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SPEAKER_03: I'm about to call to order. Can we do the five seconds? Good evening. I'll call to order the
SPEAKER_03: SMUD Board of Directors meeting of March 19, 2026. Please join me in the pledge to the flag.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you Brandon. You read my mind there. So this meeting of the SMUD Board of Directors
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SPEAKER_03: from security before reentering. Would the chief legal officer please conduct a roll call?
Unknown: Director Rose. Here. Director Bowie-Thompson. Present. Director Fishman. Here. Director Herber.
Unknown: Here. Vice President Kurth. Here. Director Sanborn. Here. President Tamayo. Here. All directors are
SPEAKER_11: present. And now I'll ask Director Fishman to read our 2030 climate action tip. Sure. SMUD is working
SPEAKER_04: towards 100% zero carbon by 2030 and there's a lot that the public can do to help us lead the
SPEAKER_04: global clean power city movement. As spring approaches it's a great time to schedule
SPEAKER_04: maintenance on your HVAC system including replacing filters and checking ducts for leaks.
Unknown: A well maintained system runs more efficiently and uses less energy to heat or cool your home.
SPEAKER_04: Check out smud.org slash rebates for rebates and special promotions on electrical appliance options
SPEAKER_04: and you can join the charge and visit clean power city.org. Thank you. If there are no
SPEAKER_03: corrections, changes or additions, I'll entertain a motion to approve the agenda. So moved. I'll
SPEAKER_08: second. Okay. Moved by Director Herber. Seconded by Director Sanborn. Directors, please vote.
SPEAKER_03: The agenda is approved with all directors voting yes.
Unknown: All right. And now we'll move to our committee chair reports. Director Herber,
SPEAKER_03: chair of the policy committee, will give the report of the March 11, 2026 meeting.
Unknown: Thank you, Mr. President. The policy committee met on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. There were two
SPEAKER_08: informational items. The first informational item was to discuss the process and principles
SPEAKER_08: for renewable energy development. Topics included how SMUD procures renewable energy, three ways.
SPEAKER_08: Number one, developing projects through construction contracts. Number two,
SPEAKER_08: jointly developing projects. And number three, purchasing the power through power purchase
SPEAKER_08: agreements or PPAs. And lastly, executing PPAs through third party proposals. SMUD has a long
SPEAKER_08: history of environmental leadership through Strategic Directive 7. We have a robust review
SPEAKER_08: process of proposed projects to identify potential environmental impacts. SMUD's principles for
SPEAKER_08: renewable energy development include developing carbon free renewable energy in a manner that
SPEAKER_08: supports the community, protects the environment, and respects human rights. These principles provide
SPEAKER_08: guidance for the siting, design, construction, and operation of SMUD's clean energy projects.
SPEAKER_08: The six principles cover land use, design and construction, sustainable lifecycle management,
SPEAKER_08: sustainable regional workforce, and sustainable materials and equipment.
Unknown: President Tamayo created an ad hoc committee consisting of President Tamayo, Director Sanborn,
SPEAKER_08: and Director Herber as the chair of the committee to review potential changes to Strategic
SPEAKER_08: Direction Number 7 that would reflect the principles for renewable energy development
SPEAKER_08: as they may be modified in response to the discussion. The second informational item
SPEAKER_08: was a review of the board work plan. This concludes my report.
SPEAKER_08: Thank you. And now Director Rose, chair of the Finance and Audit Committee,
SPEAKER_03: will give the report of the March 17, 2026 meeting.
Unknown: Right, thank you President Tamayo. So the Finance and Audit Committee met. We had four informational
SPEAKER_01: items and one discussion item. The first informational item was a report on SMUD's
SPEAKER_01: 2025 independent audit. The auditor found that there were no material weaknesses or significant
SPEAKER_01: deficiencies in controls, which is excellent. The second informational item was on SMUD's 2025
SPEAKER_01: financial results. SMUD had a net positive year. We had lower commodity expenditures and lower
SPEAKER_01: operating expenditures than expected. The third item was a report on SMUD's financial results
SPEAKER_01: for the month of January, 2026 and a summary of SMUD's current power supply costs.
SPEAKER_01: The fourth informational item was internal audit on grants, administrations and GO165
SPEAKER_01: transmission line maintenance. And the discussion item was a request to extend SMUD's contract with
SPEAKER_01: the TRC engineers to help administer the complete energy solutions program, which helps businesses
SPEAKER_01: become more energy efficient and reduce their energy bills. This item is number four on the
SPEAKER_01: consent calendar. That concludes the report. Thank you.
Unknown: Thank you Director Rose. And now Director Bowie Thompson, Chair of the Energy Resources and
SPEAKER_03: Customer Services Committee, will give the report of the March 17, 2026 meeting.
Unknown: Thank you. We had one discussion item from that meeting. The discussion item was the approval of
SPEAKER_05: the memorandum of understanding between SMUD and IBUW Local 1245 for the period beginning January
SPEAKER_05: 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028. This is item number six on the board's consent calendar.
SPEAKER_05: That concludes my report. Thank you. At this time, we will take comments from the public
SPEAKER_03: on the consent calendar. I don't have any cards. Do we have any requests to speak?
Unknown: No, we do not. Okay. All right. So the consent calendar consists of the following items. Number
SPEAKER_03: three is to approve board member compensation for service rendered at the request of the board for
SPEAKER_03: the period of February 16, 2026 through March 15, 2026. Number four is the approval of the minutes
SPEAKER_03: of the meeting of February 19, 2026. Item number five was reviewed at the Finance and Audit Committee
SPEAKER_03: of March 17, 2026. And that pertains to a contract with TRC engineers. Item number six was reviewed
SPEAKER_03: at the ERCS meeting of March 17, 2026, which pertains to the MOU between SMUD and IBUW Local 1245.
SPEAKER_03: If there are no corrections or changes or additions, I will entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar.
Unknown: Did somebody second? Second. Director Kurth moved the item and seconded by Director
SPEAKER_03: Fishman. I think you wanted to comment. Yeah, I did. I don't know if anybody else on the dais
SPEAKER_04: does. I just wanted to acknowledge, you know, we're approving a contract for IBEW and this was,
SPEAKER_04: you know, this sounds like it's always it's on the consent calendar. It's just a pro forma kind of
SPEAKER_04: thing. It's absolutely not. It's one of the most important things that we do as a board to approve
SPEAKER_04: these kinds of agreements. And one of the most important things that our staff does to work
SPEAKER_04: to reach out and to work with our represented employees and make sure that there's some kind
SPEAKER_04: of agreement. And, you know, the work that all SMUD employees does is incredibly important.
SPEAKER_04: Certainly the IBEW folks, and we have some in the room tonight, these are the people that
SPEAKER_04: literally keep the lights on. They're working in storm conditions. They're working in heat wave
SPEAKER_04: conditions. I think that this contract reflects the respect that we have for you and the work you
SPEAKER_04: do and the dedication that you show to this community through the work that you do. So I
SPEAKER_04: just wanted to acknowledge that while this is on the consent calendar, it's a big deal and it's
SPEAKER_04: important and we appreciate the work you do. Director Kurth, did you?
SPEAKER_03: No.
SPEAKER_06: I just want to second that. Really appreciate all the work of our employees across the organization,
SPEAKER_06: but this is a very big deal and rightfully just mention it and thank you all for your work.
SPEAKER_08: Dave?
SPEAKER_06: I'm glad we have an agreement.
SPEAKER_06: Director Herver?
Unknown: Yeah, well, I'll third it, you know, and just say that we are very glad that we have an agreement.
SPEAKER_08: We love our linemen and respect you and I'm glad that folks were able to work together
SPEAKER_08: to come up with a fair agreement.
SPEAKER_08: Director Rose?
Unknown: I'll just echo a little bit. I just wanted to thank the IBEW reps and the staff for all the
SPEAKER_01: time. It went on, I think, longer than anyone expected and I want to take that moment to thank
SPEAKER_01: you for your time and effort. I also want to thank the SMUD staff and their negotiating team. A lot
SPEAKER_01: of hours got put into these efforts and I think it's a good balance between protecting ratepayers
SPEAKER_01: in Sacramento but also respecting the employees and our staff. I'll say as a state worker and
SPEAKER_01: rank and file state worker in my day job, the state is always teetering on the balance of balancing
SPEAKER_01: its budget on the staff and SMUD doesn't operate that way which I think is a great thing. I would
SPEAKER_01: never want to echo. I think this contract reflects that, the respect both for the management and the
SPEAKER_01: employees and also respecting the people of Sacramento counties that ultimately own the
SPEAKER_01: organization. So thank you everybody.
Unknown: Well, I of course would like the opportunity to speak now. I just didn't want to try and follow
SPEAKER_07: the eloquence of Director Fishman there because he always sounds so great and I always sound so
SPEAKER_07: good. So should Director Rose be slighted? He'll speak to me later, I'm sure. I just want to thank
SPEAKER_07: everyone involved in this. I know sometimes these things can get very excited because a lot is at
SPEAKER_07: stake and it's not just the money but it's also the respect and the presence in the community and
Unknown: feeling like you matter in ways that are appreciated. So let me just say to all the
SPEAKER_07: staff, you know the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers that do so much good for us
SPEAKER_07: all the time and to the management staff that manage to get together with everybody to work
SPEAKER_07: something out. I know it's not hard or I'm sorry I know it's not easy and then it's hard to forget
SPEAKER_07: afterwards, that's where I was going, some of the hurt feelings along the way but let's
SPEAKER_07: understand that's part of the process and move on to a better time now and get back to work.
Unknown: Back to the way things used to be, I guess it'd be the way I'd say it. So thanks and glad you're
SPEAKER_07: all here tonight for this. Well I'll just say thanks to the
Unknown: teams on both sides that you know went through actually kind of a long process but eventually
SPEAKER_03: got to an agreement that your IBEW membership approved of and I do want to express my thanks to
Unknown: not only the line workers but all the other IBEW staff and I won't try to name them all,
SPEAKER_03: I know there's a lot of different classifications but there's a whole lot of folks out there that
SPEAKER_03: are instrumental in making this whole system work, doing the hands-on work. So couldn't do it without
SPEAKER_03: you and I'm glad that we're able to reach this agreement. So that being said I guess we're ready
SPEAKER_03: to vote so unless Director Buie-Thompson did you? Okay all right directors please vote.
Unknown: The consent calendar is approved with all directors voting yes. Congratulations.
Unknown: All right so we will move on to our next item.
Unknown: At this time we will allow the public to comment on items not on the agenda but within our
SPEAKER_03: jurisdiction. Do we have any requests? No we do not. All right so at this point we provide the
SPEAKER_03: directors an opportunity to report on SMUD activity. We will begin with a report from Director Rose in
SPEAKER_03: Ward 1 and continue in ward order with the President's report as the final item. Director
SPEAKER_03: Rose. Right thank you President Tamayo. Just a couple of interesting I think highlights. I'll
SPEAKER_01: start with a couple of chamber events out at the Folsom Chamber of Commerce and their legislative
SPEAKER_01: reception representing SMUD there and I also was out at the Citrus Heights Chamber of Commerce
SPEAKER_01: at their community awards celebration as well. So it's just good to be out in the in the district
SPEAKER_01: and engaging with our local small business community as well and we have really
SPEAKER_01: excellent wraps. It was good one of the highlights of going to these events is getting to spend the
SPEAKER_01: time with our staff and really hearing all about the individual projects that they've been working
SPEAKER_01: on all over the region. I'll also highlight the ribbon cutting. I was out in Orangeville. It's the
SPEAKER_01: Beach Hill affordable apartments and this is just a few minutes where I live and it's been basically
SPEAKER_01: an empty hole in the ground my whole life. But in the last few years they've used some of these
SPEAKER_01: different environmental exemptions and they've been able to leverage some of this housing money
SPEAKER_01: that the state's made available and SMUD was able to come in and engage them to make this zero carbon
SPEAKER_01: development as well. And so it's one of the like one of the one of the new sort of early affordable
SPEAKER_01: housing developments in the Orangeville area. So it was really fantastic. It's great to see.
SPEAKER_01: So I was out at that and then I also got out and said I know some of the other board members did as
SPEAKER_01: well. Got out to the clean start meetup and the focus was on batteries and like virtual power
SPEAKER_01: plants and just a really excellent evening with some of the local entrepreneurs who are very active
SPEAKER_01: in the battery space including like LiCap and Core Power as well. And so it was really great to see
SPEAKER_01: that and great to see SMUDs in our engagement and helping promote these businesses as they grow.
SPEAKER_01: And I think the last thing I will mention is just the getting out to the civic well
SPEAKER_01: policy makers conference. I know several of you will discuss that as well but I had some really
SPEAKER_01: interesting conversations with some city council members and supervisors from different parts of
SPEAKER_01: the state about energy and their community choice aggregation work and just brainstorming some
SPEAKER_01: generations and just different ideas I think. The order to sort of bring back to SMUD I think
SPEAKER_01: will really help us in the long run. It will be a really valuable conference. That will be all
SPEAKER_01: for me tonight. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Next is Director Bowie Thompson. Thank you. I had
SPEAKER_05: the pleasure of attending many events but I won't go through all of them. One that I've been doing
SPEAKER_05: for I believe over a decade now is the Sacramento Business Journal's Mentoring Monday event where
SPEAKER_05: women from various parts of the career seek advice on how to progress, how to negotiate
SPEAKER_05: a pain crease, how to change positions. And I always find this one of the most rewarding
SPEAKER_05: events that we get invited in. Thank you for SMUD for sponsoring yet another event. I also attended
SPEAKER_05: the Sacramento speaker series where author Anthony Ray Hinton spoke about his over 30 years
SPEAKER_05: in incarceration with little to no evidence. And to hear how he's yet to be compensated
SPEAKER_05: from the state of Alabama for this incarceration as wrongful incarceration just reminds us, you know,
SPEAKER_05: it's we try to do the right thing in our lives and sometimes things don't work out but this
Unknown: gentleman changed that around and really has tried to forgive and move on. I don't know if I would be
SPEAKER_05: that gracious to the state of Alabama but he's spending his life now talking about forgiveness
SPEAKER_05: and talking about moving on and mentoring people. I have many of my family who have spent time
SPEAKER_05: wrongfully incarcerated in our prison system and we still have a lot to go and so we look at our
SPEAKER_05: customers who are hurting, look at our customers for various reasons. It just reminds us that life
SPEAKER_05: is precious and your freedom is precious and that we need to every day, you know, live the best
SPEAKER_05: life that we can and help others even when dealt a really hard hand. So it was just a reminder to
SPEAKER_05: all of us. I also had the honor of presenting an award at the Rainbrough Chamber of Commerce
SPEAKER_05: to the nonprofit of the year and then I also was there with Paul Lau who accepted the Corporate
SPEAKER_05: Citizenship Award on behalf of SMUD. We've been a long time partner with the Rainbrough Chamber
SPEAKER_05: so we're very honored to receive these awards. Thank you.
SPEAKER_03: Next is Director Fishman, Ward 3. Thank you. Got a few things to talk about. Was able to say a few
SPEAKER_04: words to a group of folks, a partnership between SMUD and the Sacramento County Office of Economic
SPEAKER_04: Development at the Fulton Avenue Business Walk. So they were getting together to really do outreach
SPEAKER_04: to the businesses along that Fulton Avenue corridor. What can SMUD do to help them? What can the county
SPEAKER_04: office do to help them be more successful in small businesses? Paul is racking up the awards
SPEAKER_04: and the recognition and so it was a pleasure to be at the Sacramento Business Journal Most Admired
SPEAKER_04: CEO Award where Paul was recognized for his service to the community and also my boss at my
SPEAKER_04: day job Henry Lee was also awarded as being recognized as being one of the most admired CEOs.
SPEAKER_04: I got to spend a little bit of time at Cameron Ranch Elementary School for Read Across America Day
SPEAKER_04: and a memorable experience because they gave me a book to read about a dog with bad breath and the
SPEAKER_04: children seemed to really love that one. The dog's name was Halitosis. I did attend the Civic Well
SPEAKER_04: Policymakers Conference in Yosemite and as Director Rose mentioned this is an incredibly
SPEAKER_04: valuable conference. I will tell you it's a there's lots of SMUD envy in the room as people kind of
SPEAKER_04: understand what SMUD is doing in our community and they wish they had something like us I guess.
SPEAKER_04: And then finally I don't know if I'm going to be able to convey this as well as I wish but I got
SPEAKER_04: to present a couple of awards at the regional kid wind competition. So this is a competition for
SPEAKER_04: middle schoolers where they all start with the same kind of kit of for a wind turbine and they
SPEAKER_04: get to design the gearing and the gear ratios and the blade size and shape and all this stuff and
SPEAKER_04: then they actually test them in a wind turbine or I'm sorry in a wind tunnel to see which ones
SPEAKER_04: actually produce the most electricity. So there's teams from all over the Sacramento region, a team
SPEAKER_04: from Sacramento Country Day School was one of the winners so that that's kind of cool they're in my
SPEAKER_04: ward. The other winning team that was recognized I'm sorry I don't remember what school they were
SPEAKER_04: from and I will find out but it was two young girls their mothers were there to support them
SPEAKER_04: their mothers were wearing hijabs and they were clearly from an immigrant community and they were
SPEAKER_04: so proud of their daughters that it makes me cry it really does and that's what this country is about
SPEAKER_04: bringing people from diverse backgrounds into this country to learn things to know things to
Unknown: to experience freedom in a way that they might not have been able to in whatever home country
SPEAKER_04: they're from. I need to find out more about where they're from I wasn't able to stay and talk to them
SPEAKER_04: I'm really sorry about that but these these two young girls are going on to a national competition
SPEAKER_04: in Minnesota and I'm just really really proud that SMUD gets a role in doing that.
Unknown: Thank you Director Fishman. Director Herbert. Thank you Mr. President. It's always hard to go
SPEAKER_08: after Director Fishman but especially when he's crying so I do want to say it was a very very very
SPEAKER_08: busy month started off celebrating Black History at the Roberts Family Development Center
SPEAKER_08: young woman Alika Bernard is doing a choir out there and so she brought these young people out
SPEAKER_08: to sing about freedom and it was just really wonderful so a wonderful shout out to the
SPEAKER_08: Roberts Family Development Center then I also was able to have a night of art it turns out our
SPEAKER_08: building leadership talent group put on a fundraiser and one of our employees taught us how to
SPEAKER_08: paint fish and I never thought that I would enjoy something like that I just wanted to help the BLT
SPEAKER_08: folks but it really was calming and and restful so I think I'll be doing a little bit more art in
SPEAKER_08: the future one of my favorite things though is speaking in the community and I was able to speak
SPEAKER_08: at the Women and Girls Commission celebrating women and girls for the you know the Women's Day
SPEAKER_08: the Soroptimists of which I'm a member they helped put on the event and there were a lot of women
SPEAKER_08: that were there learning about other groups that can help them learning about ways to
SPEAKER_08: become entrepreneurs learning about health issues learning about opportunities for jobs in the
SPEAKER_08: community it was really a great event and so I want to thank the Women and Girls Commission
SPEAKER_08: for putting that on I also want to mention that the National Association of Women Business Owners
SPEAKER_08: or NABO held the 30th annual OWL Awards and two of my good buddies were nominated Kim Tucker and
SPEAKER_08: Dr. Janice Thompson while neither of them won it gave us all an opportunity to thank them for all
SPEAKER_08: that they do in the community and then last but not least I had lunch with a Mario Black and
SPEAKER_08: Brittany Davis of Rise Women of Business this is a new group that started up in Elk Grove by these
SPEAKER_08: two women and they work with women entrepreneurs to help them grow their businesses and to bring
SPEAKER_08: in different speakers that will be helpful for their businesses and they have over 60 members
SPEAKER_08: and growing so that's a group that I'm hoping that SMUD can connect up with and fold it into our
SPEAKER_08: economic development stuff so with that I'll turn it back to you Mr. President. All right thank you.
SPEAKER_03: Next is Director Kirk. Thank you there's it was a very busy month yeah the first one I want to
SPEAKER_07: start off with is Street Soccer USA had their annual event what on the 19th in the morning
SPEAKER_07: and if you're not familiar with street soccer their mission is to fight poverty and strengthen
SPEAKER_07: communities through soccer and so they run soccer clinics soccer teams soccer competitions
SPEAKER_07: mostly along Broadway just outside my ward I'm sorry to report but really all over the country
SPEAKER_07: and so they had their annual event and it's just so heartwarming to hear about the people whose
SPEAKER_07: lives have been bootstrapped to a much better place by learning to play soccer with their
SPEAKER_07: friends. Next up I was at the American Public Power Association legislative rally in Washington DC
SPEAKER_07: it continues to be a very strange place to visit just now but there's you know SMUD's one of what
SPEAKER_07: over 5,000 municipal utilities in the country and this is the one chance for everyone to get together
SPEAKER_07: and plot strategy for the next year and to figure out best practices and so it's always a big eye
SPEAKER_07: opener and learn an awful lot while I'm there from people and we're able to really share with others
SPEAKER_07: some of the great ideas that we've had and are working on here. I too stopped by the kid win but
SPEAKER_07: Greg and I missed each other it was fascinating to me I'm an engineer and so to see the kids
SPEAKER_07: building the blades you know they had pretty much this little windmill they had this great air
SPEAKER_07: turbines or I'm sorry wind tunnel set up to test them with and they had all the graphs and all
SPEAKER_07: that but they had to make the blades themselves and so they were everything from hot melt glue
SPEAKER_07: with cardboard to 3D printed blades like you'd expect to see over in Solano County and so
SPEAKER_07: off they went to the competition they had the most fun there with what they were doing
SPEAKER_07: and I of course handed out job applications to all of them so that maybe we can get a few of them
SPEAKER_07: to show up here someday and last one I too attended the Civic Well Policymakers Conference and
Unknown: I guess just to add to what Director Rose said about it
Unknown: energy and the cost of energy and the difficulty of working with utilities is on every county
SPEAKER_07: supervisor and every city council member's mind they talk about it regularly this conference
SPEAKER_07: mostly of elected officials in fact almost exclusively and at every table we were at that's
SPEAKER_07: what they wanted to talk about because they know what a big gouge it is to their
SPEAKER_07: their constituents pockets of course paying some of these outrageous power bills but it's also an
SPEAKER_07: entire system that they don't like of feeling ignored and belittled and somehow lost in the
SPEAKER_07: shuffle of large organizations and so yeah the SMUD envy was palpable I had to tell them all that
SPEAKER_07: we can't annex them we're sorry but there's so many good lessons to pass on there too
Unknown: and with that I'll yeah there was almost 25 days of SMUD events in the last month so
SPEAKER_07: let me stop there all right and next is Director Sanborn and Ward 7. Thank you President Tamayo
SPEAKER_06: I wanted to start by again congratulating our CEO Paul Lau for his being most admired CEO
SPEAKER_06: we're just so honored to celebrate you and I'm just was thrilled to be there to celebrate with
SPEAKER_06: you and your family and all this SMUD team we had a couple tables and I was excited to find out
SPEAKER_06: there's a company called Green Tech Renewables that's in the McClellan Business Park that I
SPEAKER_06: had not heard about before it's in my ward so I was thrilled to go get a tour invited
SPEAKER_06: director to my own he joined me and it was really impressive it's quite a large business and what
SPEAKER_06: they do is take in solar equipment that is used for installs of residential solar and they
Unknown: get it in bulk and then they go ahead and batteries and so forth and they repackage it and the
SPEAKER_06: customers can literally call in or type in through the computer I need this and that for my install
SPEAKER_06: tomorrow and then it's literally all boxed up and ready for them and they just come swing by drive
SPEAKER_06: through put it in their van they're off and we were really impressed that Tesla has redesigned
SPEAKER_06: their packaging for their Tesla power walls to be reusable and when you see a warehouse that's
SPEAKER_06: full of these battery walls and these giant plastic packages to see that they've actually
SPEAKER_06: changed the packaging to be completely reusable and how much waste that saves that business was
SPEAKER_06: really interesting and the cost the contractors are bringing them back and they're stacked up and
SPEAKER_06: sent back to Tesla that was neat but the business is doing really well and it was just really
SPEAKER_06: interesting they've also got new breakers that the breaker itself will switch you don't need a whole
SPEAKER_06: new panel you can just install a breaker and if you want to make sure that your car when you
SPEAKER_06: charge it is always prioritized over your stove then that one breaker can do that that's a much
SPEAKER_06: cheaper solution than a whole new panel so that's exciting for the customers so if anybody out
SPEAKER_06: there is installing a residential solar you might want to look at green tech renewables out there
SPEAKER_06: and my ward seven thanks to Trevor Hammett for the tour. I attended the National Association of
SPEAKER_06: Women Business Owners 30th annual OWL Awards and it's always wonderful to celebrate women
SPEAKER_06: business owners and their successes there were so many to mention I can't mention them all but
Unknown: want to shout out to Allison Otto of Otto Construction we've worked with them and
SPEAKER_06: she won an award the Wise Woman Award and then Kimberly Coley also from the Habitat for Humanity
SPEAKER_06: group that we work a lot with she was nominated and then on the Civic WAA Policymakers Conference
SPEAKER_06: I'm literally the first utility rep to be seated on their board and it's a real honor to serve on
SPEAKER_06: their board we had our board meeting there and you know we have an annual conference on climate and
SPEAKER_06: energy this year it'll be in Universal City June 24th and 25th if anybody is interested
Unknown: but people from all over the state come and talk about all the issues around energy and as
SPEAKER_06: other board members have said energy is top of mind the cost of energy affordability reliability
Unknown: is top of mind for almost every elected official I talked to in local government
SPEAKER_06: it was pretty much the topic at the conference that in data centers and I talked to we talked
SPEAKER_06: to several other local governments that are dealing with data centers requests and how they
SPEAKER_06: prioritize them and how they manage them and make sure that their customers are not subsidizing
SPEAKER_06: data centers and can get the best deal for the community so that was interesting and I think
SPEAKER_06: we all brought back a lot of good information from that conference so happy to serve on that board
SPEAKER_06: and with that I will turn it back over to you all right um thank you um so I also attended the
SPEAKER_03: tour of green tech and I just wanted to add a real quick thing I mean it's great that there's
SPEAKER_03: they have this one stop shop for folks that are installing batteries and solar
SPEAKER_03: so it that in itself is a great asset to have for the community and folks that want to increase
SPEAKER_03: the amount of rooftop solar but also they provide classes to their to their clients to help them
SPEAKER_03: understand you know regulations installation methods different types of hardware but also
SPEAKER_03: they talk about our our rebate programs things like that so they they're actually potentially
SPEAKER_03: a very good partner for us to you know get get our information out I attended a Tahoe Park tree
SPEAKER_03: planning and I wanted to give a shout out to uh I think about 10 SMUD employees who who came and
SPEAKER_03: volunteered at the event there were a number of folks from vegetation management and they actually
SPEAKER_03: lent their technical expertise to other teams that were kind of wondering okay are we doing this
SPEAKER_03: right so that was very helpful also folks from the environmental our environmental group and
SPEAKER_03: I and our illustrious Betty Lowe who seems to be everywhere in the community so it's great to see
SPEAKER_03: a lot of SMUD folks there but also there was a really big overall community turnout many many
SPEAKER_03: people from Tahoe Park overall there are about a hundred people there so we got 20 trees in the
SPEAKER_03: ground pretty darn quickly so and I attended also the the Nabho event and Nabho national association
SPEAKER_03: women business owners and not only do they support women here but they've
SPEAKER_03: who are you know give a lot of moral support and training support and really mentoring and
SPEAKER_03: helping people figure out how to how to grow their businesses but they also advocate at
SPEAKER_03: state and federal levels to remove barriers they over the years they've been around for 51 years
SPEAKER_03: now and they've they've been instrumental in removing some of the barriers that I was actually
SPEAKER_03: kind of shocked to learn that did exist 50 years ago that prevented women from fully participating
SPEAKER_03: independently in the economy so I think a lot of folks owe owe them and of course there's other
SPEAKER_03: people who advocated for that sort of thing but they're they're one of the leaders in that
SPEAKER_03: I was very pleased to speak at the apprentice to journey worker celebration
Unknown: I guess that was just last week and that's just a really joyous thing I know that that
SPEAKER_03: IBEW apprentices work really hard for four years they you know it's it's not a trivial thing to get
SPEAKER_03: through all the things that you need to learn and I know that a lot of the folks that were there had
SPEAKER_03: already had already completed their apprenticeships and have been working as as journey workers for a
SPEAKER_03: number of months but it was great to to actually celebrate that and you know recognize their
SPEAKER_03: accomplishment and also have their families have a chance to celebrate with them and with all of us so
SPEAKER_03: um the uh Stockton Boulevard partnership had an annual business breakfast where they
SPEAKER_03: present a number of awards to
SPEAKER_03: various businesses that are doing good things along the along the corridor and also just talk
SPEAKER_03: about some of the things that the partnership has been doing and we've been a long time
SPEAKER_03: supporter of their activities down there and oh I I forgot to mention that one of our friends
Unknown: president Lisa Cardoza of American River College was also honored as a with the impact award by the
SPEAKER_03: as a outstanding woman leader by Nabo so congratulations to to president Cardoza
SPEAKER_03: uh she's done some great work and we have a very strong partnership with American River College
SPEAKER_03: uh so in in a number of different fields of getting people ready uh for rewarding careers
SPEAKER_03: and finally I just wanted to mention this um civic well policy makers conference huge amount of
SPEAKER_03: interest in um municipal power lots of questions how do we get there I got the opportunity to to
SPEAKER_03: talk for about 15 or 20 minutes uh about some of the things that we do in the community and um
SPEAKER_03: got a lot of um you know positive comments about the things that we're able to do
SPEAKER_03: uh and all and one of our colleagues um in attendees at the meeting said you know you guys
SPEAKER_03: do all this stuff how do you keep your rates so low how do you do all that stuff and I just think
SPEAKER_03: well we've got a great great team uh that really works to you know do things efficiently do things
SPEAKER_03: smartly all the way from you know from our finance folks but all the different types of operations
SPEAKER_03: that we have in people um in all aspects of the of our organization and work really hard to
SPEAKER_03: make sure that we do things efficiently and uh in a way that that um saves us and our community
SPEAKER_03: monies and still allows us to uh do a lot of good things uh to support the community so I will um
Unknown: so oh also I got invited to the um there was a lot of cca folks their community choice aggregators
SPEAKER_03: and so I did get invited to their uh uh conference that's coming up um I think in May and uh so I'll
SPEAKER_03: have a chance to to speak to them there so there's actually a I had a lot of opportunities to talk to
SPEAKER_03: folks about things that they're doing in their communities and another thing called RANS renewable
SPEAKER_03: energy regional energy networks uh which doesn't apply in some other territory but it's a source
SPEAKER_03: of funding for supporting um a like energy efficiency and workforce development and
SPEAKER_03: since we work on the regional basis you know it just strikes me that there's some things that we
SPEAKER_03: may be able to partner with some surrounding jurisdictions in in supporting regional economic
SPEAKER_03: development and workforce development so um anyway um that's it for my report and I'll hand it over to
SPEAKER_03: Paul Lau for uh for his report well thank you so much President Tamayo so first like to start
SPEAKER_00: tonight's report by recognizing March as Women's History Month uh Smuts Women's Employee Resource
SPEAKER_00: Group is helping our employees celebrate Women's History Month by continuing to provide leadership
SPEAKER_00: training connection opportunities and resources to support professional development for all employees
Unknown: now last week we're excited to have an all-female SMUD Care volunteer team participate once again in
SPEAKER_00: Habitat for Humanity Women's Build Day so that's something that we're very proud of that we have
SPEAKER_00: great partnership with Habitat for Humanity and then we actually have some of our some of our female
SPEAKER_00: you know employees out there you know swinging hammers swinging nails and actually do the
SPEAKER_00: construction last week also celebrated uh apprentices who completed their apprenticeship
SPEAKER_00: and passed a journeyman exam in 2025 as President Tamayo said that is a huge milestone for those
SPEAKER_00: employees because and thank you President Tamayo for being there to celebrate that celebration
Unknown: now we actually had 14 apprenticeship programs at SMUD now at the celebration we had hydro high
SPEAKER_00: voltage electrician line workers network cable splicers and media tech were all represented
Unknown: the skills they gained and the role they played in keeping the lights on for hundreds of thousands
SPEAKER_00: of people in our community is critical now as you know SMUD has been training some of the best and
SPEAKER_00: safest utility workers in the country for over 50 years now their four-year apprenticeship was
SPEAKER_00: marked by a tremendous amount of hard work dedication and sacrifice and we're looking forward to all
SPEAKER_00: they'll accomplish in the year ahead at SMUD and again it was great to see uh them well all the
SPEAKER_00: apprentices along with their family they're celebrating their huge accomplishments that
SPEAKER_00: was really heartwarming now earlier today we held our shine award celebration to honor community
SPEAKER_00: partners doing important work to make Sacramento a better place to live and work now over the years
SPEAKER_00: we supported 196 community partners through our shine award program resulting in investing more
SPEAKER_00: than 3.9 million dollars back into Sacramento region through our local non-profits now for 2025
SPEAKER_00: to 2026 shine award cycle we awarded about 532 000 to the 26 amazing non-profit organization
SPEAKER_00: that we honor today now thank you to the board for joining us in celebrating this latest group
SPEAKER_00: of shine honorees and thank you for all those who are making this work possible now i'm also very
SPEAKER_00: excited to share that we recently increased the rebate level for residential heat pump installation
Unknown: now this enhanced rebate are designed to help customers transition to clean efficient electric
SPEAKER_00: heating and cooling technologies while offsetting the recent expiration of federal tax credit and
SPEAKER_00: state incentive programs this include up to four thousand dollars for gas electric heat pump water
SPEAKER_00: heaters conversions and up to three thousand for gas electric heat pump hvac system conversion
SPEAKER_00: now this larger rebates support our commitment to make clean making clean energy affordable
SPEAKER_00: and accessible i'm also excited to show some good news about the many awards we received this past
SPEAKER_00: month first idc smart cities honor our connected clean power meter data transformation program
SPEAKER_00: with a smart city award in the public health category our employee communication team was
SPEAKER_00: recognized by reagan communications with an award for our daily updates which are the regular emails
SPEAKER_00: that goes to our staff also the arbor day foundation once again made smud an official tree
SPEAKER_00: line usa designated partner in honor of our vegetation management and shade tree programs
SPEAKER_00: and lastly i was honored to receive three amazing recognition this past month the stem award from
Unknown: the museum of science and curiosity a corporate advocate award from the rainbow chamber of
SPEAKER_00: commerce and a distinguished career award you know from the second little business journal i'm
SPEAKER_00: humbled by all this and very appreciative of the board's ongoing support and leadership
Unknown: and our staff who deliver so much every day to our customers and our community
Unknown: and now for the next videos about our expert energy specialists our energy specialists are
SPEAKER_00: key in connecting our customers with access to programs and services to lower their energy bills
SPEAKER_00: and liquefied their homes now this team conducted more than 1500 on-site energy
SPEAKER_00: assessments for renters and homeowners annually providing personalized recommendations for home
SPEAKER_00: heating and cooling water heating electric vehicles solar panels battery storage and more
SPEAKER_00: now let's take a look
Unknown: at smud we believe everyone deserves a comfortable energy efficient home that's why our energy
SPEAKER_09: specialists are out in neighborhoods and homes every day to help you save money and energy
Unknown: with tips weatherization support and recommendations for your hvac water heater and even electric
SPEAKER_09: vehicle we've got solutions for everyone and our rebates and special promotions help customers
SPEAKER_09: replace inefficient gas appliances with electric alternatives creating healthier indoor air
Unknown: you can find us in local neighborhoods at events workshops and classes throughout our region
Unknown: sharing information about these valuable programs
Unknown: for homeowners and renters alike we complete more than 1 000 energy assessments each year
Unknown: learn more about how you can save at smud.org slash energy saver bundles
Unknown: and this concludes my report back to your president tomorrow
Unknown: Thank you.
SPEAKER_03: I would want to point out that one of our customers who appeared in that video, Norma,
SPEAKER_03: I remember being there when I was on a neighborhood walk and remember how excited she was to learn
SPEAKER_03: about our programs and Jose returned later to help her out but we talked to her for quite a while
Unknown: in Spanish and it was great to see how much she appreciated that we had all these different things
SPEAKER_03: that could help her out and improve her home. Do we have any summary of board direction?
Unknown: No we do not. Okay so having completed the agenda and seeing no further business this meeting is
SPEAKER_03: adjourned.