Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Peninsula Clean Energy Authority (PCEA)
Minutes
Thursday, May 23, 2024
6:30 p.m.
Zoom Video Conference and Teleconference
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order at 6:36 p.m. in virtual teleconference, in the Peninsula Clean Energy Authority lobby and in the Los Banos City Hall conference room B.
ROLL CALL
Participating:
Dave Pine, San Mateo County
Ray Mueller, San Mateo County
Rick DeGolia, Atherton
Tom McCune, Belmont
Coleen Mackin, Brisbane
Donna Colson, Burlingame, Chair
Roderick Daus-Magbual, Daly City
Carlos Romero, East Palo Alto
Harvey Rarback, Half Moon Bay
Leslie Ragsdale, Hillsborough
Paul Llanez, Los Banos
Betsy Nash, Menlo Park
Anders Fung, Millbrae
Craig Taylor, Portola Valley
Kaia Eakin, Redwood City
Marty Medina, San Bruno, Vice Chair
Pranita Venkatesh, San Carlos
Adam Loraine, San Mateo
James Coleman, South San Francisco
Absent:
Ken Gonzalez, Colma
Sam Hindi, Foster City
Paul Llanez, Los Banos
Tygarjas Bigstyck, Pacifica
Ned Fluet, Woodside
A quorum was established.
PUBLIC COMMENT
John McKenna
ACTION TO SET THE AGENDA AND APPROVE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS Public Comment: None
MOTION: Director Romero moved, seconded by Director Aalfs to set the Agenda, and approve Agenda Item Numbers 1-7.
1. Approval of a Resolution Appointing Members to the Community Advisory Committee (Action)
2. Approval of a Two-Year Contract Extension with TRC Engineers, Inc. for Reach Code Technical Assistance, In An Amount Not To Exceed $750,000 (Action)
3. Approval of an Amendment to the Agreement with Darren Goode to Provide Professional Services Through May 31, 2025, Increasing the Amount by $102,000 for a Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $656,000 (Action)
4. Approval of Amendment Number 3 to the Agreement with Ascend Analytics to Extend the Agreement by 1 Year Through May 28, 2025, and to Increase the Not-to-Exceed Contract Amount by $150,000 (Action)
5. Approval of a Contract with La Piana Consulting for Work on the Strategic Plan Update, In An Amount Not To Exceed $150,000 (Action)
6. Approval of RidePanda Contract Amendment, E-Bikes Program, for an Increased Amount of $300,000, with an Updated Total Contract Value of $525,000 (Action)
7. Approval of Minutes from the November 16, 2023 and April 25, 2024 Board of Directors Meetings
MOTION PASSED: 18-0 (Absent: Director Gonzalez, Director Hindi, Director Llanez, Director Bigstyck, and Director Fluet)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Pine X
San Mateo County Director Mueller X
Atherton Director DeGolia X
Belmont Director McCune X
Brisbane Director Mackin X
Burlingame Director Colson X
Colma Director Gonzalez X
Daly City Director Daus-Magbual X
East Palo Alto Director Romero X
Foster City Director Hindi X
Half Moon Bay Director Rarback X
Hillsborough Director Ragsdale X
Los Banos Director Llanez X
Menlo Park Director Nash X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Bigstyck X
Portola Valley Director Aalfs X
Redwood City Director Eakin X
San Bruno Director Medina X
San Carlos Director Venkatesh X
San Mateo Director Loraine X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director Fluet X
Total 18 5
REGULAR AGENDA
8. Chair Report
Donna Colson provided a chair report to the Board of Directors.
9. CEO Report
Shawn Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, provided an update to the Board, and Marc Hershman, Director of Legislative Affairs, provided the Board with a legislative update.
10.Community Advisory Committee Report
Cheryl Schaff, Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Chair, provided a recap of the May 9, 2024 CAC meeting.
Public Comment: Jason Mendelson, Robert Whitehair
11.Approval of the Establishment of a Rate Stabilization Fund (Action) Nick Bijur, Chief Financial Officer provided the Board a presentation on the proposed Establishment of a Rate Stabilization Fund.
Public Comment: None
MOTION: Director Romero moved, seconded by Director Loraine to Approve the establishment of a Rate Stabilization Fund under Government Accounting Standard Board (GASB) Standard 62 for the purpose of stabilizing customer electric generation charges.
MOTION PASSED: 18-0 (Absent: Director Gonzalez, Director Hindi, Director Llanez, Director Bigstyck, and Director Fluet)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Pine X
San Mateo County Director Mueller X
Atherton Director DeGolia X
Belmont Director McCune X
Brisbane Director Mackin X
Burlingame Director Colson X
Colma Director Gonzalez X
Daly City Director Daus-Magbual X
East Palo Alto Director Romero X
Foster City Director Hindi X
Half Moon Bay Director Rarback X
Hillsborough Director Ragsdale X
Los Banos Director Llanez X
Menlo Park Director Nash X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Bigstyck X
Portola Valley Director Aalfs X
Redwood City Director Eakin X
San Bruno Director Medina X
San Carlos Director Venkatesh X
San Mateo Director Loraine X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director Fluet X
Total 18 5
12. Approval to Proceed with the Development of an In-House Customer Contact Center (Action) Leslie Brown, Director of Account Services, and Stephanie Elmore, Contact Center Manager, provided a presentation on an in-house customer contact center.
Public Comment: Jason Mendelson
MOTION: Director Mueller moved, seconded by Director Pine to Approve Peninsula Clean Energy’s staff's proposal to move forward with the development of an in-house customer contact center.
MOTION PASSED: 18-0 (Absent: Director Gonzalez, Director Hindi, Director Llanez, Director Bigstyck, and Director Fluet)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Pine X
San Mateo County Director Mueller X
Atherton Director DeGolia X
Belmont Director McCune X
Brisbane Director Mackin X
Burlingame Director Colson X
Colma Director Gonzalez X
Daly City Director Daus-Magbual X
East Palo Alto Director Romero X
Foster City Director Hindi X
Half Moon Bay Director Rarback X
Hillsborough Director Ragsdale X
Los Banos Director Llanez X
Menlo Park Director Nash X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Bigstyck X
Portola Valley Director Aalfs X
Redwood City Director Eakin X
San Bruno Director Medina X
San Carlos Director Venkatesh X
San Mateo Director Loraine X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director Fluet X
Total 18 5
13. Approval of Community Advisory Committee Deliverables and Community Advisory Committee Work Plan (Action)
Vanessa Shinn, Senior Community Specialist provided the Board with a presentation on the Community Advisory Committee deliverables and work plan.
Public Comment: None
MOTION: Director Loraine moved, seconded by Director Roderick to Approve the Community Advisory Committee Deliverables and Community Advisory Committee Work Plan.
MOTION PASSED: 18-0 (Absent: Director Gonzalez, Director Hindi, Director Llanez, Director Bigstyck, and Director Fluet)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Pine X
San Mateo County Director Mueller X
Atherton Director DeGolia X
Belmont Director McCune X
Brisbane Director Mackin X
Burlingame Director Colson X
Colma Director Gonzalez X
Daly City Director Daus-Magbual X
East Palo Alto Director Romero X
Foster City Director Hindi X
Half Moon Bay Director Rarback X
Hillsborough Director Ragsdale X
Los Banos Director Llanez X
Menlo Park Director Nash X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Bigstyck X
Portola Valley Director Aalfs X
Redwood City Director Eakin X
San Bruno Director Medina X
San Carlos Director Venkatesh X
San Mateo Director Loraine X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director Fluet X
Total 18 5
14.Annual Update on Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI) Action Plan Implementation (Discussion)
Kirsten Andrews-Schwind, Associate Director, Community Relations & Climate Equity, provided the Board with an update on the Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI) Action Plan Implementation.
Public Comment: None
15.Discussion of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Plan – Part 1 (Discussion) Peter Levitt, Programs Manager, Distributed Energy Resources provided the Board with a presentation on Part 1 of the Distributed Energy Resources Plan.
Public Comment: Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart
16.Committee Members’ Reports
Chair Colson announced the formation of the CEO Review Committee.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 8:56 p.m.