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Regular Meeting Minutes
Date: October 14,2021
1.Vrinda, Anand, Steve, Pat, Sasha, Srini, Aileen, April
a.Stan, Jay Shideler, Jolie
b.Cody, Lucille Glassman, Megan (?), Gabriel Johnson (SES), Jason Smith (SES)
2.September meeting minutes: Steve moved, Anand 2ndd, unanimous
3.April agreed to continue membership
4.Cody's presentation:
a.City council
b.Jason (& Gabe) from Syserco
c.Initial questions from Steve, Anand, Sasha: V2G? EV chargers included? Already
have generator backup?
d.Hard time getting PV output data.
e.V2G would be supported as long as V2G could receive the commands...
f.Propose full support!
i.Maybe smallish battery config, expecting V2G to help
ii.New Solar panels & microinverters for shading...
iii.No new generator -- stranded asset! No fossil fuels! Demonstration
project.
iv.No new panel... Why increase from 600 to 1200?
v.Lots of options for EE? Their goal is to reduce, than produce.
vi.New PV panels have a 30 year power guarantee.
vii.Stan's question: Will electrification be covered by a new panel? Yes.
viii.Submit EIC comments to Cody tomorrow -- Vrinda to summarize
5.Climate Action Plan -- Vrinda
a.Looking for endorsement by full committee for presentation to council next week
b.Draft resolution here. Documentation of measures here. Slides here.
c.Stan leaning for more aggressive plan... how to justify
d.Aileen: Regulation may force us to be more aggressive in a few years!
e.Stan suggested a symposium to discuss how cities can get off natural gas?
Payoff could be much more. Stan would ask SVCE to fund.
f.Anand: Should try to improve slide 10...
g.April: Very well done.
h.Pat: Compared to other cities we look bad. Response: but ours is more
realistic...?
i.Jay: Go the extra effort for the 52% plan. Then we have some buffer?
j.Stan suggests to let it stand: present both options.
k.Anand moved, Pat seconded. unanimous support for approval. YAY!
l.Anand will send draft email to invite comments to council meeting.
m.April suggests putting info about the CAP in the "new resident" packet, don’t
know what goes into the package
n.Anand got some energy data from Foothill
6.Discussion of Cody's presentation
a.Srini: we need a bit more time to review; lots of details!
b.Steve: Agreed -- presentation was confusing; but also we don't want to slow
down the timeline
c.Syserco will design & build.