Draft Minutes
Executive Committee Meeting
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
3:00 pm
In Person:
Altamont Conference Room
Ava Community Energy
1999 Harrison St, Suite 2300
Oakland, CA 94612
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1. (2:18) Welcome & Roll Call
Present: Members: Marquez (Alameda County), Balch (Pleasanton), Andersen (Piedmont), Fugazi (Stockton), Vice-Chair Roche (Hayward) and Chair Gonzalez (San Leandro)
Vice-Chair Roche joined the meeting at 3:14pm.
2. (3:02) Public Comment
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This item is reserved for persons wishing to address the Executive Committee on any Ava Community Energy-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 Committee are customarily limited to three minutes per speaker and must complete an electronic speaker slip. The Executive Committee Chair may increase or decrease the time allotted to each speaker.
There were no speakers for public comment.
3. (3:42) Approval of Minutes from November 5, 2025
No comments
Member Andersen motioned to approve the minutes. Member Marquez seconded the motion, which was approved 4/0/1/0/1 (yes, no, abstain, recuse, not present) Yes: Members: Marquez, Balch, Andersen and Chair Gonzalez No: none
Abstain: Member Fugazi
Recuse: none
Not Present: Vice-Chair Roche
4. (3:58) Value Proposition (Informational Item)
Review potential changes to value proposition for January 2026 CEO Howard Chang introduced the item and addressed questions from the Executive Committee.
(23:48) Public Comment: Jim Lutz, member of the Community Advisory Committee but speaking on his own behalf, reminded board members that "customers, when they're looking at their electricity bill, do not differentiate between PG&E and Ava." He noted that while Ava's portion of the bill would go down, PG&E's distribution charges were going up slightly, and "the bulk of the price, the charge is PG&E's distribution transmission rates."
5. (50:54) Opt-Out Fee Removal (Informational Item)
Review proposal to remove fees for customers opting out of Ava service Kelly Brezovec, Senior Director, Account Services, introduced the item and addressed questions from the Executive Committee.
There were no speakers for public comment.
6. (58:48) Community Investment Grants (Informational Item) Review Ava Community Investment grants and plans for future grantmaking JP Ross, Vice-President, Local Development, Electrification and Innovation, introduced the item and addressed questions from the Executive Committee.
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(1:12:52) Public Comment – Jim Lutz, Community Advisory Committee member but speaking on his own behalf, spoke in favor of creating additional grant funding levels between the hyper local and the $300,000 level.
7. (1:24:16) Committee Member and Staff Announcements including requests to place items on future Executive Committee Agendas
Member Balch noted the next meeting was scheduled for January 14 rather than the typical first Wednesday of the month. Staff confirmed that this was intentional due to the holiday break and board member availability.
8. Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 4:23pm.
The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 14, 2026 at 3pm.