MCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, November 3, 2022
8:30 A.M.
This 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: Mark Armstrong, Alternate, City of San Ramon
Gina Dawson, City of Lafayette
Kevin Haroff, City of Larkspur
Katy Miessner, City of Vallejo
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Katie Rice, County of Marin
Absent: John Gioia, Contra Costa County
Ford Greene, Town of San Anselmo
Teresa Onoda, Town of Moraga
Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Assistant Board Clerk
Bill Pascoe, Senior Power Procurement Manager
Daniel Settlemyer, Internal Operations Coordinator
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Acting Chair Murphy called the regular meeting to order at 8:34 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were no announcements.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Acting Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were comments from member of the public, Howdy Goudey.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
DocuSign Envelope ID: BFEFC7A5-2AFD-4B73-A010-ABAEF8B61217 CEO, Dawn Weisz, reported the following:
The McGlashan Award nomination requests are due November 4th.
Staff will bring the nominees to the December Executive Committee to vote on the recipient and the award will be given at a full Board meeting.
MCE is working on submitting a grant proposal to the U.S.
Department of Energy for transportation electrification solutions identified by our community.
MCE will be holding the regularly scheduled November and December Board meetings.
Beginning in March, MCE is expected to resume in person Board and Committee meetings.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 9.16.22 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Renewable Power Purchase Agreement Between Strauss Wind, LLC and Marin Clean Energy
C.3 Second Amendment to Renewable Power Purchase Agreement Between Marin Clean Energy and Daggett Solar Power 3, LLC Acting Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Approval of Operational Integrated Resource Plan (Discussion/Action) Bill Pascoe, Senior Power Procurement Manager, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were comments from members of the public, Hari Lamba, and Howdy Goudey.
Action: It was M/S/C (Rice/Dawson) to approve MCE’s 2023 Operational Integrated Resource Plan. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors, Gioia, Greene, Haroff, and Onoda).
11.Committee Matters & Staff Matters (Discussion)
Action: It was M/S/C (Rice/Miessner) to approve Consent Calendars C.1 – C.3. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors, Dawson, Gioia, Greene, and Onoda).
DocuSign Envelope ID: BFEFC7A5-2AFD-4B73-A010-ABAEF8B61217 There were none.
12.Adjournment
Acting Chair Murphy adjourned the meeting at 9:20 p.m. to the next scheduled Technical Committee Meeting on December 1, 2022. ___________________________________________
Devin Murphy, Acting Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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