MCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Friday, June 6, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Present: Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo, joined at 10:14am
Cesar Zepeda, City of Richmond, joined at 10:25am
Absent: Gabe Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill
Staff
& Others: Melanie Biesecker, Senior Customer Programs Manager Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources
Paul Krebs, Senior Power Procurement Manager
Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs
Caroline Lavenue, Legal Counsel II
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk Associate
Stephen Mariani, Senior Power Procurement Manager
Alexandra McGee, VP of Strategic Initiatives
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Coordinator
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Bill Pascoe, Senior Power Procurement Manager
Zae Perrin, VP of Customer Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Internal Operations Manager
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Chair Murphy called the regular Technical Committee meeting to order at 10:16 a.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
Comments were made by Chair Murphy.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
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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 4.4.25 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Amended Electric Schedule EST- Energy Storage Tariff Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Bailey/Palmares) to approve Consent Calendar item C.1 and C.2. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Quinto and Szakats).
6. MCE Dynamic Rates Pilot (Discussion)
Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs, and Melanie Biesecker, Senior Customer Programs Manager, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and comments were made by member of the public Dan Segedin.
Action: No action required.
7. Request for Information for New MCE Power Supply Resources (Discussion)
Bill Pascoe, Senior Power Procurement Manager, presented this item and several staff addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and comments were made by member of the public Dan Segedin.
Action: No action required.
8. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
Comments were made by Director Zepeda.
9. Adjournment
Chair Murphy adjourned the meeting at 11:24 a.m. to the next scheduled Technical Committee Meeting on July 4, 2025.
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Devin Murphy, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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