MCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, February 3, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Present: Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley, Chair
Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Mathew Salter, Town of Ross
Shanelle Scales-Preston, County of Contra Costa
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Absent: Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
Staff
& Others: Jared Blanton, VP of Public Affairs
Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources
Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operations Officer
Shaheen Khan, VP of Human Resources, Diversity, and Inclusion Caroline Lavenue, Legal Counsel
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk Associate
Nathaniel Malcolm, Senior Commercial Counsel
Alexandra McGee, VP of Strategic Initiatives
Lindsay Meehan, Director of Human Resources
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Coordinator
Efren Oxlaj, Finance Manager
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Zae Perrin, VP of Customer Operations
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Internal Operations Manager
Dan Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Lisa Strong, Internal Operations Intern
Maira Strauss, VP of Finance
Greg Tillman, Associate Director of Rates
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
Michael Wong, Director of Power Origination
Cesar Zepeda, City of Richmond
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1. Roll Call
Chair Perrey called the regular Executive Committee meeting to order at 12:02 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were no comments.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
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 12.4.24 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Approval of 11.21.24 Meeting Minutes
C.3 Proposed Second Amendment to Second Agreement with Energy Solutions
C.4 Review Draft 2.20.25 Board Agenda
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Selection of Executive Committee Chair (Discussion/Action) Dawn Weisz, CEO, introduced this item and addressed questions from Committee members. Director Llorens Gulati and Incumbent Chair Perrey were the two candidates for Executive Committee Chair.
Director Perrey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: Selection carried out by a roll call vote with 6 votes for Perrey (Beckman, Darling, Murphy, Perrey, Salter, Wilkinson) and 3 votes for Llorens Gulati (Llorens Gulati, Nakamura, Quinto). (Absent: Martinez and Scales-Preston).
Max Perrey selected as Chair.
7. MCE’s Asset Management (Discussion)
Maira Strauss, VP of Finance, introduced Carlos Oblites of Chandler Asset Management, who presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Beckman/Darling) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1, C.2, C.3 and C.4. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent:
Martinez and Scales-Preston).
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8. Strategic Plan for Energy Services (Discussion)
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer, Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources, Michael Wong, Director of Power Origination, and Nathaniel Malcolm, Senior Commercial Counsel, 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.
9. Fiscal Year 2025/26 Budget Introduction on Power Supply and Staffing (Discussion)
Maira Strauss, VP of Finance and Efren Oxlaj, Finance Manager, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and comments were made by member of the public, Bob Miller.
Action: No action required.
10. Initial 2025 Agenda Planning (Discussion)
Justine Parmelee, Vice President of Internal Operations, 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, Grant Salter and Dan Segedin.
Action: No action required.
11. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
Comments were made by Directors Salter and Perrey.
12. Adjournment
Chair Perrey adjourned the meeting at 2:21 p.m. to the next scheduled Executive Committee Meeting on March 3, 2025.
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Max Perrey, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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