Board of Directors Meeting
Community Advisory Committee Annotations
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
6:00pm
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1. Welcome & Roll Call
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Public Comment
This item is reserved for persons wishing to address the Board on any EBCE-related matters that are not otherwise on this meeting agenda. Public comments on matters listed on the agenda shall be heard at the time the matter is called. As with all public comment, members of the public who wish to address the Board are customarily limited to two minutes per speaker and must complete an electronic speaker slip. The Board Chair may increase or decrease the time allotted to each speaker.
4. Closed Session
Conference with Labor Negotiations pursuant to Government Code 54957.6. (Labor negotiators: Dan Arriola; Corina Lopez) (Unrepresented employee).
5. General Report Out of Closed Session
CONSENT AGENDA
East Bay Community Energy
Board of Directors Page | 2
6. Approval of Minutes from November 16, 2022 and December 2, 2022
7. AB 361 - Finding for Continued Remote Meetings
Find that conducting in person meetings of the Board would present imminent risks to attendees’ health and authorize the Board to continue meeting via teleconferencing pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e).
8. Contracts entered into (Informational Item)
9. Google Cloud Agreement (Action Item)
Resolution authorizing the CEO to negotiate and execute a contract with Google Inc.
REGULAR AGENDA
10. CEO REPORT
A. Executive Committee Report
B. New Staff
C. Piedmont Pool Electrification Update
D. Marketing & Account Services Updates
11. Community Advisory Committee Report
● Appointment of new Vice Chair, Ed Hernandez
● Received communication from EBCPA, significant public comment and Committee discussion on allegations.
12. Net Energy Metering Discussion (Informational Item) Brief discussion of the new NEM decision and EBCE’s positions ● Concern regarding non-bypassable charges
As per staff, our customers are not aware of the benefits our NEM policy provides, EBCE is limited in what we can do to mitigate the impacts of NEM
3.0, as we have no control over non-bypassable transmission or distribution charges
13. Amendment to Loan Agreement with BlocPower (Action Item) Resolution authorizing CEO to amend the loan agreement with BlocPower to expand eligibility for subsidized financing to general residential market.
14. USEPA National Notable Achievement Award (Informational Item) Presentation of award for EBCE’s first-of-its-kind in the US work to evaluate Brownfield revitalization for the use case of EV fast charging hubs/centers
15. Board Member and Staff Announcements including requests to place items on future Board agendas
16. Adjournment to Wednesday, January 18, 2022 at 6:00 pm.