MCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Friday, February 6, 2026
10:00 A.M.
Present: Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur, Acting Chair, left at 12:33 p.m.
Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo, joined at 10:26 a.m.
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill
Cesar Zepeda, City of Richmond
Absent: John McCormick, City of Lafayette
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole, Chair
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
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk
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
Dan Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Maíra Strauss, Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Acting Chair Andre called the regular Technical Committee meeting to order at 10:13 a.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were no comments.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Acting Chair Andre opened the public comment period and comments were made by members of the public Bruce Ackermann, Alicia Minyen, Mimi Willard, and Dan Segedin.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
Docusign Envelope ID: 0701D7DA-31D5-4384-948E-4CE337FAFE01 Dawn Weisz, CEO, introduced this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Acting Chair Andre opened the public comment period and comments were made by members of the public Steven Rosenfeld, Alicia Minyen, and Nick Pappas.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 10.3.25 Meeting Minutes (Action)
C.2 First Amendment to Cormorant Energy Storage, LLC Energy Storage Service Agreement (Action)
Director Palmares requested to pull C.2 for discussion. Acting Chair Andre accepted the request and opened the floor for questions and comments from committee members.
Acting Chair Andre opened the public comment period and there was a comment by member of the public Alicia Minyen.
6. Consider Adjustments to Term Limit for Chair (Discussion/Action) Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Acting Chair Andre opened the public comment period and there were comments made by members of the public Alicia Minyen, Nick Pappas, and Mimi Willard.
After discussion, Acting Chair Andre deferred this item to the next regular meeting of the Technical Committee.
Action: Deferred to next meeting.
Acting Chair Andre moved item 9 to be discussed after item 6.
9. Resolution 2020-04: Review Consultation and Execution of Certain Contracts (Discussion)
Action 1: It was M/S/C (Szakats/Zepeda) to approve Consent Calendar C.1.
Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: McCormick and Murphy).
Action 2: It was M/S/C (Szakats/Zepeda) to approve Consent Calendar C.2.
Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: McCormick and Murphy).
Docusign Envelope ID: 0701D7DA-31D5-4384-948E-4CE337FAFE01 Catalina Murphy, General Counsel, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Acting Chair Andre opened the public comment period and there were comments from members of the public, Alicia Minyen, Ted Horton, Nick Pappas, and Dan Segedin.
Action: No action required.
Acting Chair Andre moved item 8 to be discussed before item 7.
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 Andre left at 12:33 p.m. Director Palmares took over as Acting Chair.
Acting Chair Palmares opened the public comment period and there were comments from members of the public Mimi Willard, Nick pappas, and Dan Segedin.
Action: It was M/S/C (Szakats/Bailey) to hold a Special Meeting of the Technical Committee to discuss MCE Rate Reduction Proposals. (Absent:
Andre, McCormick and Murphy).
7. Integrated Resource Plan Process Overview (Discussion) This item was not discussed due to loss of quorum.
8. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
This item was not discussed due to loss of quorum.
9. Adjournment
Acting Chair Palmares adjourned the meeting at 1:01 p.m. to the next scheduled Technical Committee Meeting on March 2, 2026.
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Stephanie Andre, Acting Chair
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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