MCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES1
Thursday, November 20, 2025
6:30 P.M.
Present: Liz Alessio, County of Napa and Four Napa Cities/Town (American Canyon, Calistoga, St. Helena, and Yountville), joined at 7:03pm
Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Mark Belotz, Town of Danville
Kari Birdseye, City of Benicia
Monica Brown, County of Solano, left at 9:30pm
Brian Colbert, Alternate, County of Marin
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Jill Hoffman, City of Sausalito
Kevin Jacobs, City of Novato
C. William Kircher, Jr., Town of Ross
Arlene Kobata, City of Pittsburg, joined at 7:34pm
William Ktsanes, Alternate, City of El Cerrito
Tarrell Kullaway, Town of San Anselmo
Maika Llorens Gulati, City of San Rafael, joined at 8:23pm Satinder S. Malhi, Alternate, City of Martinez
Eduardo Martinez, Alternate, City of Richmond
John McCormick, City of Lafayette
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Beth Painter, City of Napa
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Shanelle Scales-Preston, County of Contra Costa, Chair
Shannon Shaw, Alternate, City of Oakley
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill
Maureen Toms, Alternate, City of Pinole
Graham Thiel, Town of Moraga
Sridhar Verose, City of San Ramon, joined at 6:54pm
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Absent: Elizabeth Pabon-Alvarado, City of San Pablo
Manveer Sandhu, City of Fairfield
Holli Their, Town of Tiburon
1 This item is a general administrative matter. Action requires a majority vote of board members present for a motion to carry.
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& Others: Jared Blanton, VP of Public Affairs
Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant John Dalessi, Pacific Energy Advisors
CB Hall, Principal Power Procurement Manager
Alice Havenar-Daughton, VP of Customer Programs
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Caroline Lavenue, Legal Counsel II
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk Associate
Linda Lye, Senior Legal Counsel
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Associate
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Internal Operations Manager
Dan Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Sabrinna Soldavini, Vice President of Policy
Maíra Strauss, VP of Finance
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Office
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Chair Scales-Preston called the regular meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston opened the meeting and removed item 9, MCE Public Officials Code of Ethics. Director Kullaway made a motion to move items 8 & 11 to after consent. Chair Scales-Preston opened the floor to a vote.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were comments made by members of the public Mitch Mashburn, Wendy Brekken, Alicia Minyen, Robin Sackey, Heidi Wood, Michael Gellar, Carmen Martinez, Mary Stompe, Mimi Willard and Alternate Board Director Mathew Salter, Town of Ross.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
Action: It was M/S/D (Kullaway/Beckman) to move items 8 & 11 to after consent. Motion did not carry. 12-Yays 14-Nos 1-Abstain. (Nos: Bailey, Belotz, Birdseye, Brown, Coler, Darling, Malhi, McCormick, Nakamura, Scales-Preston, Shaw, Szakats, Thiel, Toms. Abstain: Ktsanes. Absent: Alessio, Kobata, Pabon-Alvarado, Sandhu, Their, and Verose).
Docusign Envelope ID: D8058D76-3C45-448C-B8A9-DF67C592A76D CEO Weisz introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were comments made by member of the public, Alicia Minyen.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 9.18.25 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Approval of 10.16.25 Meeting Minutes
C.3 Approved Contracts for Energy Update
C.4 Resolution No. 2025-07 Appointing Chief Financial Officer as Treasurer C.5 Marketing and Communications Quarterly Executive Report C.6 Proposed Amended and Restated MCE Policy No. 003 – Records Retention
C.7 Legislative and Regulatory Update
Director Andre requested that item C.3 be pulled from the consent calendar for discussion. The Chair accepted the request and opened the floor for questions and comments from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. MCE Fiscal Year 2025/26 Energy Pro Forma Update (Discussion) John Dalessi, President & CEO, Pacific Energy Advisors, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were comments made by members of the public Alicia Minyen, Wendy Brekken, Dan Segedin, Robert Miller and Alternate Board Director Mathew Salter, Town of Ross.
Action: No action required.
7. Strategic Alignment and Update on Regulatory Advocacy (Discussion) Sabrinna Soldavinni, VP of Policy, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Action: It was M/S/C (Perrey/Beckman) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1, C.2, C.4, C.5, C.6, and C,7. Motion carries by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Brown, Pabon-Alvarado, Sandhu and Thier).
Docusign Envelope ID: D8058D76-3C45-448C-B8A9-DF67C592A76D Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
8. Placement of Finance Functions for Board Engagement (Discussion/Action) Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations, introduced this item.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were comments made by members of the public Dan Segedin, Alicia Minyen, Wendy Brekken, Edi Birsan, Robert Archer and Alternate Board Director Mathew Salter, Town of Ross.
Action 1: Chair Scales-Preston opened the floor for Board members to choose between options:
A. Change Executive Committee name to “Executive and Finance Committee” and add a standing quarterly finance review to agendas, to supplement existing finance topics already covered.
B. Separate the finance scope out of the Executive Committee and form a new, standing “Finance Committee”.
Option B. Separate the finance scope out of the Executive Committee and form a new, standing “Finance Committee” passes with 20 votes and 54.1 percent of voting weight present. Option A-13; Option B-20:
Abstain-1. (Option A: Bailey, Birdseye, Coler, Darling, Kobata, Malhi, Nakamura, Scales-Preston, Shaw, Szakats, Thiel, Toms, and Verose. Option B:
Alessio, Andre, Beckman, Belotz, Hoffman, Jacobs, Kircher Jr., Kullaway, Llorens-Gulati, Martinez, McCormick, Painter, Palmares, Perrey, Sackett and Wilkinson voted for option B. Abstain: Ktsanes. Absent: Brown, Pabon-Alvarado, Sandhu and Thier).
Action 2: It was M/S/C (Nakamura/Scales-Preston) for the Executive Committee to draft the scope of the Finance Committee to bring to the full board for approval. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent:
Brown, Pabon-Alvarado, Sandhu and Thier).
9. MCE Public Officials Code of Ethics (Discussion/Action) Chair Scales-Preston removed this item.
Action: No action required.
10. Customer Programs Update (Discussion)
Docusign Envelope ID: D8058D76-3C45-448C-B8A9-DF67C592A76D Chair Scales-Preston deferred this item to a future Board of Directors Meeting.
Action: No action required.
11. Board & Staff Matters (Discussion)
Comments were made by Directors Kullaway, Wilkinson, and Andre
12. Adjournment
Chair Scales-Preston adjourned the meeting at 11:23 p.m. to the next scheduled Board Meeting on December 18, 2025.
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Shanelle Scales-Preston, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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