MCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Friday, October 3, 2025
10:00 A.M.
Present: Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole, Chair
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo, joined at 10:17 a.m.
Gabe Quinto, City of El Cerrito
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill
Cesar Zepeda, City of Richmond
Absent: Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
John McCormick, City of Lafayette
Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Paul Krebs, Senior Power Procurement Manager
Caroline Lavenue, Legal Counsel II
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk Associate
Stephen Mariani, Senior Power Procurement Manager
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Associate
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Dan Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
Michael Wong, Senior Power Procurement Manager
1. Roll Call
Chair Murphy called the regular Technical Committee meeting to order at 10:03 a.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were no comments.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and comments were made by member of the public, Ken Strong.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
Docusign Envelope ID: 7CC24B55-CBDB-4BED-AABC-8408734266B0 CEO, Dawn Weisz, introduced this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 9.5.25 Meeting Minutes
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Szakats/Zepeda) to approve consent calendar item C.1. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Bailey, McCormick, Palmares).
6. Energy Storage Service Agreement with Roccasecca BESS, LLC (Discussion/Action)
Stephen Mariani, Senior Power Procurement 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: It was M/S/C (Andre/Szakats) to authorize execution of the Energy Storage Service Agreement between MCE and Roccasecca BESS, LLC. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Bailey, McCormick).
7. Renewable Power Purchase Agreement with Buena Vista Energy, LLC (Discussion/Action)
Paul Krebs, Senior Power Procurement 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: It was M/S/C (Quinto/Palmares) to authorize execution of the Renewable Power Purchase Agreement with Buena Vista Energy, LLC. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Bailey, McCormick).
8. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were comments made by Directors Andre, Catalina Murphy and Director Palmares.
9. Adjournment
Docusign Envelope ID: 7CC24B55-CBDB-4BED-AABC-8408734266B0 Chair Murphy adjourned the meeting at 10:55 a.m. to the next scheduled Technical Committee Meeting on November 7, 2025.
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Devin Murphy, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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