Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Peninsula Clean Energy Authority (PCEA)
Minutes
Thursday, May 22, 2025
6:30 p.m.
Zoom Video Conference and Teleconference
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order at 6:33 p.m. in virtual teleconference, in the Peninsula Clean Energy Authority lobby and the Luma Hotel, 120 West 41st Street, New York, NY 10036.
SWEARING IN OF NEW BOARD MEMBER OR ALTERNATE
Jennifer Stalzer, General Counsel presided over a swearing-in ceremony for new Board Alternates Jasneet Sharma from the County of San Mateo and Lisa Diaz Nash from the City of San Mateo.
ROLL CALL
Participating:
Lisa Gauthier, San Mateo County
Jasneet Sharma, 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
Leslie Ragsdale, Hillsborough
Betsy Nash, Menlo Park
Anders Fung, Millbrae, arrived at 6:41 p.m.
Christine Boles, Pacifica
Craig Taylor, Portola Valley
Marty Medina, San Bruno, Vice Chair
Lisa Diaz Nash, San Mateo
James Coleman, South San Francisco
Absent:
John Dugan, San Carlos
Stacy Jimenez, Foster City
Patrick Jonsson, Half Moon Bay
Michael Amabile, Los Banos
Elmer Martinez Saballos, Redwood City
Hassan Aburish, Woodside
A quorum was established.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Dave Mauro
ACTION TO SET THE AGENDA AND APPROVE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS
Director Taylor asked to pull Agenda Item Number 2, “Authorize an Amendment to the Agreement with Darren Goode to provide professional services through May 31, 2026 and to increase the contract amount by $102,000 for a total not to exceed amount of $758,000.” Public Comment: None
MOTION: Director Romero moved, seconded by Director Taylor to set the Agenda, and approve Agenda Item Numbers 1 and 3.
1. Approval of a Comprehensive Legal Services Agreement with Keyes and Fox LLP in the Amount of $351,000 for the Term of May 22, 2025 Through May 22, 2026.
3. Approval of the Minutes for the April 24, 2025 Board of Directors Meeting.
MOTION PASSED: 16-0 (Absent: Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Los Banos, Millbrae, Redwood City, San Carlos, Woodside)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Gauthier X
San Mateo County Director Sharma 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 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 Aburish X
Total 16 7
Director Taylor asked for clarification on the contract amounts for Agenda Item Number 2, “Authorize an Amendment to the Agreement with Darren Goode to provide professional services through May 31, 2026 and to increase the contract amount by $102,000 for a total not to exceed amount of $758,000”.
MOTION: Director Taylor moved, seconded by Director Boles to Authorize an Amendment to the Agreement with Darren Goode to provide professional services through May 31, 2026 and to increase the contract amount by $102,000 for a total not to exceed amount of $758,000.
MOTION PASSED: 17-0 (Absent: Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Los Banos, Redwood City, San Carlos, Woodside)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Gauthier X
San Mateo County Director Sharma 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 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 Diaz Nash X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director Aburish X
Total 17 6
REGULAR AGENDA
4. Chair Report
Chair Colson gave a Chair report that included an update on the CEO Review Committee and the Ad Hoc Committee Review Committee whose work will begin in July and continue through the end of the year.
5. CEO Report
Shawn Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, gave a report including an update on the budget approval process, the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA), rulemaking update, next steps on risk management, an update on the Pacifica Community Center GovPV project, the upcoming RFP for GovPV 3, and anticipated updates to the schedule for public meetings in July and August. The Board will be meeting as scheduled in July and will plan to have a blackout month in August.
6. Community Advisory Committee Report
Jason Mendelson, Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Chair, gave a presentation summarizing the May 8, 2025 CAC meeting.
7. Approval of Appointments to the Executive Committee and the Audit and Finance Committee (Action)
MOTION: Director DeGolia moved, seconded by Director Taylor to approve the following appointments to the Executive Committee and the Audit and Finance Committee:
Executive Committee:
Lisa Gauthier, County of San Mateo
Rick DeGolia, Atherton
Coleen Mackin, Brisbane
Donna Colson, Burlingame
Leslie Ragsdale, Hillsborough
Betsy Nash, Menlo Park
Anders Fung, Millbrae
Marty Medina, San Bruno
Adam Loraine, San Mateo
Audit and Finance Committee:
Tom McCune, Belmont
Donna Colson, Burlingame
Carlos Romero, East Palo Alto
Michael Amabile, Los Banos
Elmer Saballos-Martinez, Redwood City
Public Comment: None
MOTION PASSED: 17-0 (Absent: Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Los Banos, Redwood City, San Carlos, Woodside)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Gauthier X
San Mateo County Director Sharma 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 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 Diaz Nash X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director Aburish X
Total 17 6
8. Approval of a Resolution Delegating Authority to the Chief Executive Officer to Execute an Energy Storage Services Agreement for the Wright Battery Energy Storage System with Stellar Wright BESS LLC with a Delivery Term of Twenty (20) Years and a Guaranteed Commercial Operation Date of June 1, 2026, in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $332 Million (Action)
Sara Maatta, Senior Manager of Power Resources, and Roy Xu, Senior Director of Power Resources, gave a presentation on the Wright Battery Energy Storage System (BESS).
Guest speaker: Talon Doucette, Director of Origination at Stellar Renewable Power Public Comment Dave Mauro
MOTION: Director Gauthier moved, seconded by Director Coleman to Approve Resolution Delegating Authority to Chief Executive Officer to Execute an Energy Storage Services Agreement for the Wright Battery Energy Storage System with Stellar Wright BESS LLC, with a Delivery Term of Twenty (20) Years and a Commercial Operation Date of June 1, 2026, in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $332 Million (Action).
MOTION PASSED: 17-0 (Absent: Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Los Banos, Redwood City, San Carlos, Woodside)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Gauthier X
San Mateo County Director Sharma 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 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 Diaz Nash X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director Aburish X
Total 17 6
9. Approval of a Contract with Lunar Energy for a Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) (Action)
Peter Levitt, Senior Programs Manager of Distributed Energy Resources, gave a presentation on the Distributed Energy Resource Management (DERMS) System and the contract with Lunar Energy.
Public Comment: None
MOTION: Director Mackin moved, seconded by Director Nash to approve a main services agreement (MSA) and two sub-contracts (“Scopes”) with Lunar Energy for a Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) with a term of 5 years in an amount not to exceed $3.1 million.
MOTION PASSED: 17-0 (Absent: Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Los Banos, Redwood City, San Carlos, Woodside)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Gauthier X
San Mateo County Director Sharma 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 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 Diaz Nash X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director Aburish X
Total 17 6
10.Discussion on Phase One of Peninsula Clean Energy's 2026-2030 Strategic Planning Process (Discussion)
Lester Olmsted-Rose, Partner at La Piana Consulting, and Shalini Swaroop, Chief Operating Officer, gave a presentation with an update on Peninsula Clean Energy’s 2026-2030 Strategic planning elements and process.
Public Comment: None
11.Board Members’ Reports
None
CLOSED SESSION
12. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Title: Chief Executive Officer
13. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Agency Designated Representatives: Chair Donna Colson and General Counsel/ Assistant General Counsel;
Unrepresented Employee: Chief Executive Officer
14. Reconvene Open Session (If Necessary) To Report Any Action(s) Taken During Closed Session
The Board went into Closed Session at 8:40 p.m.
The Board returned from Closed Session at 9:51 p.m. with no reportable action.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 9:51 p.m.