MCE SPECIAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Friday, February 13, 2026
10:00 A.M.
Present: Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
John McCormick, City of Lafayette
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole, Chair
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill
Cesar Zepeda, City of Richmond, joined at 10:11a.m.
Absent: Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo
Staff
& Others: Kaladhar Bollampalli, Director of Power Systems and Analytics Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Associate
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Zae Perrin, VP of Customer Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Maíra Strauss, Chief Financial Officer
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Chair Murphy called the Special Technical Committee meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were no comments
3. 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.
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
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4. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were no comments.
5. Adjournment
Chair Murphy adjourned the meeting at 11:23 a.m. to the next scheduled Technical Committee Meeting on March 6, 2026.
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Devin Murphy, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
Action: It was M/S/C (Bailey/Szakats) for The Technical Committee to Recommend Option 2: Generation Rate Reduction of 2.05¢/kWh (14%) to The Full Board. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Andre and Palmares).
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