Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Peninsula Clean Energy Authority (PCEA)
Minutes
Thursday, January 23, 2025
6:30 p.m.
Zoom Video Conference and Teleconference
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order at 6:32 p.m. in virtual teleconference, in the Peninsula Clean Energy Authority lobby and in the Los Banos City Hall conference room A.
Swearing in of new board Members:
Lisa Gautier, County of San Mateo, was sworn in as a new board member
ROLL CALL
Participating:
Lisa Gauthier, San Mateo County
Rick DeGolia, Atherton
Tom McCune, Belmont
Coleen Mackin, Brisbane
Donna Colson, Burlingame, Chair
Ken Gonzalez, Colma
Roderick Daus-Magbual, Daly City
Carlos Romero, East Palo Alto
Stacy Jimenez, Foster City
Leslie Ragsdale, Hillsborough
Betsy Nash, Menlo Park
Christine Boles, Pacifica
Craig Taylor, Portola Valley
Elmer Martinez Saballos, Redwood City
Marty Medina, San Bruno, Vice Chair
Adam Loraine, San Mateo
Absent:
Jackier Spier, San Mateo County
Patrick Bo Jonsson, Half Moon Bay
Michael Amabile, Los Banos
Anders Fung, Millbrae
John Dugan, San Carlos
James Coleman, South San Francisco
Woodside
A quorum was established.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
ACTION TO SET THE AGENDA AND APPROVE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS Public Comment: None
MOTION: Director DeGolia moved, seconded by Vice Chair Medina to set the Agenda, and approve Agenda Item Numbers 1-3.
1. Resolution to Honor the Service of Community Advisory Committee Member Desiree Thayer
2. Recommend Continuance of 2025 Regulatory / Legislative Policy Platform
3. Approval of Minutes from the December 19, 2024 Board of Directors Meeting MOTION PASSED: 16-0 (Absent: San Mateo County, Half Moon Bay, Los Banos, Millbrae, San Carlos, South San Francisco, Woodside)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Gauthier X
San Mateo County Director Speier 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 Jimenez X
Half Moon Bay Director Bo Jonsson X
Hillsborough Director Ragsdale X
Los Banos Director Amabile X
Menlo Park Director Nash X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Boles X
Portola Valley Director Taylor X
Redwood City Director Martinez Saballos X
San Bruno Director Medina X
San Carlos Director Dugan X
San Mateo Director Loraine X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director X
Total 16 7
REGULAR AGENDA
4. Chair Report
Coleen Mackin will need to step away from the CAC as the Board Liaison. Christine Boles volunteered to be Leslie Donna Adam. To
5. CEO Report
Shawn Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, gave a brief presentation.
Public Comment: David Mauro
6. Community Advisory Committee Report
Jason Mendelson, Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Chair, gave a brief report on the January 9, 2025 CAC meeting.
7. Approval of Phase One/Strategic Policies of Peninsula Clean Energy's 2026-2030 Strategic Planning Process (Action)
Lester Olmstead-Rose gave a presentation on Phase One of the 2026-2030 Strategic Planning Process.
Public Comment: Rick Bonilla, Tygarjas Bigstyck
MOTION: Director Taylor moved, seconded by Director McCune to approve Phase One, inclusive of three proposed strategic policies, for Peninsula Clean Energy's 2026-2030 strategic planning process with suggested language crafting… removing numbering Director DeGolia – approving in principle
Chair Colson – vote on general direction of first stage, on board.
MOTION AS AMENDED – approving this in principle, return with revised language based on the discussion at the January 23, 2025 Board meeting.
MOTION PASSED: 16-0 (Absent: San Mateo County, Half Moon Bay, Los Banos, Millbrae, San Carlos, South San Francisco, Woodside)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Gauthier X
San Mateo County Director Speier 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 Jimenez X
Half Moon Bay Director Bo Jonsson X
Hillsborough Director Ragsdale X
Los Banos Director Amabile X
Menlo Park Director Nash X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Boles X
Portola Valley Director Taylor X
Redwood City Director Martinez Saballos X
San Bruno Director Medina X
San Carlos Director Dugan X
San Mateo Director Loraine X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director X
Total 16 7
8. Approval of Updates to Peninsula Clean Energy's Rates (Action) Nick Bijur and Justin Kudo gave a presentation.
Public Comment: Rick Bonilla
MOTION: Director Romero moved, seconded by Director Taylor to approve staff's proposal to recalculate ECOplus rates to be set at a net 10% discount to PG&E generation rates, which would decrease Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE) rates by an average of $0.00696/kWh, effective February 1, 2025, or as soon thereafter as can be implemented.
MOTION PASSED: 16-0 (Absent: San Mateo County, Half Moon Bay, Los Banos, Millbrae, San Carlos, South San Francisco, Woodside)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Gauthier X
San Mateo County Director Speier 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 Jimenez X
Half Moon Bay Director Bo Jonsson X
Hillsborough Director Ragsdale X
Los Banos Director Amabile X
Menlo Park Director Nash X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Boles X
Portola Valley Director Taylor X
Redwood City Director Martinez Saballos X
San Bruno Director Medina X
San Carlos Director Dugan X
San Mateo Director Loraine X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director X
Total 16 7
9. Board Members’ Reports
Director Loraine gave a brief report on the San Mateo City Council reach code amendment adoptions.
Director Roderick invited the Board to the Daly City Lunar celebration.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 8:46 p.m.