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Home My WebLink About2021-02-18; Clean Energy Alliance JPA; Agendas11111111w- CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE AGENDA Board of Directors Meeting Action Agenda February 18, 2021, 2 p.m. City of Solana Beach I Virtual Meeting Per State of California Executive Order N-29-20, and in interest of public health and safety, we are temporarily taking actions to prevent and mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by holding Clean Energy Alliance Joint Powers Authority meetings electronically or by teleconferencing. All public meetings will comply with public noticing requirements in the Brown Act and will be made accessible electronically to all members of the public seeking to observe and address the Clean Energy Alliance Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors. Members of the public can watch the meeting live at: https://solanabeach.12milesout.com/Video/Live. You can participate in the meeting by e-mailing your comments to the Secretary at secretary@thecleanenergyalliance.org 1 hour prior to commencement of the meeting. If you desire to have your comment read into the record at the meeting, please indicate so in the first line of your e-mail and limit your e-mail to 500 words or less. These procedures shall remain in place during the period in which state or local health officials have imposed or recommended social distancing measures. CALL TO ORDER: 2:00 p.m. ROLL CALL: Member Druker, Vice Chair Bhat-Patel, Chair Becker FLAG SALUTE: Chair Becker led the flag salute. BOARD COMMENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS: None PRESENTATIONS Report Out of February 4, 2021, CEA Community Advisory Committee by Chair Worden Interim CEO Barbara Boswell reported on the Special February 4, 2021, CEA Community Advisory Committee meeting and commented that the discussion focused on customer outreach strategy and commented on the enthusiasm of the committee. Chair Worden commented that key contact information gathered by the CAC will be provided to Tripepi Smith for outreach efforts. PUBLIC COMMENT: None City of Carlsbad I City of Del Mar I City of Solana Beach CLEAN ENERGY ENERGY ALLIANCE AGENDA APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes of the Regular Meeting held January 21, 2021. ACTION: Approved 3/0 Consent Calendar Item 1: Clean Energy Alliance Treasurer's Report RECOMMENDATION Receive and file Clean Energy Alliance Interim Treasurer's Report. Item 2: Adopt Resolution No. 2021-005 Approving investment Policy RECOMMENDATION Adopt Resolution No. 2021-005 approving Investment Policy. Item 3: Approve Contract Amendment with Keyes & Fox LLP for Specialized Regulatory Legal Services RECOMMENDATION Approve contract amendment with Keyes & Fox LLP for specialized regulatory legal services related to San Diego Gas & Electric rate proceedings, for a total contract amount not to exceed $112,500, and authorize Interim Chief Executive Officer to execute all documents, subject to General Counsel approval. Item 4: Schedule Special Meeting for Final Product Offering Selection and Rate Adoption RECOMMENDATION Schedule Special Meeting for Final Power Supply Product Offering Selection and Rate Adoption for March 4, 2021, 2pm. Public comment was read into the record from Ann Feeney, Vice Chair, Del Mar's Sustainability Advisory Board, regarding final product offering. ACTION: Motion by: Member Druker, second by Vice Chair Bhat-Patel, to approve the Consent Calendar. Motion carried unanimously, 3/0. New Business Item 5: Clean Energy Alliance Interim Chief Executive Officer Operational, Administrative and Regulatory Affairs Update RECOMMENDATION 1)Approve Issuance of Interest Letter to Prospective New Member Agencies. 2)Receive and file Operational and Administrative Update from Interim Chief Executive Officer. Clean Energy Alliance Board Action Agenda 2 February 18, 2021 011111110-- CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE AGENDA 3) Receive and file Community Choice Aggregation Regulatory Affairs Report from Special Counsel. Interim CEO Barbara Boswell commented on the outreach to prospective new member cities and next step actions to draft and send letters to begin engaging with such cities. ACTION: Motion by: Member Druker, second by Vice Chair Bhat-Patel, to approve the issuance of an interest letter to prospective new member agencies. Motion carried unanimously, 3/0. Special Regulatory Counsel Ty Tosdal commented regarding the following regulatory developments: 1) ) SDG&E's Energy Resource Recovery Account (ERRA) Forecast proceeding stating that a decision was adopted and a rate increase is likely due to both the Forecast and ERRA Trigger Application decisions; specific impact information requests have not yet been responded to, however, an advice letter is scheduled to be issued on February 23, 2021; 2) Intervention in SDG&E's General Rate Case (GRC) Phase II has commenced with the filing of a motion for party status to ensure future rate applicaticins apply the energy requirements that include departing load; 3) Emergency Reliability —California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has ordered Investor-owned Utilities (IOUs) to buy capacity to serve load in Summer 2021 and the filing of a response or a protest may be filed regarding no specific capacity levels being identified; and 4) the CPUC has launched a new rule making related to collective IOU customer debt increase of 650 million dollars last year. CPUC is analyzing how to address this issue and Counsel will report back with any findings that would affect CEA. ACTION: Reports received. Item 6: Approve Clean Energy Alliance Customer Outreach Strategy RECOMMENDATION 1) Approve customer outreach strategy. Interim CEO Barbara Boswell gave a n overview of the CEA Outreach Strategy highlighting the four regulatory compliance notices and sharing the draft notice. Chair Becker inquired regarding the business customers receiving the same notice, finalizing of the June enrollment list; changes to SDG&E billing system; and monitoring social media sites. Member Druker commented that presentations should be made to each Council once rates are set. Member Bhat-Patel commented regarding outreach specifically geared to the business community. ACTION: Motion by Chair Becker, second by Member Druker, to approve the Clean Energy Alliance Customer Outreach Strategy. Motion carried unanimously, 3/0. Clean Energy Alliance Board Action Agenda 3 February 18, 2021 CLEAN ENERGY ENERGY ALLIANCE AGENDA Item 7: Adopt Resolution No. 2021-006 Amending Clean Energy Alliance By-Laws and Setting Time and Place for Clean Energy Alliance Board Meetings Through June 30, 2021 RECOMMENDATION. Adopt Resolution No. 2021-006 Amending Clean Energy Alliance By-Laws and Setting Time and Place for Clean Energy Alliance Board Meetings through June 30, 2021. Interim CEO Barbara Boswell presented the item commenting that the purpose of the item is to change the CEA meeting date and time due to conflicts that have arisen. General Counsel Gregory Stepanicich explained the process to the change the CEA meeting schedule for the remainder of the fiscal year and indicated the change to the by-laws is a two-meeting process. Mr. Stepanicich clarified the three parts to the recommended action: adopting the resolution changing the meeting schedule for the remainder of the fiscal year, cancel the regular meeting of March 18 and schedule a special meeting on March 25, and direct an amendment to the by-laws be made. ACTION: Motion by Member Druker, second by Vice Chair Bhat-Patel to adopt Resolution No. 2021-006 amending Clean Energy Alliance By-Laws and setting time and place for Clean Energy Alliance Board Meetings through June 30, 2021; cancelling the regular meeting of March 18 and scheduling a special meeting for March 25, 2021. Motion carried unanimously, 3/0. BOARD MEMBER REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: None ADJOURN: Chair Becker adjourned the meeting at 2:46 p.m. NEXT MEETING: March 4, 2021, Special Meeting, hosted by City of Carlsbad (Virtual Meeting) Reasonable Accommodations Persons with a disability may request an agenda packet in appropriate alternative formats as require by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Reasonable accommodations and auxiliary aids will be provided to effectively allow participation in the meeting. Please contact the Carlsbad City Clerk's Office at 760-434-2808 (voice), 711 (free relay service for TTY users), 760-720-9461 (fax) or clerk@carlsbadca.gov by noon on the Monday before the Board meeting to make arrangement. Written Comments To submit written comments to the Board, please contact the Carlsbad City Clerk's office at secretary@thecleanenergvalliance.org. Written materials related to the agenda that are received by 5:00 p.m. on the day before the meeting will be distributed to the Board in advance of the meeting and posted on the Authority web page. To review these materials during the meeting, please contact the Board Secretary. Clean Energy Alliance Board Action Agenda 4 February 18, 2021