MCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Friday, August 2, 2024
10:00 A.M.
Present: Bruce Ackerman, Alternate, Town of Fairfax
Mark Armstrong, Alternate, City of San Ramon
Alexis Fineman, Town of San Anselmo
John Gioia, Contra Costa County
Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole, Chair
Absent: Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
Gina Dawson, City of Lafayette
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo
Gabe Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Katie Rice, County of Marin
Staff
& Others: JB Ackemann, VP of Public Affairs
Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Martin Bond, Senior Business Development Manager
Shuvo Chowdhury, VP of Technology & Analytics
Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources
Darlene Jackson, Board Clerk and Executive Assistant to the CEO Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Madhuri Kandukuri, Power Analytics Principal Manager
Joseph Kombarakkaran, Senior Product Manager
Caroline Lavenue, Legal Counsel
Tanya Lomas, Internal Operations Coordinator
Alexandra McGee, VP of Strategic Initiatives
Monique McCool, Paralegal
Stephen Mariani, Senior Power Procurement Manager
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Jackie Nuñez, Bilingual Communications Manager
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Zae Perrin, VP of Customer Operations
Sol Phua, Customer Programs Specialist
Sabrinna Soldavini, Director of Policy
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Office Manager
Daniel Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Karamvir Singh, Director of Analytics, Data Systems
Jenna Tenney, Manager of Communications and Community
Engagement
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
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1. Roll Call
Chair Murphy called the regular Technical Committee meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
Comments were made by Director Gioia.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period, and comments were made by members of the public Ken Strong.
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 6.7.24 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Proposed Fifth Amendment to Master Services Agreement with R Systems International Limited
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. PG&E Transfer of Diablo Canyon GHG-Free Attributes (Discussion/Action) Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period, and comments were made by members of the public Ken Strong, Dan Segedin, Howdy Goudey, Dan See, and Kerry Hillis.
Chair Murphy departed the meeting, and Director Martinez stepped in as the acting chair.
Action: It was M/S/C (Ackerman/Fineman) to make a recommendation to the Board of Directors to accept the nuclear allocation. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Bailey, Dawson, Quinto, and Rice).
7. Responsible Biomass Electricity Development Principals Update (Discussion)
Alexandra McGee, VP of Strategic Initiatives, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Action: It was M/S/C (Martinez/Ackerman) to approve Consent Calendar item C.1 and C.2. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Bailey, Dawson, Quinto, and Rice).
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Action: No action required.
8. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
Comments were made by CEO, Dawn Weisz.
9. Adjournment
Chair Martinez adjourned the meeting at 12:11 p.m. to the next scheduled Technical Committee Meeting on September 6, 2024.
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Devin Murphy, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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