PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
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WCI Chairs' Messsage to Stakeholders:  Process and Timeline for Public Review and Comments on Work Products and Draft Recommendations  Click here for a copy of the letter from WCI Chair Janice Adair and Co-Chair Steve Owens and the timeline for continued stakeholder involvement. 

Upcoming Stakeholder Conference Calls & Webinars
WCI's ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TEAM – Will host a teleconfence and webinar to discuss future economic modeling. 

Date & Time: Monday, May 12, 2008 from 8:30 to 10:00am (Pacific); 9:30 to 11:00am (Mountain)
Stakeholder Calls / Webinars ~ Access Numbers:
Toll free telephone call-in number: 1-800-868-1837
Direct dial: 1-404-920-6440
Public Participant Code: 659537 #
Link for Webinar:   https://www.accuconference.com        /customer/join/ 
     There are 2 boxes to fill in:  One for your name
     One to enter your Participant Code: 659537

For a copy of the PowerPoint for the first Eonomic Modeling Team stakeholder call  (April 14th) on the "Assumptions Book" behind  WCI's economic analyis and modeling effort click here. 
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Upcoming Meeting:
May 21, 2008 - WCI Stakeholder Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT ~  Public input on revisions to the Draft Design Recommendations is the focus of this meeting.  Register at: www.regonline.com/63342_608730M

Future Meeting:
July 29, 2008 - WCI Stakeholder Meeting in San Diego, CA ~  Details on this meeting will follow.

Past Meetings & Stakekholder Teleconferences
April 14, 2008 WCI Economics Team Teleconference and Webinar - presenting the Assumptions Book listing all the model inputs. This call included a question and answer session for the public.

April 8, 2008   Reporting Conference Call - to address the Reporting Subcomittee's Initial Draft Design Recommendations. This call included a question and answer session for the public.

April 9, 2008   Allocations Conference Call - to address th Allocation's Initial Draft Design Recommendations. This call included a question and answer session for the public.

March 28, 2008 ~ A teleconference / webinar  gave an overview of WCI's Economic Analysis and modeling activities and the ENERGY 2020 model. This call included a question and answer session for the public
8:30 to 10:00 am (Pacific) / 9:30 to 11:00am (Mountain)
The topic was an overview of the WCI economic modeling 

March 26, 2008 - Training Workshop and webinar/teleconference on Offsets in Vancouver, BC ~ 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM  This workshop was organized to support the WCI Offsets design recommendations and provide public input to the process.

March 11, 2008 ~ Two Stakeholder Calls to discuss draft recommendations from Scope and Electricity Subcommittee
Scope Conference Call –            8:30 am – 10:00 am PDT
Electricity Conference Call -    10:30 am – 12:00 pm PDT
 
Public Comments on Scope and Allocation Draft Recommendations are now posted on the website. Click here. (The next set of draft design recommendations will be issued by the Allocations and Reporting Subcommittees during the week of March 31.  WCI will follow a similar process of conference calls and written comments once those recommendations are released.)

Week of Feb. 11 ~ Five Stakeholder Calls to Review Comments on Options Papers
Calls were held at 8:30 am PST / 9:30 am MST and ran for 90 minutes.

Sound recordings of the calls:  (links in process) 
o Electricity  Mon., Feb. 11
o Scope   Tues., Feb. 12
o Allocations  Wed., Feb. 13
o Offsets   Thur., Feb. 14
o Reporting  Fri.,  Feb. 15

Two WCI Subcommittees prepared questions and information for these calls:
- Electricity Questions for Stakeholders - For discussion during the Monday, Feb. 11 call. For a copy click here.
- Scope Information and Questions for Stakeholders - For discussion during the Tues., Feb. 12 call. For a copy click here.

1st Public Workshp: January 10, 2008 in Portland sought public input on the work of the five WCI subcommittees. A Webinar and teleconference of this workshop were available for those unable to attend in Portland. (Copies of the presentations for this workshop can be found on the WCI Meetings & Events section of this website -- click here.)

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Third Stakeholder Teleconference: On December 6, 2007 (Thursday) at 2 pm PST / 3 pm MST the WCI  partners will host their third public teleconference to brief stakeholders on progress of the Subcommittees in implementing the WCI Workplan and to seek public comment.  For a copy of the WCI Workplan, click here.
For announcement of the regional goals, please click here. 

Second Stakeholder Telconference: On October 31, the partners in the Western Climate Initiative hosted their second a 1-hour conference call to brief interested stakeholders on the status of the project. The principal topic for this meeting was discussion of the recently released WCI Workplan. This plan includes:   
 - Design principles for a regional cap and trade program
 - Communication and stakeholder outreach
 - Specific questions for stakeholder review and comment
 - Workplan elements for the five working subcommittees created by WCI --  
         1.  Allocations 
         2.  Data Reporting
         3.  Electricity 
         4.  Offsets
         5.  Scope   

To listen to a recording of the teleconference: Click here.

The first WCI stakeholders teleconference was held on Wednesday, August 29, and included discussion of the Regional GHG Reduction Goal announced Wednesday, August 22.

Information about Future public input sessions will also be posted here. (See WCI Meetings & Events button at left for a listing of planned future conference calls and public workshops.)