Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority
Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
7:00 pm
Sunnyvale Civic Center
456 W. Olive Ave
Sunnyvale, CA
Gilroy City Hall
Administration Conference Room
7351 Rosanna Street
Gilroy, CA
The Westin Long Beach
Lobby Area
333 East Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach, CA
MEETING MINUTES
Call to Order:
Chair Tyson called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.
Roll Call
Present:
George Tyson (Chair), Los Altos Hills
Larry Klein (Vice Chair), Sunnyvale
Elliot Scozzola, Campbell
J.R. Fruen, Cupertino (joined meeting remotely at 7:15 p.m.) Zach Hilton, Gilroy (participated remotely)
Sally Meadows, Los Altos
Pat Showalter, Mountain View
Margaret Abe-Koga, Santa Clara County
Tina Walia, Saratoga (participated remotely)
Absent:
Rob Rennie, Los Gatos
Garry Barbadillo, Milpitas
Bryan Mekechuk, Monte Sereno
Yvonne Martinez Beltran, Morgan Hill
A quorum was present.
Public Comment on Matters Not Listed on the Agenda
No speakers.
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Consent Calendar
There were no questions or comments from the Board; there were no requests from the public to speak on any matter on the Consent Calendar.
1a) Approve Minutes of the September 10, 2025, Board of Directors Meeting 1b) Receive August 2025 Treasurer Report
1c) Adopt Resolution Amending SVCE Conflict of Interest Code to Retitle Chief Financial Officer and Director of Administrative Services to Chief Financial Officer, Retitle Technology Services Manager to Manager of IT, Remove Senior Manager of IT & Administrative Services and Manager of Technology & Administrative Services, and Add Associate Financial Analyst and Director of Operations as Designated Positions for Filing Statements of Economic Interests 1d) Adopt Resolution Amending SVCE’s Operating Rules and Regulations 1e) Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to Execute Amendment to Agreement with EcoMetricx for Cyber Insurance Coverage
1f) Adopt Resolution Authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to Finalize Negotiations and Execute Master Agreement with TotalEnergies Gas & Power North America, Inc. to Enable the Execution of Energy Transactions
1g) Receive Additional Committees Report
1h) Receive California Community Power Report
MOTION: Vice Chair Klein moved and Director Showalter seconded the motion to approve the Consent Calendar, Items 1a through 1h.
The motion carried with Directors Fruen, Rennie, Barbadillo, Mekechuk, and Martinez Beltran absent.
2) CEO Report (Discussion)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Padilla addressed the following:
1) Introduction of new employees Alisha Pegan, Demand Flexibility Manager, and Nicholas Bail, Energy Services Specialist, who both provided brief welcome comments; and 2) An update on legislation from Bena Chang, Director of Government and Legislative Affairs, who provided information on the federal government shutdown, monitoring by SVCE staff of indirect impacts of the shutdown including renewable and transmission projects that are in the federal permitting process, and information on grant recissions from the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Chair Tyson opened Public Comment.
No speakers.
Chair Tyson closed Public Comment.
Regular Calendar
3) Clean Pathways Progress Update (Discussion)
Director Fruen joined the meeting remotely during Item 3.
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Zak Liske, Deputy Director of Power Resources, presented information on SVCE’s Clean Power procurement targets and efforts, challenges facing SVCE, and future reporting. Deputy Director Liske noted staff’s proposal for future reporting would be an annual clean pathways report toward meeting 2030 and 2035 goals, and would also include past hourly performance.
Staff responded to questions and comments regarding short-term and long-term clean power supply procurement; in the event targets cannot be met and the margin of error exceeds the allotted 10%, the time it would take to return to the Board for additional guidance; SVCE’s solar and storage portfolio; locations of battery projects; and future usage of artificial intelligence technology.
CEO Padilla suggested staff agendize a future item to discuss data center load.
Chair Tyson opened Public Comment.
No speakers.
Chair Tyson closed Public Comment.
4) State Legislative Update (Informational)
Director of Government and Legislative Affairs Chang provided information regarding the passage of state-level energy and climate bills which included the following:
• Assembly Bill (AB) 825 (Petrie-Norris): Regional Energy Markets • Senate Bill (SB) 254 (Becker): Energy Affordability Omnibus • AB1207 (Irwin) and SB840 (Limon): Cap and Invest
Staff responded to questions and comments regarding California Environmental Quality Act exemptions in SB 254, state-level wildfire mitigation and land use planning, and state legislature discretionary funds allocation.
Chair Tyson opened Public Comment.
No speakers.
Chair Tyson closed Public Comment
5) Local Agency Action Planning (Informational)
Zoe Elizabeth, Director of Decarbonization Policy and Community Strategies, provided information regarding the passage of AB130, status of reach code adoption by SVCE’s member agencies and ongoing staff support to local agencies. CEO Padilla shared SVCE was a recipient of an Electric Innovation Award for reach code efforts and acknowledged SVCE staff, member agency staff, and the Board.
Staff responded to questions and comments regarding timing of reach code adoption, and the terminology used when referring to and describing reach codes.
Chair Tyson opened Public Comment.
No speakers.
Chair Tyson closed Public Comment.
Board Member Announcements and Future Agenda Items
Chair Tyson announced that he and Vice Chair Klein visited the SunZia Pattern Wind Project in New Mexico.
Vice Chair Klein expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to visit the project with Chair Tyson.
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Public Comment on Closed Session
No speakers.
Closed Session
The Board of Directors convened to Closed Session at 8:10 p.m.
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:
Title: Chief Executive Officer
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Agency designated representatives: Director Tyson, Board Chair, and Director Klein, Board Vice Chair Unrepresented employee: Chief Executive Officer
The Board of Directors reconvened from Closed Session at 9:05 p.m.
Report from Closed Session
Chair Tyson announced that the Board met in Closed Session and appointed Chair Tyson and Vice Chair Klein to serve as Labor Negotiators, and there was nothing to report on the Public Employee Performance Evaluation item.
Adjourn
Chair Tyson adjourned the meeting at 9:06 p.m.
ATTEST:
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Andrea Pizano, Board Secretary
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