Joint Special Meeting of the Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and Finance and Administration Committee,
and
the Cities Association of Santa Clara County Board of Directors Monday, August 31, 2026
6:00 pm
Sunnyvale Civic Center
Bay Room
456 W. Olive Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA
MEETING MINUTES
Call to Order:
Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Vice Chair Sally Meadows called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m.
Verification of Meeting Quorum
Present:
Directors
Sally Meadows (Vice Chair), Los Altos
George Tyson, Los Altos Hills
Bryan Mekechuk, Monte Sereno
Pat Showalter, Mountain View
Otto Lee, Santa Clara County
Alternate Directors
Anne Bybee, Campbell
Linda Swan, Los Altos Hills
Maria Ristow, Los Gatos (arrived at 6:06 p.m.)
Chris Clark, Mountain View
Tina Walia, Saratoga
Murali Srinivasan, Sunnyvale
Absent:
Directors
Larry Klein (Chair), Sunnyvale
Terry Hines, Campbell
R “Ray” Wang, Cupertino
Zach Hilton, Gilroy
Rob Rennie, Los Gatos
Garry Barbadillo, Milpitas
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Yvonne Martinez Beltran, Morgan Hill
Chuck Page, Saratoga
Alternate Directors
J.R. Fruen, Cupertino
Tom Cline, Gilroy
Jonathan D. Weinberg, Los Altos
Evelyn Chua, Milpitas
Terry McCarthy, Monte Sereno
Mark Turner, Morgan Hill
Margaret Abe-Koga, Santa Clara County
Regular Calendar
1) Upcoming Air District Regulations – What Elected Officials Need to Know (Discussion) The Welcome address was provided by the following:
• Otto Lee, County of Santa Clara & Director, SVCE & Member, Bay Area Air District Board • Tina Walia, Vice Mayor, City of Saratoga & President, Cities Association of Santa Clara County • Betsy Nash, Mayor, City of Menlo Park & Executive Committee, WestLight Energy Vicki Veenker, Mayor, City of Palo Alto & Vice Chair, Bay Area Air District, provided an introduction.
Greg Nudd, Deputy Executive Officer of Policy, Bay Area Air District, gave a technical overview of the Bay Area Air District Zero Nox Water Heater Rule (9-6).
Blake Herschaft, WesLight Energy, introduced the speaker panel:
• Greg Nudd, Deputy Executive Officer of Policy, Bay Area Air District; • Reuben Veek, Operations Director, SunWork;
• Friday Apaliski, Managing Director of Communications, Building Decarbonization Coalition SVCE Director of Decarbonization Policy and Community Strategies, Zoe Elizabeth, moderated the panel.
Monica Padilla, CEO, SVCE, provided closing remarks.
SVCE Vice Chair Meadows opened Public Comment.
No speakers.
SVCE Vice Chair Meadows closed Public Comment.
Adjourn
SVCE Vice Chair Meadows adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m.
ATTEST:
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Andrea Pizano, Board Secretary
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