Silicon Valley Clean Energy
Executive Committee Meeting
Friday, February 24, 2023
10:00 a.m.
Pursuant to State of California Gov’t Code Section 54953 (e) the meeting was conducted via teleconference.
MEETING MINUTES
Call to Order
Chair Walia called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
Roll Call
Present:
Chair Tina Walia, City of Saratoga
Vice Chair Bryan Mekechuk, City of Monte Sereno
Director Rob Rennie, Town of Los Gatos
Director Yvonne Martinez Beltran, City of Morgan Hill
Absent:
Director George Tyson, Town of Los Altos Hills
All present committee members participated via teleconference.
Public Comment on Matters Not Listed on the Agenda
No speakers.
Consent Calendar
Chair Walia opened public comment.
No speakers.
Chair Walia closed public comment.
MOTION: Director Mekechuk moved and Director Martinez Beltran seconded the motion to approve the Consent Calendar.
The motion carried by verbal roll call vote with Director Tyson absent. 1) Approve Minutes of the January 27, 2023, Executive Committee Meeting Regular Calendar
2) CEO Update (Discussion)
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DocuSign Envelope ID: 9D888201-266B-4A23-895B-169D8D4954CC Chair Walia announced CEO Girish Balachandran was not present and COO and Director of Power Resources Monica Padilla would provide the report as Acting CEO. Acting CEO Padilla introduced Justin Zagunis, Director of Decarbonization Programs and Policy, to provide an update on SVCE’s residential building electrification programs.
Director of Decarbonization Programs and Policy Zagunis presented a slide summarizing residential building electrification programs in the active, planned and development stages.
Chair Walia opened public comment.
No speakers.
Chair Walia closed public comment.
3) Resource Adequacy and Reliability (Presentation – Information Only) Acting CEO Padilla and Charles Grinstead, Senior Manager of Power Resources, provided a presentation which included a resource adequacy (RA) overview, 2023 RA compliance overview, SVCE’s 2023 RA supply, information on power purchase agreements and delays, California’s RA supply, potential solutions to supply issues, SVCE’s 2023 RA situation, RA penalties, and procurement efforts. Citlalli Sandoval, Senior Regulatory Advisor, addressed advocacy efforts.
Staff responded to committee member questions and comments.
Chair Walia opened public comment.
Bruce Karney thanked staff for the presentation and requested staff comment on the risk the younger and smaller CCAs are facing.
Chair Walia closed public comment.
Acting CEO Padilla responded to Mr. Karney’s question, noting starting a new CCA at this time would be challenging.
4) Programs Snapshot: California Electric Vehicle Incentive Program (Presentation – Information Only)
Nupur Hiremath, Manager of Decarbonization Programs and Policy, introduced the item and presented information on the California Electric Vehicle Incentive Program (CALeVIP), with the objective to install DC fast charges and L2 chargers.
Staff responded to committee member questions regarding the program.
Chair Walia opened public comment.
Bruce Karney shared his thoughts related to the program and noted the importance of chargers being publicly visible and having adequate signage, utilization, and maintenance of the chargers. Karney commented he believes this is an excellent program and wants to continue to see it flourishing, but also being improved along the way.
Chair Walia closed public comment.
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DocuSign Envelope ID: 9D888201-266B-4A23-895B-169D8D4954CC Committee/Staff Remarks
Board Clerk Andrea Pizano announced the next meeting of the committee would be in person at the SVCE office and requested she be notified if a member of the committee would like to participate from a different publicly accessible location as it would need to be noticed on the agenda.
Adjournment
Chair Walia adjourned the meeting at 11:35 a.m.
ATTEST:
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Andrea Pizano, Board Secretary
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