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Regular Meeting of the Valley Clean Energy Alliance
Board of Directors
Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 5:30 p.m.
City of Woodland Council Chambers
300 First Street, Woodland, California 95695
Board Members will be attending in-person and public participation will be in-person and available via Zoom Webinar (video/teleconference). VCE will, to the best of its ability, provide hybrid and remote options for VCE meeting participants and to the public; however, VCE cannot guarantee these options will be available due to technical limitations outside of our control. For assurance of public comment, VCE encourages in-person and written public comments to be submitted as described below when possible. VCE, to the best of its abilities, will provide participation via the Zoom platform.
Accommodations for Persons with disabilities: Individuals who need special assistance or a disability-related modification or accommodation to participate in this meeting, or who have a disability and wish to request an alternative format for the meeting materials, should contact Alisa Lembke, VCE Board Clerk/Administrative Analyst, as soon as possible and preferably at least two (2) working days before the meeting at (530) 446-2754 or [email protected].
If you have anything that you wish to be distributed to the Board and included in the official record, please hand it to a member of VCEA staff who will distribute the information to the Board members and other staff.
Please note that the numerical order of items is for convenience of reference. Items may be taken out of order on the request of any Board member with the concurrence of the Board. Staff recommendations are advisory to the Board. The Board may take any action it deems appropriate on any item on the agenda even if it varies from the staff recommendation.
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Public comments may be submitted electronically or during the meeting. Instructions on how to submit your public comments can be found in the PUBLIC PARTICIPATION note at the end of this agenda.
Board Members: Bapu Vaitla (City of Davis, Chair), Jesse Loren (City of Winters, Vice Chair), Lucas Frerichs (Yolo County), Tom Stallard (City of Woodland), Sheila Allen (Yolo County), Donna Neville (City of Davis), Tania Garcia-Cadena (City of Woodland), Richard Casavecchia (City of Winters)
Alternate Board Members: Angel Barajas (Yolo County), Mayra Vega (City of Woodland), Linda Deos (City of Davis), Albert Vallecillo (City of Winters) 5:30 p.m. Call to Order
1. Welcome and Approval of the Agenda
2. Public Comment: This item is reserved for persons wishing to address the Board on any VCE-related matters that are not otherwise on this meeting agenda or are listed on the Consent portion of the agenda. Public comments on matters listed on the agenda shall be heard at the time the matter is called. As with all public comment, members of the public who wish to address the Board are customarily limited to two minutes per speaker, electronically submitted comments should be limited to approximately 300 words.
Comments that are longer than 300 words will only be read for two minutes. All electronically submitted comments, whether read in their entirety or not, will be posted to the VCE website within 24 hours of the conclusion of the meeting. See below under PUBLIC PARTICIPATION on how to provide your public comment.
CONSENT AGENDA
3. Approve June 12, 2025 Board meeting Minutes.
4. Receive 2025 long range calendar.
5. Receive Treasurer’s reports: A) May 31, 2025, B) June 30, 2025 and C) July 31, 2025.
6. Receive July/August 2025 regulatory update dated September 3, 2025 provided by Keyes & Fox.
7. Receive Community Advisory Committee meeting summaries: 1) June 26, 2025 meeting and Strategic Plan Update Workshop; 2) July 24, 2025 meeting; and, 3) August 28, 2025 meeting.
8. Receive Customer participation update (2nd Quarter 2025). (Information)
9. Accept and attest the accuracy of Valley Clean Energy’s 2024 Power Content Label. (Action)
10. Approve VCE Capitalization Policy. (Action)
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REGULAR AGENDA
11. Receive AgFIT (Dynamic Pricing) Pilot Program update. (Information)
12. Board Member and Staff Announcements: Action items and reports from members of the Board, including announcements, AB1234 reporting of meetings attended by Board Members of VCE expense, questions to be referred to staff, future agenda items, and reports on meetings and information which would be of interest to the Board or the public.
13. Announcement and Adjournment of Regular meeting: The Board has scheduled their next regular meeting for Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. at the City of Davis Community Chambers located at 23 Russell Boulevard, Davis, California 95616. The Board will adjourn their regular meeting to reconvene into the Strategic Plan Workshop.
RECONVENE AS STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE WORKSHOP
Estimated start time 6 p.m.
1. Public Comment: This item is reserved for persons wishing to address the CAC on any VCE-related matters that are not otherwise on this Workshop agenda. As with all public comment, members of the public who wish to address the CAC are customarily limited to two minutes per speaker, electronically submitted comments should be limited to approximately 300 words. Comments that are longer than 300 words will only be read for two minutes. All electronically submitted comments, whether read in their entirety or not, will be posted to the VCE website within 24 hours of the conclusion of the meeting. See the information below under PUBLIC PARTICIPATION at the conclusion of this agenda about how to provide your public comment.
2. VCE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE WORKSHOP
a. Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) & Valley Clean Energy (VCE) Basics b. VCE Strategic Plan Background
c. VCE 2026-2029 Major Update & Initial Draft
i. Overview - 2026-2029 Major Update Process
ii. Customer outreach and Survey Results
iii. Initial Draft Updates
d. Discussion/Feedback
e. Next Steps/Timeline
3. Adjournment of Workshop.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Public Comments: Public participation for this meeting will be done electronically via e-mail and during the meeting as described below.
Public participation via e-mail: If you have anything that you wish to be distributed to the Board and included in the official record, please e-mail it to VCE staff at [email protected] . If information is received by 3:00 p.m. on the day of the Board meeting it will be e-mailed to the Board members and other staff prior to the meeting. If it is received after 3:00 p.m. the information will be distributed after the meeting, but within 24 hours of the conclusion of the meeting. Written public comments that do not exceed 300 VCE 9/11/2025 Board Meeting Agenda Page 4 of 4
words will be read by the VCE Board Clerk, or other assigned VCE staff, to the Board and the public during the meeting subject to the usual time limit for public comments [two (2) minutes].
General written public comments will be read during Item 2, Public Comment. Written public comment on individual agenda items should include the item number in the “Subject” line for the e-mail and the Clerk will read the comment during the item. All written comments received will be posted to the VCE website.
Verbal public participation during the meeting:
1) If attending in person, please complete a Comment Card and return it to the Board Clerk.
2) If attending remotely via Zoom, there are two (2) ways for the public to provide verbal comments:
A. If you are attending by computer, activate the “participants” icon at the bottom of your screen, then raise your hand (hand clap icon) under “reactions”. When called upon, you will be “unmuted” to allow to speak.
B. If you are attending by phone only, you will need to press *9 to raise your hand.
When called upon, press *6 to unmute your microphone.
VCE staff will acknowledge that you have a public comment to make during the item and will call upon you to make your verbal comment.
Public records that relate to any item on the open session agenda for a regular or special Board meeting are available for public review on the VCE website. Records that are distributed to the Board by VCE staff less than 72 hours prior to the meeting will be posted to the VCE website at the same time they are distributed to all members, or a majority of the members of the Board. Questions regarding VCE public records related to the meeting should be directed to Board Clerk Alisa Lembke at (530) 446-2750 or [email protected]. The Valley Clean Energy website is located at:
https://valleycleanenergy.org/board-meetings/.