MCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
September 19, 2024
6:30 P.M.
Present: Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Gina Dawson, City of Lafayette
John Gioia, Contra Costa County
Ryan Gregory, The County of Napa and Four Napa Cities
(American Canyon, Calistoga, St. Helena, and Town of
Yountville)
Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
Kerry Hillis, Town of Moraga
Janelle Kellman, City of Sausalito
Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
J.R. Matulac, Alternate, City of Vallejo
Aaron Meadows, City of Oakley
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado, City of San Pablo
Beth Painter, City of Napa
Gabe Paulson, City of Larkspur
Scott Perkins, City of San Ramon
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Katie Rice, County of Marin
Matt Rinn, City of Pleasant Hill
Mathew Salter, Town of Ross
Shanelle Scales-Preston, City of Pittsburg
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
K. Patrice Williams, City of Fairfield
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez
Absent: Kari Birdseye, City of Benicia
Monica Brown, County of Solano
Alexis Fineman, Town of San Anselmo
David Fong, Town of Danville
Susan Wernick, City of Novato
Staff
& Others: Martin Bond, Senior Business Development Manager Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk & Executive Assistant
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Stephanie Chen, Director of Legislative Affairs
Kathleen Culhane, Board Clerk
Susan Hardgrave, Salesforce Administrator
Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs
Chris Kubik, Senior Business Development Manager
Caroline Lavenue, Legal Counsel
Tanya Lomas, Internal Operations Coordinator
Joy Massey, Senior Customer Programs Manager,
Transportation Electrification
Alexandra McGee, VP of Strategic Initiatives
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Coordinator
Efren Oxlaj, Finance Manager
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Stephanie Penera, Senior Customer Programs Manager
Zae Perrin, VP of Customer Operations
Sol Phua, Customer Programs Specialist
Sai Powar, Policy Analyst
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Internal Operations Manager
Daniel Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Sabrinna Soldavini, Director of Policy
Jenna Tenney, Manager of Communications and Community
Engagement
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer
Dawn Weisz, CEO
Vince Wiraatmatdja, Senior Legislative Manager
1. Roll Call
Chair Scales-Preston called the regular meeting to order at 6:39 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston opened the floor for Board announcements, and there were no comments.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Begin Closed Session Chair Scales-Preston opened the closed session at 6:43 p.m.
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4. Return to Open Session – Roll Call
Chair Scales-Preston returned to open session at 7:01 p.m. and quorum was established by roll call.
5. Board Announcements (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston opened the floor for board announcements, and there were no comments.
6. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
7. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion):
CEO Weisz introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
8. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 7.18.24 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Approved Contracts for Energy Update
C.3 Board Member Additions to Committees
C.4 Proposed Professional Services Agreement with Bay
Area Air Quality Management District for Reliable,
Equitable, and Accessible Charging for Multi-Family
Housing (REACH) Grant
Chair Scales-Preston introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members. CEO Weisz requested to withdraw item C.3 for separate consideration and the Chair approved.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
CEO Weisz introduced additional information to Consent Item C.3 as follows: Director Thier has volunteered to be removed from the Executive and the Ad Hoc Capital Projects Committees; Director Quinto will be added to the Ad Hoc Capital Projects Committee; Director Salter will be added to the Executive Committee.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Darling/Perkins) to approve Consent Calendar Items C.1, C.2, and C.4. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent:
Directors Birdseye, Brown, Fineman, Fong, and Wernick).
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9. Lease for MCE Concord Office at 2300 Clayton Road, Concord, CA (Discussion/Action)
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
10.PG&E Transfer of Diablo Canyon GHG-Free Attributes (Discussion/Action) CEO Weisz and Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and comments were made by Tuna Fish Salin, Eli Staton, Rebecca Collins, Howdy Dowdy, and Timothy Smith.
Action: It was M/S/C (Darling/Perkins) to approve Consent Calendar Item C.3. Motion carried by roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Birdseye, Brown, Fineman, Fong, and Wernick).
Action: It was M/S/C (Meadows/Nakamura) to approve MCE moving to the Proposed Concord Space and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to finalize negotiations and execute the Draft Lease between One Concord Center and MCE for Suite 1500 located at 2300 Clayton Dr, Concord, CA.
Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Directors Birdseye, Brown, Fineman, Fong, and Wernick).
Action: It was M/S (Perrey/Perkins) to direct staff to accept PG&E’s allocation of GHG-Free attributes from Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant from 2025-2030. Motion carried by roll call vote. Yays-30; Nos-2 (Director Coler, Director Martinez). (Absent: Directors Birdseye, Brown, Fineman, Fong, Kellman, and Wernick).
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11.End of Session Legislative Update (Discussion)
Stephanie Chen, Director of Legislative Affairs, and Vince Wiraatmadja, Senior Legislative Manager, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
12.MCE Fiscal Year 2023/2024 Audit Report (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston stated that this item will be moved to a future meeting agenda.
13.Board and Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were comments made by Director Quinto.
14.Adjournment
Chair Scales-Preston adjourned the meeting at 9:42 p.m. to the next scheduled Board Meeting on October 24, 2024.
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Shanelle Scales-Preston, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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