MCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Friday, June 5, 2026
10:00 A.M.
Present: Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur, joined at 10:05 a.m.
Dion Bailey, City of Hercules, Chair
John McCormick, City of Lafayette
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez
Absent: Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo, Vice Chair
Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant Devin Hanel, Senior Power Procurement Manager
CB Hall, Director of Power Resources
Vicken Kasarjian, Acting CEO and Chief Operating Officer Jonnie Kipyator, Power Analytics Principal Manager
Linda Lye, Senior Legal Counsel
Nathaniel Malcolm, Senior Commercial Counsel
Stephen Mariani, Manager of Power Resources
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Associate
James Parker, Pacific Energy Advisors
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
Sylvia Potovsky, Internal Operations Intern
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Manager of Internal Operations
Sabrinna Soldavini, VP of Policy
Jamie Tuckey, Chief Customer Officer
1. Roll Call
(Video 0:00:00)
Chair Bailey called the regular Technical Committee meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
(Video 0:01:23)
Chair Bailey pulled items 8 and 9 from the agenda.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
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Chair Bailey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
(Video 0:02:51)
Vicken Kasarjian, Acting CEO and Chief Operating Officer, introduced this item.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
(Video 0:06:41)
C.1 Approval of 5.1.26 Meeting Minutes
6. Integrated Resource Plan Proceeding (Discussion/Action) (Video 0:08:10)
Sabrinna Soldavini, VP of Policy, Jonnie Kipyator, Power Analytics Principal Manager, and James Parker, Pacific Energy Advisors, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Bailey opened the public comment period and there was a comment from member of the public, Alicia Minyen.
Action: No action required.
7. 2026 Open Season (Discussion)
(Video 1:43:19)
Stephen Mariani, Manager of Power Resources, and Devin Hanel, Senior Power Procurement Manager, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Bailey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: No action required.
8. Modification to Committee Process for Agenda Setting (Discussion/Action) Chair Bailey deferred this item to a future meeting.
9. Member Requests for Future Agenda Items (Discussion) Chair Bailey deferred this item to a future meeting.
10. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
Action: It was M/S/C (Murphy/McCormick) to Approve the Consent Calendar. Motion carried by roll call vote. 5-Yays 1-Abstain (Abstention: Zorn
Absent: Palmares).
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There were no comments.
11. Adjournment
Chair Bailey adjourned the meeting at 11:58 a.m. to the next rescheduled meeting date of the Technical Committee.
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Dion Bailey, Chair
Attest:
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Justine Parmelee, Secretary
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