Operations Board of Directors
August 14, 2024
10:30AM
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 Paso Robles
City Hall
1000 Spring Street, Second Floor
Paso Robles, CA 93446
City of San Luis Obispo
City Hall
990 Palm Street, Council Chambers
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
City of Santa Maria
City Hall
110 East Cook Street, Council Chambers
Santa Maria, CA 93454
County of Santa Barbara
County Administration Building
105 East Anapamu Street, Fourth Floor
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
MINUTES
The meeting was called to order at 10:30AM with 16 members attending in 5 locations and a quorum established.
Directors Present:
3CE Headquarters: Guertin, Hunter, Pia, Mogensen, Reynolds, Ring, Vides County of Santa Cruz: Huffaker, Palacios, Chair Goldstein City of San Luis Obispo: Campbell, Downing, Hill
City of Santa Maria: Posada
County of Santa Barbara: Ramirez, Vice Chair Miyasato
Directors Absent: De La Rosa, Lewis, Wolfe
Chair opened public comment for items on the consent calendar and items not listed on the agenda.
The following individual(s) addressed the Board.
Beverly DesChaux
The Chair closed the public comment period.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Item 1 pulled by Vice Chair Miyasato. Clerk will correct the minutes from the May 8, 2024 meeting of the Operations Board of Directors and will resubmit for approval at the September 18, 2024 meeting.
MOTION: Moved by Director Pia, seconded by Director Hunter to approve consent items 2 – 9.
ACTION: The Motion Carried with a roll call vote: 16/0/3 AYES: Campbell, Downing, Ring, Guertin, Hill, Huffaker, Hunter, Mendez, Mogensen, Palacios, Posada, Ramirez, Reynolds, Vides, Vice Chair Miyasato, Chair Goldstein NOES: None
ABSENT: De La Rosa, Lewis, Wolfe
Approved minutes from the June 12, 2024, special meeting of the Operations Board Received update on FY 2023-24 Energy Programs
Received Regulatory Update
Received a financial report for the period October 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024 Authorized the CEO to execute Amendment No. 4 to the Aiqueous, LLC Amended and Restated Standard Services Agreement to provide a customer relationship management platform to support Energy Programs, and to renew and extend the expiration date for an additional seven (7) months, for a revised term of January 2, 2020 through April 29, 2025, and to increase the Agreement’s amount by an additional $80,570 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $775,805 Authorized the CEO to execute Amendment No. 4 to the Cohen Ventures, Inc., DBA Energy Solutions Standard Services Agreement to extend the term for an additional six (6) months, for a revised term of March 11, 2022 through January 31, 2025, to administer equity rates for the Electrify Your Home program, and to increase the Agreement’s amount by an additional $565,000 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $3,825,000. Approve and authorize the CEO to execute up to two (2) amendments to revise standard terms, with no change to the total contract amount, subject to approval by the General Counsel.
Authorized the CEO to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Frontier Energy Inc. Standard Services Agreement to support 3CE Energy Programs, extend the expiration date for an additional twelve (12) months for a revised term of May 11, 2022, through September 30, 2026, and to increase the Agreement by an additional $251,896 for a total not to exceed amount of $641,274 Approved a Real Property Lease Agreement template, containing standard risk and indemnification terms, for the provision of leasing office space to tenants of 3CE properties. Authorize updates and modifications to the template subject to General Counsel approval
REGULAR AGENDA
CEO Report
Staffing Update
Power Charge Indifference Adjustment
Chair opened public comment period.
No public comment received.
The Chair closed the public comment period.
Authorized CEO to execute CPUC approved Bioenergy Market Adjusting Tariff (BioMAT) Program, Pro-Forma Agreements, and eligible Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with terms of 10 to 20 years and associated forms Chair opened public comment period.
The following individual(s) addressed the Board.
Beverly DesChaux
The Chair closed public comment period.
MOTION: Moved by Director Huffaker, seconded by Vice Chair Miyasato to approve.
ACTION: The Motion Carried with a roll call vote: 16/0/3 AYES: Campbell, Downing, Ring, Guertin, Hill, Huffaker, Hunter, Mendez, Mogensen, Palacios, Posada, Ramirez, Reynolds, Vides, Vice Chair Miyasato, Chair Goldstein NOES: None
ABSENT: De La Rosa, Lewis, Wolfe
Recommended that the Policy Board consider and adopt the Ad Hoc Committee’s recommendations regarding improvements to governance related matters, including board composition, engagement, and communication Chair opened public comment period.
No public comment received.
The Chair closed the public comment period.
MOTION: Moved by Director Guertin, seconded by Director Hunter to support forwarding the Ad Hoc Committee's recommendation with the amendment to remove the right of refusal for the Cities of Salinas and Santa Maria.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Moved by Director Hill, seconded by Director Downing for the Operations Board to recommend to the Policy Board that they conduct a study session at the annual meeting, and out of that, if there were any direction to move forward that they could agendize the item at the next meeting, or thereafter. In that the presentation of alternatives that we saw today would be important, as well as an additional option wherein the shared board seat rotation does not rely on the City Selection Committee process.
ACTION: The Substitute motioned failed with a roll call vote: 6/9/4 AYES: Campbell, Downing, Ring, Hill, Mogensen, Reynolds NOES: Guertin, Huffaker, Hunter, Pia, Palacios, Ramirez, Vides, Vice Chair Miyasato, Chair Goldstein ABSENT: De La Rosa, Lewis, Wolfe
MOTION: Moved by Director Guertin, seconded by Director Hunter to support forwarding the Ad Hoc Committee's recommendation to modify the Policy and Operations boards from 19 members to 11 with the following additional modifications. Removing the right of refusal for the Cities of Salinas and Santa Maria. Additionally, cities may utilize the City Selection Committees to appoint shared seats, however, they are not required to do so.
ACTION: The Motion Carried with a roll call vote: 11/4/4 AYES: Ring, Guertin, Huffaker, Hunter, Pia, Palacios, Ramirez, Reynolds, Vides, Vice Chair Miyasato, Chair Goldstein NOES: Campbell, Downing, Hill, Mogensen
ABSENT: De La Rosa, Lewis, Posada (left at 11:44 AM), Wolfe Adjourned at 12:44PM