Silicon Valley Clean Energy
Executive Committee Meeting
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
12:00 p.m.
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Office
333 W El Camino Real, Suite 330
Sunnyvale, CA
Morgan Hill City Hall
17575 Peak Ave.
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
MEETING MINUTES
Call to Order
Chair Walia called the meeting to order at 12:01 p.m.
Roll Call
Present:
Chair Tina Walia, City of Saratoga
Vice Chair Bryan Mekechuk, City of Monte Sereno
Director Sally Meadows, City of Los Altos
Director Yvonne Martinez Beltran, City of Morgan Hill (Arrived at 12:04 p.m., participated remotely) Director Larry Klein, City of Sunnyvale
Absent:
Director George Tyson, Town of Los Altos Hills
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: Vice Chair Mekechuk moved and Director Klein seconded the motion to approve the Consent Calendar.
The motion carried by verbal roll call vote with Directors Martinez Beltran and Tyson absent. 1) Approve Minutes of the November 27, 2023, Executive Committee Meeting DocuSign Envelope ID: 24AC3D87-29A6-4C0D-9539-0D3149EE5478 Regular Calendar
2) CEO Update (Discussion)
CEO Girish Balachandran provided a CEO update which included:
• An update on the CEO transition from CEO Balachandran to incoming CEO Monica Padilla, who provided brief comments,
• A brief report on the Transition Ad Hoc Committee which met and discussed effectiveness for both the CEO and board members.
Staff responded to committee member questions regarding the CEO transition and reorganization within the power resources department.
Chair Walia opened public comment.
No speakers.
Chair Walia closed public comment.
3) Elect Chair and Vice Chair of the 2024 SVCE Executive Committee (Action) Board Clerk Andrea Pizano identified the process for selecting the Chair and Vice Chair, noting four votes would be needed to identify these roles. In the event three or more members were interested, a roll call vote by name would be held and repeated until four votes were received for each role.
Staff responded to questions regarding past practice of who served as Executive Committee Chair and Vice Chair.
Director Klein expressed interested in the role of Chair; Vice Chair Mekechuk expressed interest in the role of Vice Chair.
Chair Walia opened public comment.
No speakers,
Chair Walia closed public comment.
MOTION: Director Klein moved and Director Meadows seconded the motion to nominate Director Larry Klein as Chair of the 2024 SVCE Executive Committee.
The motion carried by verbal roll call vote with Director Tyson absent.
Newly appointed Chair Klein thanked the group and presided over the remainder of the meeting.
MOTION: Director Mekechuk moved and Director Walia seconded the motion to nominate Director Bryan Mekechuk as Vice Chair of the 2024 SVCE Executive Committee.
The motion carried by verbal roll call vote with Director Tyson absent.
Vice Chair Mekechuk provided brief comments of gratitude.
DocuSign Envelope ID: 24AC3D87-29A6-4C0D-9539-0D3149EE5478 4) Select a Regular Meeting Schedule for 2024 Executive Committee Meetings (Action) Board Clerk Pizano introduced the item with a proposed regular meeting schedule of the fourth Fridays of the month at 10:00 a.m., in addition to canceling the July meeting for a summer recess. Committee members discussed future meeting availability; Chair Klein noted a quorum would be established early by way of a poll for availability for some of the meetings that had been flagged (March, April, May, and November/December).
Chair Klein opened public comment.
No speakers.
Chair Klein closed public comment.
MOTION: Vice Chair Mekechuk moved and Director Meadows seconded the motion to approve the 2024 Executive Committee Meeting regular schedule of the fourth Friday of the month at 10:00 a.m.
The motion carried by verbal roll call vote with Director Tyson absent. 5) Introduction to SVCE’s Load Management Standards Compliance Plan Obligation (Discussion) Citlalli Sandoval, Senior Regulatory Advisor, provided a presentation on the Load Management Standards (LMS) compliance plan, with a focus on introducing and providing context on the LMS and providing an update on developing SVCE’s plan.
The presentation included information on the following:
• What the Load Management Standards are in addition to objectives; • Past demand management methods;
• LMS compliance plan;
• Real time pricing pilots;
• SVCE’s first LMS Compliance Plan; and
• Steps leading up to the compliance plan filing.
Staff noted they would return to the Executive Committee in February with content on the first compliance plan prior to going to the Board of Directors in March for approval.
Staff responded to committee member questions regarding the LMS plan, including timeline and annual progress update reporting periods, commercial customers, and device connectivity.
Chair Klein opened public comment.
No speakers.
Chair Klein closed public comment.
6) Programs Snapshot: Electrifying Decarbonization Engagement for Healthy and Safe Communities (Presentation – Information Only)
Zoe Elizabeth, Deputy Director of Decarbonization Programs and Policy, and Eric Rodriguez, Programs Lead, presented information on the Silicon Valley Building Electrification: Stronger Together (SVBEST) program, with DocuSign Envelope ID: 24AC3D87-29A6-4C0D-9539-0D3149EE5478 a key objective to ensure SVCE has established relationships and partnerships essential to begin comprehensively electrifying all buildings.
Staff responded to questions from committee members about the program.
Chair Klein opened public comment.
No speakers.
Chair Klein closed public comment.
Committee/Staff Remarks
Vice Chair Mekechuk commented a lot of his constituents have expressed concerns with moving to electrification when the power goes out and noted it is a communication opportunity for SVCE; Vice Chair Mekechuk also announced Caltrain will be purchasing electric trains.
Director Meadows inquired about membership for the Risk Oversight Committee; CEO Balachandran noted he would connect with her offline.
Board Clerk Pizano requested members interested in SVCE’s other committees inform her of their interest.
Chair Klein announced he was in Washington D.C. at the U.S. Conference of Mayors and one of the topics was around maximizing our electric grid and changes that can be done locally for people in the community to move to electric. Ideas and best practices were shared at the conference, which Chair Klein will connect with staff on.
Adjournment
Chair Klein adjourned the meeting at 1:23 p.m.
ATTEST:
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Andrea Pizano, Board Secretary
DocuSign Envelope ID: 24AC3D87-29A6-4C0D-9539-0D3149EE5478