MCE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Friday, September 4, 2026
10:00 A.M.
Present: Stephanie Andre, City of Larkspur
Dion Bailey, City of Hercules, Chair
John McCormick, City of Lafayette
Devin Murphy, City of Pinole
Charles Palmares, City of Vallejo, Vice Chair
Amanda Szakats, City of Pleasant Hill, joined at 10:02 a.m.
Brianne Zorn, City of Martinez
Staff
& Others: Jared Blanton, VP of Public Affairs
Jesica Brooks, Lead Board Clerk and Executive Assistant CB Hall, Director of Power Resources
Vicken Kasarjian, Acting CEO and COO
Jonnie Kipyator, Power Analytics Principal Manager
Tanya Lomas, Board Clerk
Nathaniel Malcolm, Senior Commercial Counsel
Stephen Mariani, Manager of Power Resources
Catalina Murphy, General Counsel
Ashley Muth, Internal Operations Associate
Zae Perrin, VP of Customer Operations
Mike Rodriguez-Vargas, Internal Operations Assistant
Enyonam Senyo-Mensah, Manager of Internal Operations
Sabrinna Soldavini, VP of Policy
Son Tran, Internal Operations Assistant
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 0:00:45)
There were no comments.
3. Public Open Time (Discussion)
(Video 0:01:00)
Chair Bailey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
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4. Report from Chief Executive Officer (Discussion)
(Video 0:01:39)
Vicken Kasarjian, Acting CEO & COO, introduced this item.
Chair Bailey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
5. Consent Calendar (Discussion/Action)
(Video 0:07:50)
C.1 Approval of 7.14.26 Meeting Minutes
C.2 Approval of EEI Master Agreement and Collateral Annex with J.P.
Morgan Ventures Energy Corp.
Chair Bailey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
Action: It was M/S/C (McCormick/Zorn) to Approve Consent Calendar items C.1 and C.2. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote.
6. MCE 2025 Power Source Disclosure Attestation (Discussion/Action) (Video 0:09:00)
Stephen Mariani, Manager of Power Resources, and Haynes Stephens, Senior Policy Analyst, presented this item and addressed questions from Committee members.
Chair Bailey opened the public comment period and there were comments from members of the public, Hari Lamba, Dan Segedin, Robert Miller, and Howdy Goudey.
Action: It was M/S/C (Szakats/McCormick) to Recommend the Board of Directors adopt proposed Resolution 2026-08 at the September 17, 2026 Board of Directors Meeting approving MCE’s 2025 Power Source Disclosure Annual Report and attesting, to the best of its knowledge and belief, to the veracity of information presented therein. Motion carried by unanimous roll call vote.
7. Member Requests for Future Agenda Items (Discussion/Action) (Video 1:26:10)
Chair Bailey opened the floor to Committee Members and there were no requests.
Chair Bailey opened the public comment period and there were no comments.
8. Committee & Staff Matters (Discussion)
(Video 1:26:46)
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9. Adjournment
(Video 1:27:00)
Chair Bailey adjourned the meeting at 11:27 a.m. to the next scheduled Technical Committee Meeting on October 2, 2026.
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Dion Bailey, Chair
Attest:
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Justine Parmelee, Secretary
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