MCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, July 7, 2025
12:00 P.M.
Present: Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Gabriel Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley, Chair
Pat Ravasio, Alternate, Town of Corte Madera
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Absent: Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Shanelle Scales-Preston, County of Contra Costa
Staff
& Others: Jared Blanton, VP of Public Affairs
Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operations Officer
Jonnie Kipyator, Power Analytics Senior Manager
Caroline Lavenue, Legal Counsel II
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk Associate
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Associate
Jackie Nuñez, Senior Communications Manager
Efren Oxlaj, Manager of Finance
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
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Chair Perrey called the regular Executive Committee meeting to order at 12:03 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.
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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 5.5.25 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Review 7.17.25 Draft Board Agenda
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Coler/Quinto) to approve Consent Calendar C.1 and C.2 with a correction to a clerical error on C.1. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Llorens Gulati, Murphy, Scales-Preston).
6. MCE 24x7 Renewable Energy Pilot Proposal (Discussion/Action) Jonnie Kipyator, Power Analytics Senior Manager, presented this item and several MCE staff addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were comments made by Dan Segedin.
Action 1: It was M/S/C (Quinto/Darling) to Recommend Board approval to increase the Deep Green premium from ¢1/kWh to ¢1.50/kWh.
Motion does not carry. Yays-3 Nos-4 (Nos: Coler, Perrey, Ravasio, Wilkinson;
Absent: Llorens Gulati, Murphy, Scales-Preston).
Action 2: It was M/S/C (Quinto/Darling) to Recommend Board approval of the 24/7 Renewable Pilot program for up to 400 municipal customers starting on 1/1/2026 for 3 years with an initial premium of ¢5.40/KWh.
Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Llorens Gulati, Murphy, Scales-Preston).
Action 3: It was M/S/C (Quinto/Darling) to Recommend Board approval of the 24/7 Renewable Pilot program rate-premium methodology and direct staff to update the premium annually during MCE budget-setting.
Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Llorens Gulati, Murphy, Scales-Preston).
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7. Fiscal Year 2024/25 Financial Audit Process (Discussion) Maíra Strauss, VP of Finance, presented this item and several MCE staff addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
8. Language Accessibility Study Report (Discussion)
Jackie Nuñez, Senior Communications Manager, 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. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
Director Wilkinson made comments.
10. Adjournment
Chair Perrey adjourned the meeting at 2:15 p.m. to the next scheduled Executive Committee Meeting on August 4, 2025.
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Max Perrey, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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