CEO Report Item 11
CEO Report Item 11
TO: East Bay Community Energy Board of Directors
FROM: Nick Chaset, Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: CEO Report (Informational Item)
DATE: January 18, 2023
________________________________________________________________________ Recommendation
Accept Chief Executive Officer (CEO) report on update items below. 2023 Subcommittee and Executive Committee Meeting Schedule Schedules for the Financial, Administrative and Procurement Subcommittee, the Marketing, Regulatory and Legislative Subcommittee and the Executive Committee will be created after all new Members have been appointed to the Board.
New Staff
Shannon Rivers, Senior Power Resources Manager
Shannon joined EBCE on 1/11/2023 as Senior Power Resources Manager. Shannon will be responsible for developing Virtual Power Plants that participate in the wholesale market.
Prior to joining EBCE, Shannon managed CleanPowerSF and Hetch Hetchy Power’s short- and mid-term energy supply portfolios, developed procurement strategies and recommendations for energy products, including renewable energy, carbon-free energy, conventional energy hedges, and Resource Adequacy products. She also managed solicitations for the purchase and sale of energy products, which involved developing models to analyze bid results and inform procurement recommendations. Shannon coordinated with counterparties, legal counsel, and internal stakeholders to negotiate and execute transactions.
Shannon holds a BA in Social Science with an emphasis in Geography and minor in Spanish from San Diego State University and a master’s in Environmental Science and Management from the Bren School at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Jason Zeng, Power Resources Data Analyst
CEO Report Item 11
Jason joined EBCE on 1/11/2023 as a Power Resources Data Analyst. Jason will be responsible for providing analysis of resource positions, and engineering data systems and visualizations to help the rest of the Power Resources team.
Jason has 8 years of experience in analytics, with PG&E as his most recent role. Primarily a data engineer, Jason has had an eclectic career from technology reporter to startup director to academic researcher.
Jason holds a MS in Chemical Engineering from Montana State University and a BA in Economics from Berkeley.