:

-   Technology research, development, demonstration, and
    commercialization?

-   Economic and market-based approaches?

-   Policy and regulatory changes/additions?

-   Educational outreach to public, policy-makers, others?

-   Other areas/approaches?

**Question:** For each innovation/approach/opportunity, what
organizations are most appropriate to lead the
development/implementation?

**Question:** Thinking about the relative roles, challenges, and
opportunities for technology improvements vs. public policy/regulation
vs. market economics vs. public priorities, attitudes and behaviors re:
improving energy and water supplies and use efficiencies, where would
you put your money? What has the greatest chance of paying off with a
significant impact?

[^1]: Environment to include ESA concerns, ecological remediation,
    maintenance/enhancement of in-stream flows, etc.

[^2]: Urban use to include water provided for residential, commercial,
    industrial, and urban green space (commons) use