MCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Friday, March 6, 2026
10:00 A.M.
Present: Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur, left at 12:30 p.m.
Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
John McCormick, City of Lafayette
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole, Chair
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo, joined at 10:04 a.m., left at 12:30 p.m.
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill
Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources
Stephanie Chen, VP of Legislative Affairs
CB Hall, Director of Power Resources
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Jonnie Kipyator, Power Analytics Principal Manager
Maddie Kandukuri, Power Analytics Principal Manager
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk
Stephen Mariani, Manager of Power Resources
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Dan Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer
Andy Twilling, Power Procurement Manager
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Chair Murphy called the regular Technical Committee meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. with quorum established by roll call.
Chair Murphy announced that item 9 would be presented after item 6.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were no comments.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there was a comment made by member of the public Nick Pappas.
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4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
Dawn Weisz, CEO, introduced this item.
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 2.6.26 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Approval of 2.13.26 Meeting Minutes
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Consider Adjustments to Term Limit for Chair (Discussion/Action) Dawn Weisz, CEO presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were comments from members of the public Nick Pappas and Dan Segedin.
Action: It was M/S/C (Murphy/Szakats) to recommend to the Board that Technical Committee Chair term limits be paused for one year in light of pending governance assessment and for Director Murphy to continue as interim Chair of the Technical Committee during that period. Motion carried by roll call vote. 4-Yays 2-Nos (Nos: Andre and McCormick).
9. Short-term Power Contracting Update (Discussion/Action) Stephen Mariani, Manager of Power Resources, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were comments from members of the public Joe Barber, Nick Pappas, Dan Segedin and Bruce Ackermann.
7. MCE’s Power Supply Content Planning (Discussion)
Jonnie Kipyator, Power Analytics Principal Manager, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Action: It was M/S/C (McCormick/Szakats) to approve Consent Calendar items C.1 and C.2. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote.
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Action: No action required.
8. Power Charge Indifference Adjustment Legislation Update (Discussion) Stephanie Chen, VP of Legislative Affairs, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
10. CAISO Scheduling Services (Discussion)
CB Hall, Director of Power Resources, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Murphy opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
11. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
There were no comments.
12. Adjournment
Chair Murphy adjourned the meeting at 12:46 p.m. to the next scheduled Technical Committee Meeting on April 3, 2026.
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Devin Murphy, Chair
Attest:
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Dawn Weisz, Secretary
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