MCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, May 16, 2024
7:00 P.M.
Present: Bruce Ackerman, Alternate, Town of Fairfax
Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Monica Brown, County of Solano
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Alexis Fineman, Town of San Anselmo
David Fong, Town of Danville
Ryan Gregory, The County of Napa and Four Napa Cities/Town (American Canyon, Calistoga, St. Helena, and Town of Yountville) Kerry Hillis, Town of Moraga
Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
Aaron Meadows, City of Oakley
John McCormick, Alternate, City of Lafayette
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado, City of San Pablo
Beth Painter, City of Napa
Scott Perkins, City of San Ramon
Shanelle Scales-Preston, City of Pittsburg
Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Katie Rice, County of Marin
Matt Rinn, City of Pleasant Hill
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon
Susan Wernick, City of Novato
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez
Absent: Kari Birdseye, City of Benicia
John Gioia, Contra Costa County
Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
Janelle Kellman, City of Sausalito
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo
Gabe Paulson, City of Larkspur
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Mathew Salter, Town of Ross
K. Patrice Williams, City of Fairfield
Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk
Stephanie Chen, Director of Legislative Affairs
Vicken Kasarjian, COO
Justin Kudo, Senior Strategic Analysis and Rates Manager Tanya Lomas, Internal Operations Coordinator
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Coordinator
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Office Manager
Daniel Settlemyer, Internal Operations Coordinator
Sabrinna Soldavini, Manager of Policy
DocuSign Envelope ID: 44AEC497-D516-4DCF-8591-56AD7CB8CFC3 Jamie Tuckey, Chief of Staff
Dawn Weisz, CEO
1. Roll Call
Chair Scales-Preston called the regular meeting to order at 6:33 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were none.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and comments were made by David Moller.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
CEO Dawn Weisz introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 3.21.24 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Approved Contracts for Energy Update
C.3 Member Community Voting Shares Annual Update
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Board Member Additions to Committees (Discussion/Action) Chief of Staff Jamie Tuckey and COO Vicken Kasarjian 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 (Thier/Perkins) to approve addition of Board Members to Committees. Director Nakamura to the Executive Committee, Director Bailey to the Technical Committee, and Directors Bailey, Darling, Fong, Martinez, Meadows, Perkins, Thier and Wilkinson to the Ad Hoc Capital Projects Committee. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Birdseye, Gioia, Gulati, Kellman, Palmares, Paulson, Perrey, Salter, and Williams).
7. Proposed MCE Load Management Standards Plan (Discussion/Action) Sabrinna Soldavini, Manager of Policy, and Justin Kudo, Senior Strategic Analysis and Rates Manager, 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 (Perkins/Zorn) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1 - C.3. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Birdseye, Gioia, Gulati, Kellman, Palmares, Paulson, Perrey, Salter, and Williams).
DocuSign Envelope ID: 44AEC497-D516-4DCF-8591-56AD7CB8CFC3 Action: It was M/S/C (Darling/Bailey) to adopt and authorize staff to submit MCE’s Proposed Load Management Standards Plan to the CEC within 30 days of Board adoption. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Birdseye, Gioia, Gulati, Kellman, Palmares, Paulson, Perrey, Salter, and Williams).
8. Legislative Update (Discussion)
Stephanie Chen, Director of Legislative Affairs, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
11. Board Matters & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were none.
12. Adjournment
Chair Scales-Preston adjourned the meeting at 7:59 p.m. to the next scheduled Board Meeting on June 20, 2024.
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Shanelle Scales-Preston, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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