MCE SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
Friday, September 29, 2023
9:00 A.M.
San Rafael Community Center
618 B Street, San Rafael, CA 94901
Call to Order: Chair Scales-Preston called the Special Meeting to order at 9:27 a.m.
Present: Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Kari Birdseye, City of Benicia
Edi Birsan, City of Concord
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Alexis Fineman, Town of San Anselmo
Ryan Gregory, The County of Napa and Four Napa Cities
Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
Kerry Hillis, Town of Moraga
Janelle Kellman, City of Sausalito
C. William Kircher, Town of Ross
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo
Beth Painter, City of Napa
Gabe Paulson, City of Larkspur
Mark Armstrong, Alternate, City of San Ramon
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Patricia Ponce, City of San Pablo
Katie Rice, County of Marin
Shanelle Scales-Preston, City of Pittsburg
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Absent: Gina Dawson, City of Lafayette
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
David Fong, Town of Danville
John Gioia, Contra Costa County
Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
Aaron Meadows, City of Oakley
Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Matt Rinn, City of Pleasant Hill
John Vasquez, County of Solano
K. Patrice Williams, City of Fairfield
Susan Wernick, City of Novato
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez
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& Others: JB Ackemann, VP of Public Affairs
Jesica Brooks, Board Clerk
Vidhi Chawla, Interim VP of Power Resources
Stephanie Chen, Director of Legislative Affairs
John Dalessi, Consultant, Pacific Energy Advisors
Kirby Dusel, Consultant, Pacific Energy Advisors
Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs
Darlene Jackson, Lead Board Clerk
Vicken Kasarjian, COO
Shaheen Khan, VP of Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion Tanya Lomas, Internal Operations Coordinator
Alexandra McGee, Director of Strategic Initiatives
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Coordinator
Justine Parmelee, Director of Internal Operations
Garth Salisbury, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Office Manager
Daniel Settlemyer, Internal Operations Coordinator
Karamvir Singh, Manager of Analytics, Data Systems
Jamie Tuckey, Chief of Staff
Dawn Weisz, CEO
1. Roll Call
Chair Scales-Preston called the regular meeting to order at 9:27 a.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Public Open Time (Discussion)
There were no comments.
3. Welcome & Introductions
Chair Scales-Preston welcomed the Board and extended round table introductions by Board members.
4. Review of Mission, Vision, and Key Priorities (Discussion) Dawn Weisz, CEO, introduced this item and several staff presented and addressed questions from Board members. Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
5. MCE Investments Program (Discussion)
Garth Salisbury, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer and Efren Oxlaj, Financial Analyst II, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
DocuSign Envelope ID: F7A2059E-2ECE-4A85-9DBD-5923E2905466 Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
6. 2022 Power Supply Statistics and Content Label (Discussion/Action) Kirby Dusel, Pacific Energy Advisors, Consultant introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members. Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Coler/Thier) to endorse the accuracy of information presented in MCE’s 2022 Power Source Disclosure reports for Light Green, Deep Green, Local Sol and Green Access service as well as the related Power Content Lable reflecting such products. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Beckman, Dawson, Darling, Fong, Gioia, Martinez, Meadows, Paulson, Quinto, Rinn, Vasquez, Williams, Wernick, and Zorn).
7. Fieldtrip: MCE Solar One at 835 Castro Street, Richmond, CA 94801. No transportation provided; Meeting will Adjourn from this location.
Chair Scales-Preston adjourned the Special Meeting at 1:26 p.m. to the next Regular Board Meeting on October 19, 2023.
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Shanelle Scales-Preston, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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