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Consultation Meetings November 7: Salt lake City, Utah Doubletree Hotel 215 W. South Temple Future meetings with the SLCA's firm power customers, environmental organizations, Colorado River Basin States, Native Americans, representa- tives of the Secretary of the Interior, and other interested publics will focus on methods for identifying potential cost-effective replacement resources and transmission system enhancements required to deliver these resources. Four information meetings have been scheduled to provide full opportu- nity for public participation. All interested publics are encouraged to attend one of the meetings and provide their comments. Notices of dates and locations of future consultation meetings will be published in the Federal Register and provided to interested publics. Summary reports, including updates, meeting notes, and responses to comments will also be provided to the interested publics. The consultation process will end with transmittal of the Replacement Resources Methods Report (Methods Report) to Congress. November 8: Albuquerque, New Mexico Best Western - Fred Harvey Hotel (near airport) 2910 Yale Blvd. SE November 14: Phoenix, Arizona Western Area Power Administration phoenix Area Office 615 S. 43rd Avenue November 18: Denver, Colorado Stapleton Plaza 3333 Quebec Street All meetings are scheduled from 1 :30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. local time. Methods Identification and Documenta- . bon The Replacement Resources Process will culminate in the transmittal of the Methods Report to Congress which identifies the tools, methods and criteria for identifying replacement resources. The Methods Report will also identify potential replacement resources based on cost, need and conformance with the developed methods and criteria, over a hypotheti- cal range of replacement levels. Co'ngress did not elaborate on what else should be considered in the Methods Report with the exception of requiring consideration of the potential for integration of Hoover Genera- tion (Boulder Canyon Project) and transmission enhancements that may be necessary to deliver replacement resources. The SLCA is interpreting the "methods" to replace the generation lost at GCD as covering a wide range of supply-side resources and energy efficiencies. Supply-side resources mean actual generation such as gas, coal and nuclear, and renewable resources such as wind, other hydro, and solar generation. Energy efficiencies refer to capacity and energy made available through conservation and energy management programs to meet customer's needs. The Methods Report may explain the criteria and considerations the SlCA will use in the identification of potential replacement resources.