Silicon Valley Clean Energy
Executive Committee Meeting
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
1:00 p.m.
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Office
333 W El Camino Real, Suite 330
Sunnyvale, CA
MEETING MINUTES
Call to Order
Chair Martinez Beltran called the meeting to order at 1:01 p.m.
Roll Call
Present:
Chair Yvonne Martinez Beltran, Morgan Hill
Vice Chair Sally Meadows, City of Los Altos
Director Elliot Scozzola, City of Campbell
Director George Tyson, Town of Los Altos Hills
Director Tina Walia, City of Saratoga
Director Larry Klein, City of Sunnyvale
Absent:
None.
A quorum was present.
Public Comment on Matters Not Listed on the Agenda
No speakers.
Consent Calendar
Chair Martinez Beltran opened Public Comment.
No speakers.
Chair Martinez Beltran closed Public Comment.
MOTION: Vice Chair Meadows moved and Director Scozzola seconded the motion to approve the Consent Calendar.
The motion carried unanimously with all committee members present. 1) Approve Minutes of the March 28, 2025, Executive Committee Meeting Docusign Envelope ID: FD06A966-D5CF-4F87-BE4A-0662D89746A4 Regular Calendar
2) CEO Update (Discussion)
CEO Monica Padilla shared the following:
A Special Meeting of the Board of Directors would be held at 4:00 p.m. on May 14, 2025, at SVCE’s new headquarters in Sunnyvale for the purpose of facilitating space planning discussions with Board members and the public; and
Photo highlights from the Hanford Hybrid Battery Project ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by SVCE Board members and staff.
There was no public comment.
3) Review Opportunity and Strategy for Advancing Demand Flexibility in Silicon Valley Clean Energy's Service Area (Discussion)
Don Bray, Director of Strategic Development, Colton Heath, Trading Planner, Maren Wenzel, Director of Regulatory Policy and Planning, and Joseph Lande, Energy Services Manager, provided a presentation regarding customer Demand Flexibility services.
Staff’s presentation reviewed the needs, goals and opportunities for demand flexibility in SVCE’s service area and a review of the scope and contracting approach for demand flexibility services. Information in the presentation included:
Highlights of demand flexibility benefits and value;
Potential for demand flexibility and beneficial load shift in SVCE’s service area; Overview of the 2024 joint request for proposal (RFP) with Peninsula Clean Energy to identify teaming pattern(s) for SVCE’s demand flexibility efforts with two parts: 1) Provide 5 megawatt (MW) of existing demand flexibility capacity by 2026 and 2) Enroll 25MW of new demand flexibility capacity by 2030; and Role of a Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS).
Staff responded to committee member questions and comments regarding various EV charging pilots, vendor RFP evaluation process, resource capacity and pricing, residential battery storage and energy load shift optimization, and customer engagement and potential incentives for smart device enrollment.
Staff noted one vendor had been selected as a result of the RFP and an agreement would be brought to the May Board of Directors meeting for consideration; committee members provided feedback on the item.
Chair Martinez Beltran opened Public Comment.
No speakers.
Chair Martinez Beltran closed Public Comment.
4) Update on Silicon Valley Clean Energy E-ELEC Pilot and Recommendations for Next Steps (Action) Peter Mustacich, Technical Manager of Decarbonization Planning and Strategy, provided a presentation reviewing staff’s recommendation to close the E-ELEC 1.0 rate pilot program and launch an E-ELEC 2.0 rate pilot program, in addition to providing a preview of a new residential Electric Vehicle (EV) rate.
Staff responded to committee member questions and comments regarding the proposed E-ELEC 2.0 program pilot customer opt-in and auto-enrollment, and timeframe for launching the E-ELEC 2.0 rate pilot program.
Docusign Envelope ID: FD06A966-D5CF-4F87-BE4A-0662D89746A4 Chair Martinez Beltran opened Public Comment.
No speakers.
Chair Martinez Beltran closed Public Comment.
MOTION: Director Tyson moved and Director Klein seconded the motion to recommend the SVCE Board of Directors approve to end the current E-ELEC 1.0 Rate Pilot Program and adopt the E-ELEC 2.0 Rate Pilot Program with a budget of $3.5M.
The motion carried unanimously with all committee members present. 5) Recommend Approval of Real Time Price Rate (Action)
Citlalli Sandoval, Senior Regulatory Advisor, provided a presentation with a request for the Executive Committee to recommend the SVCE Board of Directors approve a preliminary real time pricing rate structure.
The presentation included:
Background information on Load Management Standards (LMS) compliance, which requires a real time pricing (RTP) rate or program option for customers in 2027; Review of the proposed Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) RTP rate structure and subscription proposal; and
Review of staff’s request for the Executive Committee to recommend that the Board approve the preliminary RTP rate based on PG&E’s rate proposal, with the expectation that the rate will be updated by staff based on learnings from ongoing pilots and regulatory changes.
Staff noted this initial request would be brought to the Board of Directors for consideration at the May Board of Directors meeting, and an implementation recommendation would be brought to the Board with final details and costs prior to 2027.
Chair Martinez Beltran opened Public Comment.
No speakers.
Chair Martinez Beltran closed Public Comment.
MOTION: Director Klein moved and Director Walia seconded the motion to recommend the SVCE Board of Directors approve a preliminary real time pricing rate structure as presented by staff in addition to coming back to the Board of Directors with learnings.
CEO Padilla inquired if the Board Chair would prefer the item on the Consent Calendar or Regular Calendar for the May Board of Directors meeting. Board Chair Tyson noted given the item was compliance related it could go on the Consent Calendar, so long as it was supported by the Executive Committee. There were no objections from the Committee.
The motion carried unanimously with all committee members present. 6) Silicon Valley Clean Energy Board of Directors Best Practices and Operating Rules and Regulations Amendments (Action)
Board Chair George Tyson provided a presentation regarding CCA governance, with a recommendation to establish an Ad Hoc Committee to review SVCE’s Operating Rules and Regulations for potential amendments.
Chair Tyson proposed the slate of members to include Board Chair Tyson, Board Vice Chair Klein, and Director Showalter to serve on the Ad Hoc Committee.
Docusign Envelope ID: FD06A966-D5CF-4F87-BE4A-0662D89746A4 Directors provided supportive comments regarding the establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee, and discussed the timeline and proposed membership of the group.
Chair Martinez Beltran opened Public Comment.
No speakers.
Chair Martinez Beltran closed Public Comment.
MOTION: Director Klein moved and Director Walia seconded the motion to recommend the SVCE Board of Directors approve the formation of an Ad Hoc Committee and appoint Director George Tyson, Director Larry Klein and Director Pat Showalter to serve on the committee.
The motion carried unanimously with all committee members present.
Director Meadows departed the meeting at 2:58 p.m. following the vote on Item 6. 7) Program Snapshot: Programs Portfolio Tool in Salesforce (Informational) Nupur Hiremath, Manager of Decarbonization Programs, and Doug Bernard, Management Analyst, provided a presentation regarding SVCE’s implementation of Salesforce applications with key highlights to support customer experience and internal business processes, and increasing customer account engagement with SVCE programs and services.
Staff responded to questions from committee members regarding the rollout of translation services as a part of the implementation effort and staffing needs during the implementation phase.
Chair Martinez Beltran opened Public Comment.
No speakers.
Chair Martinez Beltran closed Public Comment.
Committee/Staff Remarks
There were no remarks from the committee or staff members.
Adjournment
Chair Martinez Beltran adjourned the meeting at 3:05 p.m.
ATTEST:
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Andrea Pizano, Board Secretary
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