MCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Friday, June 2, 2023
10:00 A.M.
Present: Gina Dawson, City of Lafayette
Alexis Fineman, Town of San Anselmo
Kevin Haroff, City of Larkspur
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo
Scott Perkins, City of San Ramon
Katie Rice, County of Marin
Absent: John Gioia, Contra Costa County
Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Staff
& Others: Darlene Jackson, Lead Board Clerk
Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Tanya Lomas, Internal Operations Assistant
Alexandra McGee, Director of Strategic Initiatives
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Coordinator
Garth Salisbury, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Daniel Settlemyer, Internal Operations Coordinator
Jamie Tuckey, Chief of Staff
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Acting Chair Rice called the regular Technical Committee meeting to order at 10:15 a.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were no announcements.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Acting Chair Rice opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
Dawn Weisz, CEO, introduced this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Acting Chair Rice opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
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5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 2.2.23 Meeting Minutes
Acting Chair Rice opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. National Energy Infrastructure Fund Offer for Virtual Power Plan Pilot Participants (Discussion/Action)
Garth Salisbury, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Acting Chair Rice opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Perkins/Haroff) to authorize staff to execute an amendment and/or other necessary documents to the Loan Origination and Servicing Agreement to facilitate offering NEIF financing to pilot VPP participants to support lower-income customer access to battery storage resources. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Gioia, Martinez, and Murphy).
7. Peak FLEXmarket Update (Discussion)
Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Acting Chair Rice opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
8. Committee Matters & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were no comments.
9. Adjournment
Acting Chair Rice adjourned the meeting at 11:39 a.m. to the next scheduled Technical Committee Meeting on July 7, 2023.
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Action: It was M/S/C (Perkins/Dawson) to approve Consent Calendar C.1.
Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Gioia, Martinez, and Murphy).
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Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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