MCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Friday, March 7, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Present: Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo
Gabe Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Absent: Gina Dawson, City of Lafayette
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operations Officer
Caroline Lavenue, Legal Counsel
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk Associate
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Coordinator
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Internal Operations Manager
Dan Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Maíra Strauss, VP of Finance
Greg Tillman, Associate Director of Rates
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Acting Chair Quinto called the regular Technical Committee meeting to order at 10:09 a.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were no comments.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer, introduced this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
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5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 2.7.25 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Proposed Sixth Amendment to Master Services Agreement with R Systems International Limited
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Selection of Technical Committee Chair (Discussion/Action) Deferred to the next regular meeting of the committee.
7. Proposed Adjustment to MCE Demand Charges (Discussion/Action) Greg Tillman, Associate Director of Rates, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Palmares/Bailey) to recommend MCE’s Board of Directors approve an adjustment of MCE demand rates to 95% of PG&E demand rates for demand-billed rate classes resulting in a revenue increase of $6.8 million, or 0.8%. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Dawson and Murphy).
8. MCE Investment in Transmission Software Solutions (Discussion/Action) Vicken Kasarjian, COO, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Acting Chair Quinto opened the public comment period and comments were made by members of the public, Ken Strong, Howdy Goudey, Bruce Ackerman and Dan Segedin.
Action: It was M/S/C (Bailey/Palmares) to recommend to MCE’s Board of Directors authorization for staff to:
1. Execute the needed contract(s) with PG&E to own and implement the RAS project, and
Action: It was M/S/C (Bailey/Palmares) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1 and C.2. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Dawson and Murphy).
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2. Transfer funds from reserves upon execution of the needed contract(s). Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Dawson and Murphy).
9. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were no comments.
10. Adjournment
Acting Chair Quinto adjourned the meeting at 11:00 a.m. to the next scheduled Technical Committee Meeting on April 4, 2025. ___________________________________________
Devin Murphy, Chair
Attest:
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Vicken Kasarjian, Secretary
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