MEETING MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – COMMUNITY POWER – NOVEMBER 20, 2025
SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Regular Meeting Minutes
November 20, 2025
Don L. Nay Port Administration Boardroom
3165 Pacific Hwy.
San Diego, CA 92101
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WELCOME ANDCALL TO ORDER
Chair Lawson-Remer called the Community Power Board of Directors’ regular meeting to order at 5:07 p.m.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Chair Lawson-Remer, County of San Diego; Vice Chair Yamane, City of National City; Director Elo-Rivera, City of San Diego; Director Inzunza, City of Chula Vista; Director San Antonio, City of Encinitas; Director Fisher, City of Imperial Beach; and Director Suzuki, City of La Mesa ABSENT: None
Staff Present: Chief Financial Officer Washington; Chief Operations Officer Clark; General Counsel Tyagi; Associate Director of IT and Data Analytics Yi; Vehicle-Grid Integration Program Manager Zook; Senior Manager Strategic Partnerships Friedman; Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Fernandez; Senior Policy Manager Cissna; Regulatory Manager Gunther; Clerk of the Board Hernandez; and Assistant Clerk of the Board Vences
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chair Lawson-Remer led the Pledge of Allegiance.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Chair Lawson-Remer acknowledged the Kumeyaay Nation and all the original stewards of the land.
MEETING MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – COMMUNITY POWER – NOVEMBER 20, 2025
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND INTRODUCTIONS
• Introduction of New Community Power Staff
Chair Lawson-Remer welcomed new employee Anna Laprise, Senior Origination Associate, to introduce herself.
ITEMS TO BE ADDED, WITHDRAWN OR REORDERED ON THE AGENDA Chair Lawson-Remer announced that Regular Agenda Item No. 13: Informational Update on Battery Energy Storage Systems would be moved to follow Item No. 17: Workforce Commitment Assessment.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Approve October 23, 2025, Meeting Minutes
2. Receive and File Update on Programs
3. Receive and File Update on Power Services
4. Receive and File Update on Customer Operations
5. Receive and File Update on IT and Data Analytics
6. Receive and File Update on Human Resources
7. Receive and File Community Advisory Committee Monthly Update
8. Receive and File Update on Marketing, Public Relations, and Local Government Affairs
9. Receive and File Treasurer’s Report for Period Ending August 31, 2025
10. Approve a Sole Source Amendment No. 1 to Agreement with Harman Connected Services, Inc. to add Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) Managed Services for an additional not-to-exceed amount of $371,000 through December 31, 2026
11. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-21, Approving Proposed Revisions to the Existing Renewable Energy Self-Generation Bill Credit Transfer Tariff MEETING MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – COMMUNITY POWER – NOVEMBER 20, 2025
12. Approve Updates to Employee Handbook
There were no public comments on Consent Item Nos. 1-12.
Motioned by Director Inzunza and seconded by Vice Chair Yamane to approve Consent Calendar Item Nos. 1-12. The motion carried 7/0 as follows:
AYES: Chair Lawson-Remer, Vice Chair Yamane, Directors Elo-Rivera, Fisher, Inzunza, San Antonio, and Suzuki
NOES: None
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: None
REGULAR AGENDA
14. Fiscal Year End 2024-25 Financial Audit
Dr. Washington introduced the item and turned it over to Alauna Rico (via Zoom Teleconference), representative from Sorren CPA, to present the audit results.
There were no public comments on Item No. 14.
After Board member comments, the Fiscal Year End 2024-25 Financial Audit was received and filed.
15. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-22, Authorizing Execution of Grant Agreement EPC-25- 015 with the California Energy Commission; and Authorizing the Chief Executive Office to Accept, Appropriate, and Expend Funds; and Related Actions Ms. Zook provided an overview of the proposed Grant Agreement EPC-25-015 with the California Energy Commission.
There were no public comments on Item No. 15.
After Board member comments and questions, motioned by Director Suzuki and seconded by Director Inzunza to adopt Resolution No. 2025-22, authorizing Execution of Grant Agreement EPC-25-015 with the California Energy Commission; and Authorizing the Chief Executive Office to Accept, Appropriate, and Expend Funds; and Related Actions. The motion carried 7/0 as follows:
AYES: Chair Lawson-Remer, Vice Chair Yamane, Directors Elo-Rivera, Inzunza, San Antonio, Suzuki, and Fisher
NOES: None
ABSTAINED: None
MEETING MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – COMMUNITY POWER – NOVEMBER 20, 2025 ABSENT: None
16. Approve agreement with CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc. for the Development and Deployment of an Organization-wide Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Platform for a not-to-exceed amount of $1,166,915 Mr. Yi provided an overview of the proposed Agreement with CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.
There were no public comments on Item No. 16.
After Board member comments and questions, motioned by Vice Chair Yamane and seconded by Director Suzuki to approve Professional Services Agreement with CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc. for the development and deployment of an organization-wide Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform that is licensed, owned and maintained by Community Power for a 22 month term including a not-to-exceed amount of $1,166,915 and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute the contract. This agreement would allow Community Power to implement an enterprise-wide, cloud-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform to support Customer Operations, Programs, Public Affairs, and the San Diego Regional Energy Network (SDREN) teams. This project aims to bring all CRM functions in-house, integrate with existing systems, and enable Community Power to manage and operate the platform independently. The motion carried 7/0 as follows:
AYES: Chair Lawson-Remer, Vice Chair Yamane, Directors Elo-Rivera, Inzunza, San Antonio, Suzuki, and Fisher
NOES: None
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: None
17. Workforce Commitment Assessment
Chair Lawson-Remer and Director Elo-Rivera provided the Workforce Commitment Assessment.
David Johnson, Ironworkers Local 229 representative; Ansermio Estrada, SD Building Trade representative; Cristina Marquez, IBEW 569 representative; and Efrain Lopez, LIUNA representative (via Zoom Teleconference) provided public comments.
At the request of Director Elo-Rivero, David Johnson, Ironworkers Local 229 representative spoke on his experience working with Public Labor Agreements (PLA). After Board member comments and questions, motioned by Director Elo-Rivera and seconded by Chair Lawson-Remer to direct Community Power staff to review and revise and/or incorporate additional requirements to enhance the existing workforce language and commitments for new-build renewable energy and storage projects. The motion carried by six affirmative votes with one abstention as follows:
MEETING MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – COMMUNITY POWER – NOVEMBER 20, 2025 AYES: Chair Lawson-Remer, Vice Chair Yamane, Directors Elo-Rivera, Inzunza, San Antonio, and Suzuki
NOES: None
ABSTAINED: Director Fisher
ABSENT: None
13. Informational Update on Battery Energy Storage Systems Mr. Friedman introduced the item and turned it over to Robert Rezende, Battalion Chief at San Diego Fire-Rescue Department and Jason Anderson, CleanTech representative, to provide the update on Battery Energy Storage Systems.
Vice Chair Yamane left the meeting at 6:09 p.m.
There were no public comments on Item No. 13.
After Board member comments, the Battery Energy Storage Systems Update was received and filed.
18. Update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
Ms. Fernandez introduced the item and turned it over to Ms. Cissna and Mr. Gunther to provide a Regulatory and Legislative Affairs update.
There were no public comments on Item No. 18.
After Board member questions and comments, the update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs was received and filed.
DIRECTOR COMMENTS
None.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:25 p.m. to the next regular meeting scheduled for Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 5 p.m.
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Maricela Hernandez, MMC, CPMC
Clerk of the Board