MCE BOARD MEETING MINUTES1
Thursday, April 16, 2026
6:30 P.M.
Present: Liz Alessio, County of Napa and Four Napa Cities/Town (American Canyon, Calistoga, St. Helena, and Yountville) Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Dion Bailey, City of Hercules
Eli Beckman, Town of Corte Madera
Mark Belotz, Town of Danville
Barbara Coler, Town of Fairfax
Cindy Darling, City of Walnut Creek
Jill Hoffman, City of Sausalito
C. William Kircher, Jr., Town of Ross
Arlene Kobata, City of Pittsburg
Tarrell Kullaway, City of San Anselmo
Trevor Macenski, Alternate, City of Benicia
Eduardo Martinez, City of Richmond
John McCormick, City of Lafayette
Aaron Meadows, City of Oakley
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Laura Nakamura, City of Concord
Beth Painter, City of Napa
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo
Max Perrey, City of Mill Valley
Jack Ryan, Alternate, Town of Tiburon
Mary Sackett, County of Marin
Shanelle Scales-Preston, County of Contra Costa, Chair
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill
Graham Thiel, Town of Moraga, joined at 8:08 p.m.
Sridhar Verose, City of San Ramon
Sally Wilkinson, City of Belvedere
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez
Absent: Monica Brown, County of Solano
Kevin Jacobs, City of Novato
Maika Llorens-Gulati, City of San Rafael
Patricia Ponce, City of San Pablo
Manveer Sandhu, City of Fairfield
Carolyn Wysinger, City of El Cerrito
1 Approval of the minutes is a general administrative matter. Action requires a majority vote of board members present for a motion to carry.
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Staff
& Others: Jared Blanton, VP of Public Affairs
Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources
CB Hall, Director of Power Resources
Vicken Kasarjian, Chief Operating Officer
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk
Linda Lye, Senior Legal Counsel
Nathaniel Malcom, Senior Commercial Counsel
Alexandra McGee, VP of Strategic Initiatives
Lindsay Meehan, Director of Human Resources
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Associate
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Zae Perrin, VP of Customer Operations
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Manager of Internal Operations
Dan Settlemyer, Internal Operations Associate
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer
Andy Twilling, Power Procurement Manager
Dawn Weisz, Chief Executive Officer
1. Roll Call
Chair Scales-Preston called the regular meeting to order at 6:36p.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
There were comments from Directors Alessio, Coler, Sackett, Perrey, Bailey, and Szakats.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were comments from members of the public Lauren Rosenberger Hider, Julia Dowell, Jeremy, and Nick Pappas.
4. 2025 Charles F. McGlashan Advocacy Award Presentation (Discussion) Kiara Donato, Community Development Manager, and Sebastian Conn, Principal Community Development Manager, presented the Charles F.
McGlashan Advocacy Award to The Utility Reform Network, North Marin Community Services, Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley, and Benicia Community and Sustainability Commission.
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Action: No Action Required.
5. Public Comment on Closed Session Matters
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were comments from members of the public Nick Pappas and Jody Timms.
Begin Closed Session
Chair Scales-Preston opened the closed session at 7:12 p.m.
6. Roll Call/Quorum
Chair Scales-Preston returned to open session at 8:41 p.m. and quorum was established by roll call.
The following report-out was provided from the closed session:
Action: It was M/S/C (Nakamura/Coler) to grant legal counsel approval to defend MCE in any legal action related to a potential claim by Pattern Energy Management Services regarding the issues filed in its claim dated April 3, 2026. Motion carried by roll call vote. 31-Yays 1-Abstain (Abstain:
Andre. Absent: Brown, Jacobs, Llorens-Gulati, Ponce, Sandhu, Wysinger).
7. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston deferred this item to a future Board of Directors Meeting.
8. Proposed Resolution 2026-02 Delegating Energy Procurement Authority (Discussion/Action)
Chair Scales-Preston adjusted the order of items and opened discussion.
Vidhi Chawla, VP of Power Resources, CB Hall, Director of Power Resources, and Andy Twilling, Power Procurement Manager, introduced this item and addressed questions from Board members.
Chair Scales-Preston opened the public comment period and there were comments from members of the public Alicia Minyen, Doug Kelly, Nick Pappas, Tim Frank, Dan Segedin, Jody Timms. and Chance Cutrano.
Action: No action was taken at this time.
9. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
C.1 Approval of 3.19.26 Meeting Minutes
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C.3 Board of Directors Voting Shares Update
Action: Deferred to the next Board meeting.
11. Board & Staff Matters (Discussion)
Chair Scales-Preston deferred this item to a future Board of Directors Meeting.
12. Adjournment
Chair Scales-Preston adjourned the meeting at 10:02 p.m. to the next scheduled Board Meeting on May 21, 2026.
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Shanelle Scales-Preston, Chair
Attest:
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Justine Parmelee, Secretary
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