Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Peninsula Clean Energy Authority (PCEA)
Minutes
Thursday, November 20, 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
Jennifer Stalzer, General Counsel, presided over the swearing-in ceremony for Board Alternates Sophie Cole, Hillsborough, Nirorn Than, Los Banos, and Jennifer Wise, Menlo Park.
ROLL CALL
Participating:
Jackie Speier, San Mateo County
Jasneet Sharma, San Mateo County
Tom McCune, Belmont
Donna Colson, Burlingame, Chair
Ken Gonzalez, Colma
Roderick Daus-Magbual, Daly City
Martha Barragan, East Palo Alto, arrived at 6:53 p.m.
Patrick Jonsson, Half Moon Bay
Sophie Cole, Hillsborough
Nirorn Than, Los Banos
Jennifer Wise, Menlo Park, participating remotely under AB 2449 “just cause” exemption Anders Fung, Millbrae
Christine Boles, Pacifica
Rebecca Flynn, Portola Valley
Elmer Martinez Saballos, Redwood City, arrived at 6:46 p.m.
Marty Medina, San Bruno, Vice Chair
John Dugan, San Carlos
Adam Loraine, San Mateo
Hassan Aburish, Woodside
Absent:
Rick DeGolia, Atherton
Coleen Mackin, Brisbane
Stacy Jimenez, Foster City
James Coleman, South San Francisco
A quorum was established.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
ACTION TO SET THE AGENDA AND APPROVE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS Public Comment: None
MOTION: Vice Chair Medina moved, seconded by Director Fung to set the Agenda, and approve Agenda Item Numbers 1-6.
1. Approval of the Revisions to the Solar Billing Plan Effective January 1, 2026
2. Approval of EV Ready Technical Assistance Contract with Ecology
3. Approval of Schools Building Electrification (BE) Agreement with the Menlo Park School District
4. Approval of the Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2024-2025
5. Approval of the 2026 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Schedule
6. Approval of the Minutes for the October 23, 2025 Meeting MOTION PASSED: 17-0 (Absent: Atherton, Brisbane, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Redwood City, South San Francisco)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Speier 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 Barragan X
Foster City Director Jimenez X
Half Moon Bay Director Jonsson X
Hillsborough Director Cole X
Los Banos Director Than X
Menlo Park Director Wise X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Boles X
Portola Valley Director Flynn 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 17 6
REGULAR AGENDA
7. Chair Report (Discussion)
Chair Colson reported that Mark Dinan has been appointed interim member of the Audit and Finance Committee and noted that the Committee Efficacy Ad Hoc Committee will meet once more in early December.
8. CEO Report (Discussion)
Shawn Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, gave an update including a reminder on the attendance policy, and updates on upcoming end of year plans, and upcoming meeting schedules.
9. Community Advisory Committee Report (Discussion)
Jason Mendelson, Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Chair, shared an update from the November 6, 2025 CAC meeting.
10. Presentation by Ian Bain, Executive Director of Strategy and Communications, San Mateo County Office of Education (Discussion)
Ian Bain, Executive Director of Strategy and Communications from the San Mateo County Office of Education gave a presentation on the sustainability work at the Office of Education. Julie Hilborn, Director, Environmental Literacy and Sustainability, answered questions from the Board.
Public Comment: None
11. Approval of 2026-2030 Strategic Plan (Action)
Shalini Swaroop, Chief Operating Officer, and Lester Rose-Olmstead from La Piana, presented the 2026-2030 Strategic Plan.
Public Comment: None
MOTION: Director Loraine moved, seconded by Director Speier to Approve the 2026-2030 Peninsula Clean Energy Strategic Plan.
MOTION PASSED: 19-0 (Absent: Atherton, Brisbane, Foster City, South San Francisco)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Speier 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 Barragan X
Foster City Director Jimenez X
Half Moon Bay Director Jonsson X
Hillsborough Director Cole X
Los Banos Director Than X
Menlo Park Director Wise X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Boles X
Portola Valley Director Flynn 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 19 4
12.Approval of Match Funding for the Microgrid Incentive Program Grant Funding Opportunity (Action)
Jana Kopyciok-Lande, Director of Innovation Strategy, gave a presentation for approval of match funding on the microgrid incentive program grant funding opportunity. Ross Fisher, Associate Program Manager, Distributed Energy Resources, answered questions for the Board.
Public Comment: Jason Mendelson, Tom Gomez
MOTION: Director Martinez Saballos moved, seconded by Director Barragan to Approve and contribute 60% of the forecasted project development costs in match funding for one of the Community Microgrid applications under California Public Utilities Commission's Microgrid Incentive Program (MIP) with a not-to-exceed budget of $10 million.
MOTION PASSED: 19-0 (Absent: Atherton, Brisbane, Foster City, South San Francisco)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Speier 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 Barragan X
Foster City Director Jimenez X
Half Moon Bay Director Jonsson X
Hillsborough Director Cole X
Los Banos Director Than X
Menlo Park Director Wise X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Boles X
Portola Valley Director Flynn 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 19 4
14.Approval of Three Contracts with Fuse Service Inc., Super Brothers Plumbing Heating & Air, & Villquin Air Services, Inc., in a Collective Amount Not-to-Exceed $18M, to Provide Residential Full-Service Electrification Services and Emergency Water Heater Replacement Services to Customers (Action)
Phillip Kobernick, Associate Director of Energy Programs, gave a presentation on the approval of home upgrade service contracts with Super Brothers Plumbing, Heating & Air, Villquin Air Services, Inc., and Fuse Services Inc.
Public Comment: Tom Gomez
MOTION: Director Speier moved, seconded by Director McCune to Delegate authority to the Chief Executive Officer to execute a 3-year contract with Fuse Service Inc. to provide residential full-service electrification services and emergency water heater replacement services in an amount not to exceed $7M, and two 3-year contracts with Super Brothers Plumbing Heating & Air, and Villquin Air Services, Inc. to provide residential full-service electrification services in an amount not to exceed $5.5M each, for a total amount not to exceed $18M across the three selected contractors.
MOTION PASSED: 19-0 (Absent: Atherton, Brisbane, Foster City, South San Francisco)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Speier 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 Barragan X
Foster City Director Jimenez X
Half Moon Bay Director Jonsson X
Hillsborough Director Cole X
Los Banos Director Than X
Menlo Park Director Wise X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Boles X
Portola Valley Director Flynn 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 19 4
13.Sunset the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) and Support Recommendation to Establish a Community Feedback Forum (Action)
Chair Colson gave a presentation on the findings, including the recommendation to sunset the Community Advisory Committee and the recommendation to establish a Community Feedback Forum. Kirsten Andrews-Schwind, Associate Director of Energy Programs, answered questions from the Board.
Nelly Wogberg, Board Clerk, shared comments from Directors Ragsdale and Mackin who were unable to attend the meeting due to other commitments.
Public Comment: Jason Mendelson, Robert Whitehair, Mike Swire MOTION: Director Fung moved, seconded by Director Daus-Magbaul to Sunset the CAC at the end of 2025 and continue the working groups as needed and support the recommendation for a new Community Feedback Forum (CFF), to convene a minimum of 6 meetings per year from the date of the first meeting, subject to staff review and evaluation of the need for any additional meetings, which may be scheduled without returning to the Board, and a plan to review the CFF format after a year.
AMENDMENT: To update the date of cessation effective December 1, 2025.
MOTION AS AMENDED: Director Fung moved, seconded by Director Daus-Magbaul to Sunset the CAC effective December 1, 2025 and continue the working groups as needed and support the recommendation for a new Community Feedback Forum(CFF), to convene a minimum of 6 meetings per year from the date of the first meeting, subject to staff review and evaluation of the need for any additional meetings, which may be scheduled without returning to the Board, and a plan to review the CFF format after a year.
MOTION AS AMENDED PASSED: 17-2 (Absent: Atherton, Brisbane, Foster City, South San Francisco)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Speier 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 Barragan X
Foster City Director Jimenez X
Half Moon Bay Director Jonsson X
Hillsborough Director Cole X
Los Banos Director Than X
Menlo Park Director Wise X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Boles X
Portola Valley Director Flynn 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 17 2 4
15.Board Open Forum Regarding Constituent Feedback, Board Member Priorities, Questions and/or Suggestions by Directors (Discussion) (CONTINUED FROM OCTOBER 23, 2025 BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MEETING)
CONTINUED TO A FUTURE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.
16.Board Members’ Reports (Discussion)
None
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 9:36 p.m.