MCE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
February 2, 2026
12:00 P.M.
Present: Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Kari Birdseye, City of Benicia, left at 1:00 p.m.
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek, Acting Chair
Stephanie Hellman, Alternate, Town of Fairfax, left at 3:03 p.m.
Maika Llorens-Gulati, City of San Rafael, edit approved 3.2.26 Devin Murphy, City of Pinole, arrived at 12:22 p.m.
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Beth Painter, City of Napa, left at 1:37 p.m.
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley, Chair, left at 12:50 p.m.
Shanelle Scales-Preston, County of Contra Costa
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Staff
& Others: Jared Blanton, VP of Public Affairs
Kaladhar Bollampalli, Director of Power Systems and Analytics Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Jonnie Kipyator, Principal Manager, Power Analytics
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk
Linda Lye, Senior Legal Counsel
Nathaniel Malcolm, Senior Commercial Counsel
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Associate
Efren Oxlaj, Manager of Finance
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Zae Perrin, VP of Customer Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Manager of Internal Operations
Dan Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Sabrinna Soldavini, VP of Policy
Maíra Strauss, Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Chair Perrey called the regular Executive Committee meeting to order at 12:00 p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
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2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
Comments were made by Directors Painter, Birdseye and Llorens-Gulati.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Comments were made by members of the public, Dan Segedin, Jody Timms, and Nick Pappas.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer, introduced this item and addressed questions from committee members.
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there was a comment by member of the public, Nick Pappas.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 1.5.26 Meeting Minutes (Action)
C.2 Approval of 1.9.26 Continued Meeting Minutes (Action) C.3 Review Draft 2.19.26 Board Agenda (Action)
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Llorens-Gulati/Darling) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1-C.3. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote.
6. Selection of Executive Committee Chair (Discussion/Action) Chair Perrey thanked the committee for his time served as Chair.
Chair Perrey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Llorens-Gulati/Murphy) to Select Barbara Coler (Town of Fairfax) as Executive Committee Chair. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote.
Director Darling stood in as Acting Chair after the approval of item 6.
7. Integrated Resource Plan Review (Discussion)
Sabrinna Soldavini, VP of Policy and Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources, Nathaniel Malcolm, Senior Commercial Counsel, Jonnie Kipyatory, Principal Manager, Power Analytics, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
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No Action Required.
8. MCE Rate Reduction Proposals (Discussion/Action)
Maíra Strauss, Chief Financial Officer and Kaladhar Bollampalli, Director of Power Systems and Analytics, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Acting Chair Darling opened the public comment period and there were comments made by members of the public, Dan Segedin, Ken Strong, Robert Miller, Nick Pappas and Jody Timms.
Action: This item was not voted on due to loss of quorum.
9. Proposed Fiscal Year 2026/27 Budget Elements (Discussion) This item was not discussed due to loss of quorum.
10. Voting Processes in the Operating Rules & Regulations: General Admin Matters and Matters that relate to the CCA (Discussion) This item was not discussed due to loss of quorum.
11. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
This item was not discussed due to loss of quorum.
12. Adjournment
Acting Chair adjourned the meeting at 3:04 p.m. due to loss of quorum. ___________________________________________
Cindy Darling, Acting Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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