MCE SPECIAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
11:00 A.M.
Present: Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur, joined at 11:10 a.m.
Dion Bailey, City of Hercules, Chair
John McCormick, City of Lafayette
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo, joined at 11:21 a.m.
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez
Staff
& Others: Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant CB Hall, Director of Power Resources
Vicken Kasarjian, Acting CEO and COO
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk
Stephen Mariani, Manager of Power Resources
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Associate
Justine Parmelee, VP of Internal Operations
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 11:00 a.m. with quorum established by roll call.
2. Board Announcements (Discussion)
(Video 0:00:53)
There were no comments.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
(Video 0:01:25)
Chair Bailey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
(Video 0:02:00)
Vicken Kasarjian, Acting CEO & COO, introduced this item.
Docusign Envelope ID: 62673DEC-4355-8D06-83E2-1999A997100F Chair Bailey opened the public comment period and there was a comment from member of the public Dan Segedin.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
(Video 0:13:18)
C.1 Approval of 6.5.26 Meeting Minutes
Chair Bailey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
6. Committee Process for Agenda Setting (Discussion/Action) (Video 0:14:56)
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Bailey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (Szakats/McCormick) to Approve Option 2, which is a less formal approach to adding items to technical committee agendas and have staff maintain a list of items requested for future meetings.
Motion carried by roll call vote. 5-Yays 2-Nos. (Nos: Murphy and Palmares).
Note: This informal process changes the prior process that was passed at the May 1, 2026 meeting for adding items to an agenda for the Technical Committee. Under this Option 2, when the agenda item “Member Requests for Future Agenda Items” is up for discussion, the Committee will take Public Comment and then Committee Members will provide their list of future agenda items. Staff will maintain a list and provide that as a staff report to be included in future committee packets. This item is intended to be a discussion only item moving forward.
7. Proposed First Amendment to Renewable Power Purchase Agreement with Mulqueeney Wind Energy LLC (Discussion/Action)
(Video 0:43:13)
Stephen Mariani, Manager of Power Resources, 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, Dan Segedin.
Action: It was M/S/C (Murphy/Szakats) to Authorize execution of the Renewable Power Purchase Agreement Amendment with Mulqueeney Wind Energy LLC. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote.
Action: It was M/S/C (Szakats/McCormick) to Approve the Consent Calendar.
Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote. (Absent: Palmares).
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8. Member Requests for Future Agenda Items* (Discussion/Action) (Video 1:02:26)
Chair Bailey opened the floor for committee members to request future agenda items.
Director Andre would like to bring renewable energy targets for light green products to a future meeting. The committee was in agreement.
Chair Bailey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Note: No action was taken as the Committee implemented the new agenda setting process that was approved in Item 6 of this agenda.
9. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
(Video 1:05:31)
There were no comments.
10. Adjournment
Chair Bailey adjourned the meeting at 12:06 p.m. to the next scheduled Technical Committee Meeting on August 7, 2026.
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Dion Bailey, Chair
Attest:
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Justine Parmelee, Secretary
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