Meeting Notice

Meeting Notice

MEETING NOTICE

The Northern Tier Transmission Group will conduct a public stakeholder meeting in Salt Lake City, Utahon Wednesday, May 23, 2007. This meeting has been scheduled to provide a venue for final stakeholder input on Northern Tier’s Straw Proposal for compliance with each of the nine planning principles required by Order 890, present the results of NTTG’s short term planning assessment reportandlaunch a regional planning process for any identified fast track projects. This will be an interactive workshop and attendees will be encouraged to participate by offering comments, as well as asking and answering questions relative to their needs and requirements. The meeting details and agenda follow.

Meeting Details

DATE/TIME / Wednesday, May23rd
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (MountainDaylight Savings Time)
LOCATION: / Embassy Suites Hotel, Salt Lake City
110 West 600 South
Salt Lake City, UT84101
Phone: 801-359-7800
Fax: 801-538-0305
The Embassy Suites is holding a limited block of rooms through May 11th, 2007for participants. The group rate for the Northern Tier Transmission Group (NTTG) is $109, plus tax, single or double occupancy. In order to receive the group rate, you must identify that you will be attending the NTTG Stakeholder Meeting. The hotel provides a shuttle service to and from the hotel and airport.
WEBCONFERENCE INFORMATION: / To connect to the voice portion:
Call 503-813-5600 (toll free #800-503-3360), follow the instructions provided and enter Mtg ID 239898 when prompted and use password: 123456
To connect to the Web Conference:
1) Click on:
2) Enter Meeting ID and click attend meeting.
3) Enter your name in the My Name Is field and click attend meeting.
4) Enter the meeting password and click ‘submit’.
5) Say yes to any security warnings you might receive.
6) Click on the Join Web Conference button.
For MeetingPlace help, contact the Corporate Help Desk at 503-813-5555 or 800-423-7840.
TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT: / Please confirm your attendance by emailing Patty Deas @ no later than May 18th. Provide your name, whom you represent and contact information. Indicate if you will be participating by phone or in person.

Standards of Conduct Alert

  • Transmission system information will be discussed at this meeting.
  • This meeting is open to all “eligible customers” as that term is defined in each participating transmission owner’s tariff.
  • Meeting handouts will be posted on the NTTG website @ in advance of the meeting. Please contact Patty Deas at (503) 813-5740 or if you have problems downloading the materials.
  • Meeting minutes will be taken and posted on the NTTG website after the meeting.

Meeting Agenda

8:30– 9:00 / Registration
9:00 – 12:15 / Welcome and Intro
Review NTTG’s Order 890 Straw Proposal: Principles 1-8
Review NTTG’s Order 890 Straw Proposal: Principle 9 - cost allocation
11:45 – 12:15 / Lunch (box lunches provided)
12:15 – 2:45 / NTTG Program Overview
Fast Track Planning Update and Next Steps
ADI Update
ATC Update
2:45 – 3:00 / Wrap Up

Please feel free to forward this information to any parties who may be interested in participating.

To ensure that we have adequate meeting materials and lunches, please remember to contact Patty Deas via email at y May 18thand let her know if you will be participating in person or by phone. Please contact Sharon Helms at f you have any comments or questions.