MCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, February 3, 2022
8:30 A.M.
The Technical Committee Meeting was conducted pursuant to the requirements of Assembly Bill No. 361 (September 16, 2021) which allows a public agency to use teleconferencing during a Governor-proclaimed state of emergency without meeting usual Ralph M. Brown Act teleconference requirements. Committee Members, staff and members of the public were able to participate in the Committee Meeting via teleconference.
Present: Gina Dawson, City of Lafayette
Kevin Haroff, City of Larkspur
Katie Rice, County of Marin
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Ford Greene, Town of San Anselmo, Chair
Scott Perkins, City of San Ramon
Katy Miessner, City of Vallejo
Absent: John Gioia, Contra Costa County
Teresa Onoda, Town of Moraga
Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Assistant Board Clerk
Darlene Jackson, Board Clerk
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
David Potovsky, Principal Power Procurement Manager
Evelyn Reyes, Administrative Services Assistant II
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
Brett Wiley, Customer Programs Manager
1. Roll Call
Chair Greene called the regular Technical Committee meeting to order at 8:31 a.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were no announcements.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Greene opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
CEO Dawn Weisz, reported the following:
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Our policy team has been meeting with our local State delegation, our CPUC and CEC Commissioners for annual meet and greets. We will be starting to meet with our federal delegation later this month. On February 9, 2022 PANC Virtual Lunch Meeting will feature our own Director of Customer Programs, Alice Havenar-Daughton, who will be speaking on MCE’s PeakFlex Market program.
As a result of inquiries to some of our Board members from IBEW locals in our region concerning our workforce, education and training (WE&T) program, MCE WE&T team met with IBEW Local 551 on Tuesday February 2 to discuss the program. Director Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon, participated in the meeting.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 12.2.21 Meeting Minutes
Chair Greene opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Power Purchase Agreement with Golden Fields Solar IV, LLC (Discussion/Action)
David Potovsky, Principal Power Procurement Manager, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Greene opened the public comment period and comments were made by Howdy Goudey and Dan Segedin.
Action: It was M/S/C (Haroff/Perkins) to authorize execution of the Power Purchase Agreement with Golden Fields Solar IV, LLC for renewable energy supply and BESS capacity. (Absent: Directors: Gioia, Miessner, Onoda).
7. MCEv Sync – Smart Charging Early Pilot Results (Discussion) Brett Wiley, Customer Programs Manager, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Action: It was M/S/C (Perkins/Miessner) to approve Consent Calendar item. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors: Gioia, and Onoda).
DocuSign Envelope ID: 84799956-E5D7-4425-9DFF-EB57A5725FF8 Chair Greene opened the public comment period comments were made by Dan Segedin and Howdy Goudey.
Action: No action required.
8. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were none.
9. Adjournment
Chair Greene adjourned the meeting at 9:57 a.m. to the next scheduled Technical Committee Meeting on March 3, 2022.
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Ford Greene, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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