Posted 1/2/24 at 9:25 am

DATE: Wednesday, January 8, 2025

LOCATION: Cape Light Compact Offices – Martha’s Vineyard Conference Room at 261 Whites Path, Unit 4, South Yarmouth

TIME: 2:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Note:  The meeting will be held as a hybrid meeting (in-person and through remote participation) pursuant to St. 2023, c. 2, which, among other things, extends the temporary provisions pertaining to remote meetings of public bodies under the Open Meeting Law to March 31, 2025.  Members of the Public can join in by audio and follow along with Meeting Materials, see the information below.  Written public comments should be submitted to Maggie Downey, Compact Administrator, at mdowney@capelightcompact.org by 2:00 PM on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, and should follow the public comment protocol below.  Written public comments received after the January 7th deadline will be distributed prior to the Compact’s next Board meeting. 

Telephone dial-in: +1 (646) 558-8656

Meeting ID: 820-4544-8500

Passcode: 907030

AGENDA

  1. Public Comment
  2. Approval of December 4, 2024, Open Session Minutes
  3. Chairman’s Report, Martin Culik
  4. Elections for 2025 Officers, Maggie Downey
  5. Elections for 2025 Executive Committee Members, Maggie Downey
  6. Presentation on Cape Light Compact Power Supply Offering, Marile Marchand
  7. Presentation on Cape Light Compacts Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization Program and Services Available for Customers, Dan Schell and Kate Coleman
  8. Discuss DPU 24-15: Request for Input on Discount Rates for Moderate Income Customers, Maggie Downey
  9. Administrator’s Report, Maggie Downey
    1. Update on Review and Release of Executive Session Minutes
    2. Quarterly Updates to Select Boards and Town Council
    3. Summary of 2024 Massachusetts Climate Law
    4. Documents Sent to CLC Board via Email
      1. Office of the Attorney General: Open Meeting Law Guide and Educational Materials (Board Member SIGNATURE REQUIRED)
      2. Office of the Attorney General: 940 CMR: Open Meetings
      3. Office of the Inspector General: How to be an Effective Board Member of a Public Board or Commission
      4. Third Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement of the CLCJPE
      5. Cape Light Compact Aggregation Plan, dated June 23, 2023
  10. Board Member Update (Reserved for Updates on Member Activities the Chair Did Not Reasonably Anticipate Would be Discussed – No Voting)

Cape Light Compact Public Comment Protocols

for Governing Board Meeting

Cape Light Compact Public Comment Protocols

for Governing Board Meeting

(June 2023)

The Cape Light Compact Governing Board has adopted the following protocols to assist the public in effective participation in its Governing Board meetings, where some Board Members, staff and members of the public may be participating remotely:

  1. Members of the public are welcome to address the Compact Board during the public comment section of the meeting or in writing.
  2. Members of the public addressing the Compact Board at the meeting must state their name, and if appropriate the name of the organization the person is representing. Oral comments must be limited to three minutes.
  3. Members of the public may also submit written comments. Written comments shall be submitted in writing to the Compact Administrator, Maggie Downey, at mdowney@capelightcompact.org by 2 p.m. on the  Tuesday before a scheduled Compact Governing Board meeting ( or such other time as may be established by the Compact Administrator).  Written comments must include a person’s name and, if appropriate, the name of the organization the person is representing.  Public comments received after the deadline will be distributed prior to the Compact’s next Board meeting.
  4. Members of the public addressing the Compact Board may not use fighting words, slander, unreasonably loud or repetitive speech, or speech so disruptive of the Compact Board meeting that the deliberative process is substantially interrupted or impaired. Speakers may not disrupt others.  Speech must be peaceable and orderly.
  5. All written public comments submitted in advance consistent with these protocols shall be included in the Compact’s Board meeting packet.
  6. Board members and staff cannot respond to public comments for topics not on the current agenda during the Board meeting.  The Cape Light Compact Board may respond to comments either by putting them on the agenda of a subsequent meeting or by requesting the administrator or staff to respond to the comment .
  7. Copies of the Board meeting packet will generally be made available to members of the public in advance of the meeting at the Cape Light Compact JPE’s web site at capelightcompact.org Documents exempt from disclosure pursuant to the Public Records Law or protected by the attorney-client privilege shall not be  included.