This presentation will provide an overview of the 2017 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). An IRP is intended to ensure the utility can provide reliable power at lowest reasonable cost and risk over the long term. Historically, the primary questions Tacoma Power has asked in the IRP have been whether, when and which new resources are needed to meet future demand and regulatory requirements. However, the IRP may soon require asking new questions: Does the traditional utility business model need to change? How do we evolve in an increasingly constrained environment? Load growth in the region has been in decline for quite some time; however, the 2017 IRP update marks the first planning cycle in which Tacoma Power’s load is actually projected to be lower in 20 years than it is today. For an industry that has been built on and supported by growth in demand for decades, declining load growth will require innovative thinking and planning.   Speaker(s): Ahlmahz, Location: Seattle, Washington

Topic: Sparks Museum of Electrical Invention, Bellingham Date: Saturday November 10, 2018 Time: 9:45am  – 12:00 PM, Mega  Zapper Show and Museum Tour Place: 1312 Bay Street, Bellingham, WA 98225   Agenda: Agenda 9:45 am – 10:00 Arrival – Don’t be late. Doors will be closed after 10am. 10:00 am – 10:45 am – MeggaZapper Electrical Show 11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Museum Tour with Curators 12:00 pm – Museum is open for you to wander and visit. If you have never been to this museum it is a wonderful place to look at electrical equipment in its early beginning. Other things to do: Arrive early and have donuts and coffee right next door at Rocket donuts. Stay afterwards and go visit the historic Fairhaven District for great food or visit one of Bellingham’s micro brews. If the weather is good, you can even bicycle the water front.  Stop by Edison, yes there is an Edison with a great Edison Bakery by taking Chuckanut drive on the way in or the way home.  Location: 1312 Bay Street Bellingham, Washington 98225