Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority
Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
7:00 pm
Sunnyvale Civic Center
456 W. Olive Ave
Sunnyvale, CA
Gilroy City Hall
Administration Conference Room
7351 Rosanna Street
Gilroy, CA
MEETING MINUTES
Call to Order:
Chair Klein called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
Roll Call
Present:
Larry Klein (Chair), Sunnyvale
Sally Meadows (Vice Chair), Los Altos
Terry Hines, Campbell
Tom Cline, Gilroy (participated remotely)
George Tyson, Los Altos Hills
Rob Rennie, Los Gatos
Garry Barbadillo, Milpitas
Bryan Mekechuk, Monte Sereno
Yvonne Martinez Beltran, Morgan Hill
Pat Showalter, Mountain View
Chuck Page, Saratoga
Absent:
R “Ray” Wang, Cupertino
Otto Lee, Santa Clara County
Chair Klein welcomed new Campbell Director, Terry Hines, to the Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Board of Directors (Board). Director Hines provided brief welcome comments.
Public Comment on Matters Not Listed on the Agenda
No speakers.
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Consent Calendar (Action)
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 March 11, 2026, Board of Directors Meeting 1b) Receive February 2026 Treasurer Report
1c) Adopt Resolution Amending SVCE Conflict of Interest Code to Add Human Resources Operations Manager and Senior Forecasting and Planning Analyst as Designated Positions for Filing Statements of Economic Interests
1d) Approve an Allocation of One Million Dollars from the Decarbonization Program Fund to Replenish the Programs Marketing Fund
1e) Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to Execute Agreement with The Collective in an Amount Not to Exceed $460,000 for Furniture Design, Purchase, and Installation for Silicon Valley Clean Energy Headquarters
1f) Receive Executive Committee Report
1g) Receive 2026 Legislative Ad Hoc Committee Report
1h) Receive Additional Committees Report
1i) Receive California Community Power Report
MOTION: Director Page moved and Director Martinez Beltran seconded the motion to approve the Consent Calendar, Items 1a through 1i.
The motion carried by verbal roll call vote with Director Lee and Director Wang absent.
Chair Klein noted for the record that the title of 1e) Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to Execute Agreement with The Collective in an Amount Not to Exceed $460,000 for Furniture Design, Purchase, and Installation for Silicon Valley Clean Energy Headquarters, had been updated to reflect $460,000 (previously listed as $400,000).
Regular Calendar
2) CEO Report (Informational)
Monica Padilla, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), addressed the following in her report:
• An update on the progress of construction at SVCE’s new headquarters in Sunnyvale; • An update on the February 2026 California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) procurement order, requiring 2,000 megawatts of new capacity to be online by June 1 of 2030-2032. Staff had previously reported that the proposed decision language included a cap on battery storage procurement, which was removed in the final decision, and the load serving entities did not have final effective load carrying capacity numbers which are expected by the end of the year. • Pamela Leonard, Deputy Director of Marketing and Communications, shared upcoming Earth Day event highlights;
• Bena Chang, Director of Government and Legislative Affairs, provided a legislative update on the retirement of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear power plant; and • A welcome to new board member, Terry Hines, representing Campbell.
Board members expressed interest in touring the Diablo Canyon facility if there are future opportunities.
Chair Klein opened Public Comment.
No speakers.
Chair Klein closed Public Comment.
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3) Integrated Decarbonization Roadmap: Barriers and Targets (Discussion) Zoe Elizabeth, Director of Decarbonization Policy and Community Strategies, provided a presentation on the development of SVCE’s Integrated Decarbonization Roadmap, which included a review of program budget projections, review of progress toward electrification goals and SVCE’s impact, and a review of the prioritization strategy for the budget scenarios and program tradeoffs.
Staff responded to questions and comments on emission reductions and improved air quality from using induction cooktops, the counter-factual (without SVCE) estimates of electrified machines and reaching 2045 targets, which device has the better potential impact for decarbonization, electric vehicle (EV) incentives in rebates and EV incentives in charging and how they balance, what areas that partnerships can help move things faster, using current events to help drive electrification, suggestion to show residential versus commercial and industrial costs and potential benefits in the proposed budget scenarios, if the work that SVCE is doing will be shared with CalCCA for information purposes, and EV ownership and addressing the misconceptions about owning an EV.
Chair Klein opened Public Comment.
Bruce Karney, Mountain View resident and Chair of Carbon Free Mountain View, spoke about emissions from automobiles and EV charging at public locations, and the hope that SVCE will not invest significantly less in programs as shown in the low budget scenario of the presentation.
Chair Klein closed Public Comment.
4) Programs Impact Summary – January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025 (Informational) Nupur Hiremath, Manager of Decarbonization Programs, presented SVCE’s annual Programs Impact Summary for calendar year 2025. Highlights included an overview of SVCE’s program offerings, what was accomplished and learned in 2025, featured customer stories and current and future SVCE programs.
Staff responded to questions and comments on the cumulative numbers outlined in the top six milestones, inquiry if SVCE has an “SVCE Certified” label for contractors who have completed the training program, how income qualified customers learn about SVCE programs, EV charging rebate agreements with member agencies and public facilities, clarification on the seasonal bonus rebate offering, layering of rebates and eligibility to outside agencies, appreciation of customer stories, load management clarification, if the Electric Advisor is available to others outside of SVCE’s service territory and providing a breakdown of how many visitors are within SVCE’s jurisdiction and how many visitors are from each member agency, income based qualifications for SVCE’s programs, and if SVCE reaches out to identify customers who qualify for programs.
Chair Klein opened Public Comment.
Bruce Karney commented the following: applauded the synchronization of SVCE, San Jose Clean Energy, and Peninsula Clean Energy with contractors on potential rebates; noted SVCE provides GHG emissions data every year to member agencies and in comparing 2019 to 2024 data, only five jurisdictions showed a decrease in GHG emissions; encouragement for member agencies who have not yet done so to provide stacked rebates for heat pumps with SVCE’s rebates; and the names of customers highlighted in the presentation were changed for anonymity, but his was not.
Chair Klein closed Public Comment.
Board Member Announcements and Future Agenda Items
Director Mekechuk commented on the difficult time with the federal administration and commended SVCE for its work.
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Adjourn
Chair Klein adjourned the meeting at 8:54 p.m.
ATTEST:
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Andrea Pizano, Board Secretary
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