Policy Board of Directors
June 26, 2024
1:00PM
Central Coast Community Energy
70 Garden Court, Suite 300
Monterey, CA 93940
County of Santa Cruz
701 Ocean Street,
Fifth floor, Redwood Room
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
City of Gonzales
City Hall
147 Fourth Street, Conference Room
Gonzales, CA 93926
City of Atascadero
City Hall
6500 Palma Ave, Council Chambers
Atascadero, CA 93422
MINUTES
The meeting was called to order at 1:31 PM with 15 members attending from four noticed locations and a quorum established.
Directors Present:
3CE HQ: Adams, Donaldson, Kosmicki
County of Santa Cruz: Dutra (arrived at 1:44pm), McPherson, Newsome, Vice Chair Brooks City of Gonzales: Rios
City of Atascadero: Freeman, Guthrie, Hamon, Ortiz-Legg, Cordero, Richards, Silva, Chair Williams Directors Absent:
Baron
Marx
Valenzuela
Corrections or Additions
Clerk announced that there were no corrections or additions to the agenda.
Chair opened public comment period on the consent calendar and items not listed on the agenda.
The following individual(s) addressed the Board.
Seth Capron
John Smigelski
Brett Garrett
Chair closed the public comment period.
CLOSED SESSION
1. Closed session under Government Code 54950 et. seq. relating to the following item Significant Exposure to Litigation – Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2) Net Energy Metering Program
Chair opened public comment on the closed session item.
There were no public comments.
Chair closed the public comment period.
Recessed into Closed Session at 1:35 PM
Reconvened at 1:51 PM
Clerk reconfirmed the quorum
General Counsel announced that there was no reportable action taken
CONSENT CALENDAR
MOTION: Moved by Director Hamon, seconded by Director Adams to approve the Consent Agenda as submitted ACTION: The Motion Carried with a roll call vote: 16/0/3 AYES: Adams, Donaldson, Dutra, Freeman, Guthrie, Hamon, Newsome, Kosmicki, McPherson, Ortiz-Legg, Cordero, Richards, Rios, Silva, Vice Chair Brooks, Chair Williams NOES: None
Absent: Baron, Marx, Valenzuela
Approved minutes from the February 21, 2024, meeting of the Policy Board of Directors Regulatory and Legislative Quarterly Update
Financial report for the period October 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024 Investment Performance Report for the period of October 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024 FY 2023-24 Mid-Year Budget Forecast Report
Adopted Resolution PB-2024-03 to amend the Net Billing Tariff to include Virtual Net Billing and Net Billing Aggregation Adopted Resolution No. PB-2024-04 approving the FY 2024-25 Financial Policies Received Update on FY 2023-24 Energy Programs
Approved FY 2024-25 Underserved Communities Outreach and Engagement Action Plan Appointed Jesus Jason Sedano, Celina Stotler, and Devin Best to serve on the 3CE Community Advisory Council for a three (3) year term Temporarily suspended Article VII, Section 4 of the Operating Rules and Regulations to allow the Executive Committee to consist of up to eight voting members until December 31, 2024
REGULAR AGENDA
Community Advisory Council Report
Chair opened public comment period.
There were no public comments.
Chair closed the public comment period.
ACTION: Discussion Item; no action required
CEO Report
a. Bioenergy Market Adjusting Tariff (BioMAT)
b. Resource Adequacy Slice-of-Day Paradigm Implementation c. Expand Plan Your Fleet Opportunities
d. Improved Customer Relationship Management and Energy Program Support e. Enrollment of Atascadero and the County of San Luis Obispo f. Taxpayer Protection Act taken off November ballot by CA Supreme Court g. Internship Program
h. Staffing Update
Chair opened public comment period.
There were no public comments.
Chair closed the public comment period.
ACTION: Discussion Item; no action required
Supports 3CE’s proposed behind-the-meter residential battery rebate program Chair opened public comment period.
The following individual(s) addressed the Board.
Beverly DesChaux
Brett Garrett
Joan Hartman
Chair closed the public comment period.
MOTION: Moved by Director Ortiz-Legg, seconded by Director Richards to support Staff’s recommendation.
ACTION: The Motion Carried with a roll call vote: 16/0/3 AYES: Adams, Donaldson, Dutra, Freeman, Guthrie, Hamon, Newsome, Kosmicki, McPherson, Ortiz-Legg, Cordero, Richards, Rios, Silva, Vice Chair Brooks, Chair Williams NOES: None
Absent: Baron, Marx, Valenzuela
Adopted Resolution No. PB-2024-05 approving 3CE's Net Energy Metering (NEM) Tariff, effective July 1, 2024Chair opened public comment period.
Chair opened the public comment period.
The following individual(s) addressed the Board.
Seth Capron
John Smigelski
Brett Garrett
Beverly DesChaux
Chair closed the public comment period.
MOTION: Moved by Director Hamon, seconded by Director Freeman to adopt the resolution with appropriate language updates.
ACTION: The Motion Carried with a roll call vote: 14/0/5 AYES: Adams, Donaldson, Dutra, Freeman, Guthrie, Hamon, Newsome, Kosmicki, McPherson, Cordero, Richards, Rios, Silva, Chair Williams NOES: None
Absent: Baron, Marx, Ortiz-Legg (left at 3:08pm), Valenzuela, Vice Chair Brooks (left at 3:30pm) Adopted Resolution No. PB-2024-06 approving the 2025 rate structure methodology Chair opened public comment period.
There were no public comments.
Chair closed the public comment period.
MOTION: Moved by Director Cordero, seconded by Director Freeman to adopt the resolution with appropriate language updates.
ACTION: The Motion Carried with a roll call vote: 14/0/5 AYES: Adams, Donaldson, Dutra, Freeman, Guthrie, Hamon, Newsome, Kosmicki, McPherson, Cordero, Richards, Rios, Silva, Chair Williams NOES: None
Absent: Baron, Marx, Ortiz-Legg, Valenzuela, Vice Chair Brooks a. Approved budget for capital improvements at 3CE's facility located at 1026 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, and b. Authorized the Chief Executive Officer to sign contracts with various vendors to implement the capital improvements to 1026 Palm Street, within the total approved budget Chair opened the public comment period.
The following individual(s) addressed the Board.
Beverly DesChaux
MOTION: Moved by Director Silva, seconded by Director Freeman to authorize the CEO to proceed with negotiation of the price and scope of the capital improvement project within the revised budget of $750, 000.
ACTION: The Motion Carried with a roll call vote: 14/0/5 AYES: Adams, Donaldson, Dutra, Freeman, Guthrie, Hamon, Newsome, Kosmicki, McPherson, Cordero, Richards, Rios, Silva, Chair Williams NOES: None
Adjourned at 4:18 PM