MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 1 SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER (SDCP)
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2488 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 250
San Diego, CA 92106
MINUTES
July 28, 2022
This meeting was conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with Government Code Section 54953, as amended by Assembly Bill 361, in relation to the COVID-19 State of Emergency and recommended social distancing measures.
The Board minutes are prepared and ordered to correspond to the Board Agenda. Agenda Items can be taken out of order during the meeting.
The Agenda Items were considered in the order presented, except for Item No. 9 which was heard prior to Item No. 8.
WELCOME
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) called the SDCP Board of Directors meeting to order at 5:02 p.m.
Chair Mosca welcomed the new Administrative Assistant, Sandra Vences.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Vice Chair Padilla (Chula Vista) (arrived at 5:09 p.m.) Director Dedina (Imperial Beach), Director Baber (La Mesa), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), and Director LaCava (San Diego) ABSENT: San Diego County
Also Present: Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) Burns, General Counsel Baron, Executive Assistant to the CEO/Assistant Board Clerk Isley
MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 2 ITEMS TO BE ADDED, WITHDRAWN, OR REORDERED ON THE AGENDA There were no items to be added, withdrawn, or reordered.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Approval of Findings to Continue Holding Remote/Teleconference Meetings Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361
Approved.
2. Approval of February 24, 2022 Meeting Minutes
Approved.
3. Receive and File Treasurer’s Report for Period Ending 5/31/22 Received and filed.
4. Approval of Updated Procurement Policy for Procurement of Good and Services Resolution No. 2022-09 was adopted.
5. Approval of Amendment to Professional Services Agreement with Futura Energy Group for up to $235,000 for Services in FY2023
Approved.
6. Update on Back Office Metrics/Dashboard and Marketing/Public Relations Received and filed.
7. Approval of the Budget Policy
Approved.
ACTION: Motioned by Director LaCava (San Diego) and seconded by Director Dedina (Imperial Beach) to approve Consent Calendar Items 1 through 7. The motion carried by the following vote:
Vote: 5-0
Yes: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Director Dedina (Imperial Beach), Director Baber (La Mesa), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), Director LaCava (San Diego) No: None
MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 3 Abstained: None
Absent: Chula Vista and San Diego County
REGULAR AGENDA
8. Approval of Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Appointment for Chula Vista.
Policy Manager Sarria provided a brief overview of the purpose of the CAC and described the application and appointment process.
Vice Chair Padilla (Chula Vista) introduced the new Chula Vista CAC member, Anthony Sclafani.
Anthony Sclafani gave a brief overview of his professional background and expressed his desire to serve the community.
Curtis Dowds inquired about public participation at CAC meetings.
Board questions and comments ensued.
ACTION: Motioned by Vice Chair Padilla (Chula Vista) and seconded by Director LaCava (San Diego) to approve the appointment of Anthony Sclafani as a Chula Vista representative of the Community Advisory Committee. The motion carried by the following vote:
Vote: 6-0
Yes: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Vice Chair Padilla (Chula Vista), Director Dedina (Imperial Beach), Director Baber (La Mesa), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), Director LaCava (San Diego)
No: None
Abstained: None
Absent: San Diego County
9. Quarterly Update on Community Advisory Committee
Policy Manager Sarria and CAC Chair Price provided an update on the CAC’s proceedings, efforts, and accomplishments.
Following Board questions and comments, no action was taken.
10. Update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
Director of Data Analytics and Account Services Utouh and Ty Tosdal, Attorney, Tosdal APC, provided an update on San Diego Gas and Electric’s (SDG&E) June 1, 2022, rate adjustment.
Matthew Vasilakis, Climate Action Campaign, spoke regarding concerns with SDG&E’s efforts to undermine SDCP.
MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 4 Curtis Dowds spoke regarding SDG&E’s efforts to undermine SDCP and inquired about the format of the Joint Rate Mailer that shows a side by side comparison of SDG&E’s and SDCP’s rates.
Following Board questions and comments, no action was taken.
11. SDCP Election Regarding Voluntary Allocation of Renewable Energy from SDG&E Managing Director Power Services Vosburg explained that SDCP had the opportunity to secure voluntary allocations of Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (“PCIA”) eligible renewable resources from SDG&E at the Market Price Benchmark, and elections could be made to receive long-term (10+ years) and short-term (<10 years) allocations. Managing Director Power Services Vosburg reviewed the key factors to consider regarding voluntary allocations and summarized the recommended voluntary allocation elections.
Board questions and comments ensued.
Curtis Dowds inquired about whether SDCP would get credit for the amount of local renewable energy it produced.
ACTION: Motioned by Director Sotelo-Solis (National City) and seconded by Chair Mosca (Encinitas) to approve staff’s recommended long-term (one hundred percent) and short-term (zero percent) elections for voluntary allocation of renewable energy from SDG&E and authorize the CEO to: (i) notify SDG&E of SDCP’s long-term and short-term voluntary allocation elections; and (ii) execute SDG&E’s pro-forma contracts associated with long-term transactions for renewable energy and Renewable Energy Certificates in substantially similar form as approved to form by legal counsel. The motion carried by the following vote:
Vote: 6-0
Yes: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Vice Chair Padilla (Chula Vista), Director Dedina (Imperial Beach), Director Baber (La Mesa), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), Director LaCava (San Diego)
No: None
Abstained: None
Absent: San Diego County
REPORTS BY MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
CEO Burns reviewed SDCP’s vision statement, mission statement, and core values and reported on community engagement events SDCP attended, SDCP’s Community Power Plan, new SDCP partnerships, Community Choice Aggregation innovation workshops, and SDCP lunch and learn events. CEO Burns provided an overview of the plan for SDCP for the next 90 days.
Board questions and comments ensued.
MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 5 DIRECTOR COMMENTS
There were no comments.
ADJOURNMENT
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) adjourned the meeting at 6:20 p.m.
Megan Wiegelman, CMC
Interim Board Clerk