MCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Thursday, July 17, 2025
6:30 P.M.
Present: Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Mark Belotz, Town of Danville
Monica Brown, County of Solano, joined at 6:36pm
Kevin Burke, Alternate, City of Belvedere
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Joelle Gallagher, Alternate, County of Napa and Four Napa Cities/Town (American Canyon, Calistoga, St. Helena, and Yountville)
Kevin Jacobs, City of Novato
C. William Kircher, Jr., Town of Ross
Arlene Kobata, City of Pittsburg
Trevor Macenski, Alternate, City of Benicia
Satinder S. Malhi, Alternate, City of Martinez, joined at 6:36pm John McCormick, Alternate, City of Lafayette
Aaron Meadows, City of Oakley
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole, joined at 6:49pm
Beth Painter, City of Napa
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill
Graham Thiel, Town of Moraga
Sridhar Verose, City of San Ramon
Absent: Tarrell Kullaway, Town of San Anselmo
Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado, City of San Pablo
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo
Gabe Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Mary Sackett, County of Marin
Manveer Sandhu, City of Fairfield
Shanelle Scales-Preston, County of Contra Costa
Holli Thier, Town of Tiburon
Steven Woodside, City of Sausalito
Cesar Zepeda, City of Richmond
Staff
Docusign Envelope ID: E9A69B9D-EB3F-4E60-8988-40C3CB44CCA0 & Others: Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Jonnie Kipyator, Power Analytics Senior Manager
Caroline Lavenue, Legal Counsel II
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk Associate
Alexandra McGee, VP of Strategic Initiatives
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Associate
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Zae Perrin, VP of Customer Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Internal Operations Manager
Dan Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Acting Chair Coler called the regular meeting to order at 6:37 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
Acting Chair Coler opened the floor for board announcements, and there were no comments.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Acting Chair Coler opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
CEO Weisz introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Coler opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 5.15.25 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Approved Contracts for Energy Update
C.3 Proposed Resolution No. 2025-03 Establishing the Date, Time, and Location of Regular Board Meetings
C.4 Proposed MCE Policy 019 – Disposition of Surplus Property C.5 Adoption of Revised MCE Load Management Standards Plan C.6 Proposed Resolution 2025-04 Authorizing the CEO to Negotiate and Execute Vendor Services Agreements with Community Energy and Equity Resources LLC, Serious Controls LLC, and Lawrence Berkeley Docusign Envelope ID: E9A69B9D-EB3F-4E60-8988-40C3CB44CCA0 National Laboratory for MCE’s Virtual Power Plant Program Supported by Funding from the California Energy Commission
Acting Chair Coler opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. MCE 24x7 Renewable Energy Pilot Proposal (Discussion/Action) Jonnie Kipyator, Power Analytics Senior Manager, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Coler opened the public comment period and comments were made by member of the public, Steven Rosenfeld.
Action: It was M/S/C (Bailey/Darling) to
1. Approve the 24/7 Pilot Proposal for up to 400 municipal accounts, with a usage of about 2000 MWh/year, starting on 1/1/2026 for 3 years with an initial premium of ¢5.40/KWh.
2. Approve the rate-premium methodology for the 24/7 Pilot premium and direct staff to update the premium annually during MCE budget-setting.
Motion carried by roll call vote. Yays-20; Nos- 6 (Nos: Gallagher and Painter.
Absent: Kullaway, Llorens Gulati, Nakamura, Pabon-Alvarado, Palmares, Quinto, Sackett, Sandhu, Scales-Preston, Thier, Woodside, Zepeda).
7. Update of Deep Green Premium Proposed Effective Date October 1, 2025 (Discussion/Action)
Jonnie Kipyator, Power Analytics Senior Manager, introduced this item and several staff addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Coler opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Beckman/Jacobs) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1-C.6. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Kullaway, Llorens Gulati, Nakamura, Pabon-Alvarado, Palmares, Quinto, Sackett, Sandhu, Scales-Preston, Thier, Woodside, Zepeda).
Docusign Envelope ID: E9A69B9D-EB3F-4E60-8988-40C3CB44CCA0 Action 1: It was M/S/C (Verose/Darling) to approve Option B. Approve an increase to the Deep Green premium from ¢1/kWh to ¢1.25/kWh, effective October 1, 2025, for an overall bill increase of 0.6% for residential and commercial customers.
Motion carried by roll call vote. Yays-17; Nos-9 (Nos: Andre, Bailey, Beckman, Belotz, Burke, Coler, Jacobs, Macenski, Perrey. Absent: Kullaway, Llorens Gulati, Nakamura, Pabon-Alvarado, Palmares, Quinto, Sackett, Sandhu, Scales-Preston, Thier, Woodside, Zepeda).
Action 2: It was M/S/C (Murphy/Verose) to approve the rate-premium methodology for the Deep Green premium and direct staff to update the premium annually during MCE budget-setting.
Motion carried by roll call vote. Yays-15; Nos-11 (Nos: Andre, Bailey, Beckman, Belotz, Burke, Coler, Kircher, Jr., Malhi, Macenski, McCormick, Perrey. Absent: Kullaway, Llorens Gulati, Nakamura, Pabon-Alvarado, Palmares, Quinto, Sackett, Sandhu, Scales-Preston, Thier, Woodside, Zepeda).
8. Customer Operations Update (Discussion)
Zae Perrin, VP of Customer Operations, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Acting Chair Coler opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
9. Board & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were comments made by Director Jacobs.
10. Adjournment
Acting Chair Coler adjourned the meeting at 9:26 p.m. to the next scheduled Board Meeting on August 21, 2025.
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Gabriel Quinto, Acting Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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