Joint Session of the Policy and Operations Board of Directors September 17, 2025
1:30 PM
Hotel San Luis Obispo
877 Palm Street
Seven Sisters Ballroom
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
If you have anything that you wish to be distributed to the Board, please provide 15 copies to a member of 3CE staff or the Board Clerk, who will distribute the information to the Board members and staff.
The public may comment on the consent agenda and matters not listed on the agenda but within the Board's jurisdiction at the opening of the meeting. The Board may not take action at this meeting on any item not listed on the agenda other than to refer the matter to staff or set it for a future meeting. The public may comment on a specific item listed on this agenda when the Board considers that item.
Speakers are limited to 3 minutes each.
If you choose not to attend the 3CE Operations Board of Directors meeting but wish to make a comment on a specific agenda item, you may please submit your comment as set out below. The timing of public comment shall be at the discretion of the Chair. Options for public comment are as follows:
a. To have your comments distributed to the Board prior to the meeting submit your comment via email by 5:00 p.m. on the Tuesday before the meeting. Please submit your comment to the Clerk of the Board at [email protected]. To assist the Clerk in identifying the agenda item relating to your public comment please indicate in the Subject Line, the meeting body (i.e. Operations Board of Directors Agenda) and item number (i.e. Item No. 3).
Your comment will be placed into the record at the Board meeting.
In addition, members of the public may request and receive copies without undue delay of any documents that are distributed to the Board, unless there is a specific exemption under the Public Records Act that prevents the disclosure of the record. (Cal. Gov’t Code Section 54957.5) In compliance with Government Code Section 54957.5, non-exempt writings that are distributed to a majority or all of the Board in advance of a meeting and that relate to an agenda item will be made available at 3CE’s offices located at 70 Garden Court, Suite 300, Monterey, CA 93940 during normal business hours and are also available on the 3CE website located at: https://3cenergy.org/meetings-agendas/ Meetings are accessible to people with disabilities. Individuals who need special assistance or a disability-related modification or accommodation to participate in this meeting, or who have a disability and wish to request an alternative format for the meeting materials, should contact Heather Vowell, Board Clerk, at 831-641-7216 or [email protected]. Requests should be made as soon as possible but at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.
DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS: Pursuant to Government Code section 84308, members of the Board are disqualified and not able to participate in any agenda item involving contracts (other than competitively bid, labor, or personal employment contracts), franchises, discretionary land use permits and other entitlements if the Board member received more than $250 in campaign contributions from the applicant or contractor, an agent of the applicant or contractor, or any financially interested participant who actively supports or opposes the decision on the agenda item since January 1, 2023.
Members of the Board who have received, and applicants, contractors or their agents who have made, campaign contributions totaling more than $250 to a Board member during the proceeding or for 12 months after a final decision is rendered in that proceeding, are required to disclose that fact for the official record of the subject proceeding. Disclosures must include the amount of the campaign contribution and identify the recipient Board member and may be made either in writing to the Clerk of the Board prior to the subject hearing or by verbal disclosure at the time of the hearing.
Welcome & Roll Call
Corrections or Additions
The Clerk will announce agenda corrections or proposed additions of emergency, urgency, or continued items, which will be acted on by the Board as provided in Section 54954.2 of the California Government Code.
Public Comment on Matters Not Listed on the Agenda
The public may provide comments on any item within the Board's jurisdiction but not on the Agenda. The Board may not take action at this meeting on any item not listed on the Agenda other than to refer the matter to staff or set if for a future meeting. Speakers are limited to 3 minutes each.
1. Workshop of the Policy & Operations Boards
Welcome Address by Mayor Erica A. Stewart, San Luis Obispo Keynote Address by Martha Guzman, Former Regional Administrator, US Environmental Protection Agency Panel Discussion: Aligning Policy and Regulation with Customer Needs • Hunter Stern, Assistant Business Manager, IBEW Local Union 1245 • Samantha Childress, Director of Microgrid Partner Strategy & Channel Sales, Schneider Electric Leuwam Tesfai, Deputy Executive Director for Energy & Climate Policy, California Public Utilities Commission
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Panel Discussion: Strategies to Advance Climate and Clean Energy Goals • Ryan Hledik, Principal, Brattle Group
• Scott Murtishaw, Executive Director, California Energy Storage Alliance • Sergio Dueñas Melendez, Manager of Storage Policy Development, CAISO Legislative Address
• Assemblymember Gregg Hart
3CE Leadership Address
• Catherine Stedman, Chief Communications Officer
• Dewayne Woods, Chief Financial Officer
• Byron Vosburg, Chief Operations Officer
• Robert M. Shaw, Chief Executive Officer
Adjournment