MCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
12:00 P.M.
Present: Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek, joined at 12:04 pm David Fong, Town of Danville
Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Absent: Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
Shanelle Scales-Preston, City of Pittsburg
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon
Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Board Clerk and Executive Assistant to the COO
Shuvo Chowdhury, Vice President of Technology and
Analytics
Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Jonnie Kipyator, Power Analytics Senior Manager
Tanya Lomas, Internal Operations Assistant
Alexandra McGee, Director of Strategic Initiatives
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Assistant
Justine Parmelee, Director of Internal Operations
Daniel Settlemyer, Internal Operations Coordinator
Sabrinna Soldavini, Manager of Policy, Markets
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Chair Perrey called the regular Executive Committee meeting to order at 12:01 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were no comments.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
DocuSign Envelope ID: 6B1FED6D-22CD-490C-A745-F3CE4E08FACB Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
CEO Dawn Weisz, introduced this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 3.6.24 Meeting Minutes
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Virtual Power Plant Ten Year Vision (Discussion)
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer, Alexandra McGee, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Shuvo Chowdhury, Vice President of Technology and Analytics, and Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and comments were made by members of the public Dan Segedin and Ken Strong.
Action: No action required.
7. Achieving MCE’s Mission by Addressing Risk (Discussion) Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer, Alexandra McGee, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Jonnie Kipyator, Power Analytics Senior Manager, and Sabrinna Soldavini, Manager of Policy, Markets, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
8. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
Comments were made by Chair Perrey.
9. Adjournment
Action: It was M/S/C (Beckman/Martinez) to approve Consent Calendar item C.1. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Gulati, Scales-Preston, and Thier).
DocuSign Envelope ID: 6B1FED6D-22CD-490C-A745-F3CE4E08FACB Chair Perrey adjourned the meeting at 2:31 p.m. to the next scheduled Executive Committee Meeting on May 1, 2024.
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Max Perrey, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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