Draft Minutes
Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
6:00 pm
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Board Room
Ava Community Energy
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Oakland, CA 94612
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1. Welcome & Roll Call
Present: Members: Marquez (Alameda County), Lopez (Albany), Tregub (Berkeley), Morada (Dublin), Kaur (Emeryville), Keng (Fremont), Roche (Hayward), Barrientos (Livermore), Del Catancio (Newark), Brown (Oakland), Rickman (San Joaquin County), Blower (Stockton), Bedolla (Tracy), Sakakihara (Union City), CAC Chair Hernandez (Community Advisory Committee), Vice-Chair Gonzalez (San Leandro) and Chair Andersen (Piedmont)
Not Present: Members: Diallo (Lathrop) and Balch (Pleasanton) Director Tregub joined the meeting at 7:41pm.
Director Blower served as the alternate for Director Fugazi (Stockton).
Director Bedolla serves as the alternate for Director Nygard (Tracy).
Chair Andersen announced that due to time constraints, agenda items 11 and 12 would be reordered, with item 12 being heard after item 10.
2. (2:15) Pledge of Allegiance
The board rose for the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. (2:32) Public Comment
This item is reserved for persons wishing to address the Board on any Ava-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.
There were no speakers for public comment.
CONSENT AGENDA
4. (3:44) Approval of Minutes from October 22, 2025
5. Contracts Entered Into (Informational Item)
6. Appointing Certain Ava Positions to Serve in the Role of “Prosecuting Authority.” Appoint specified Ava staff members and General Counsel to serve as Ava’s Prosecuting Authority for purposes of prosecuting any violations of the California False Claims Act.
Member Marquez motioned to approve the Consent Agenda. Member Roche seconded the motion, which was approved 15/0/0/0/3 (yes/no/abstain/recuse/not present):
Yes: Members: Marquez, Lopez, Morada, Kaur, Keng, Roche, Barrientos, Del Catancio, Brown, Rickman, Blower, Bedolla, Vice-Chair Gonzalez and Chair Andersen.
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No: none
Abstain: none
Recuse: none
Not Present: Members: Tregub, Diallo and Balch
REGULAR AGENDA
7. (7:16) CEO Report
CEO Howard Chang presented the CEO Report. The written report is available in the November 19, 2025 agenda packet.
Chair Andersen opened the public comment period and there were no speakers for public comment.
8. (15:41) CAC Report
CAC Chair Hernandez presented the CAC Report.
Chair Andersen opened the public comment period and there were no speakers for public comment.
9. (18:41) Fiscal Year 2024-25 Financial Audit, Budget to Actuals, and Deferred Revenues (Informational Item)
Review of FY 2024-25 financial audit, budget to actuals, and allocation of surplus CFO Rusty Mills introduced the annual audit conducted by Soren CPAs and answered questions from Board members.
Chair Andersen opened the public comment period and there were no speakers for public comment.
10.(36:12) 2026 Financial Forecast and Adjustments (Action Item) Review 2026 Financial Forecast and approve recommended adjustments to surplus allocation, value proposition, and other measures
CEO Howard Chang introduced the 2026 Financial Forecast and Adjustments item and answered questions from the board.
Chair Andersen opened the public comment period and there was one comment from Jessica Tovar (1:31:44).
Vice-Chair Gonzalez motioned to adopt the staff’s recommendations, specifically with respect to the change in the value proposition, so that staff can begin the timeline of facilitating public discussions. Member Barrientos seconded the motion, which was approved 16/0/0/0/2 (yes/no/abstain/recuse/not present):
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Yes: Members: Marquez, Lopez, Tregub, Morada, Kaur, Keng, Roche, Barrientos, Del Catancio, Brown, Rickman, Blower, Bedolla, Vice-Chair Gonzalez and Chair Andersen.
No: none
Abstain: none
Recuse: none
Not Present: Members: Diallo and Balch
11.(3:20:50) CSA for Customer Programs Roadmap Consultant (Action Item) Approve Consulting Services Agreement for consultant to support the Customer Programs Roadmap
Chief Customer Officer Annie Hendersen introduced the item and answered questions from Board members.
Chair Andersen opened the public comment period and comments were heard from Jessica Tovar (3:42:45), Tim Frank (3:46:03), Dohee Kim (3:47:50), Jack Fleck (3:50:50) and Susan Silber (3:52:03).
Member Barrientos motioned to approve the staff recommendation. Member Kang seconded the motion, which was not approved - 7/8/1/0/2 (yes/no/abstain/recuse/not present):
Yes: Members: Keng, Roche, Barrientos, Rickman, Blower, Vice-Chair Gonzalez and Chair Andersen
No: Members: Marquez, Lopez, Tregub, Kaur, Del Catancio, Brown, Bedolla, and Sakakihara
Abstain: Member Morada
Recuse: none
Not Present: Members Diallo and Balch
12.(2:14:24) SmartHome Battery and Resilience Hub Budget Approval and Program Design (Action Item)
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the Use of Previous Budget Allocation and Program Design for the SmartHome Battery Program
JP Ross, Vice President of Local Development, introduced the item and answered questions from Board members.
Chair Andersen opened the public comment period and comments were heard from Tim Frank (2:59:29), Dohee Kim (3:01:26), Bradley Cleveland (3:03:40), Audrey Ichinose (3:05:50) and Susan Silber (Collective Resilience) (3:08:06).
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Member Blower motioned to approve the staff recommendation. Member Tregub seconded the motion, which was approved 16/0/0/0/2 (yes/no/abstain/recuse/not present):
Yes: Members: Marquez, Lopez, Tregub, Morada, Kaur, Keng, Roche, Barrientos, Del Catancio, Brown, Rickman, Blower, Bedolla, Vice-Chair Gonzalez and Chair Andersen.
No: none
Abstain: none
Recuse: none
Not Present: Members: Diallo and Balch
13.(3:20:38) 2025 Legislative Wrap-up and 2026 Preview (Informational Item) Review the California 2025 legislative session and a preview of the 2026 session The 2025 Legislative Wrap-up and 2026 Preview was continued to the December 17, 2025 meeting.
14.(4:12:28) Board Member and Staff Announcements including requests to place items on future Board of Directors Meeting Agendas
Board Member announcements were heard from CEO Chang, Member Marquez and Chair Andersen.
15.Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 10:16pm.
The next Ava Board of Directors meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 6pm.