DATE:                        Wednesday, April 21, 2021

TIME:                        2:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Note:  The meeting will be held through remote participation pursuant to Massachusetts Governor Charles D. Baker’s Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law on March 12, 2020.  Members of the Public can join in by audio and follow along with Meeting Materials, see the information below.  All public comments should be submitted to Maggie Downey, Compact Administrator, at mdowney@capelightcompact.org by 2:00 PM on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 and should follow the public comment protocol below.  Public comments received after the April 20th deadline will be distributed prior to the Compact’s next Board meeting.

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

Meeting ID: 867-3604-3434

Further instructions are attached to this agenda.

AGENDA

  1. Public Comment – Written Only
  2. Approval of March 10, 2021 Open Session Minutes
  3. Chairman’s Report, Martin Culik
    Update Compact Legislative Matters Such as Remote Participation
  4. Overview of Climate Bill, Jeff Bernstein
  5. Energy Efficiency:
    Discussion Potential Vote on April Draft of MA Statewide 2022-2024 Energy Efficiency Plan, Maggie Downey and Phil Moffit
  6. Continuation of Demand Response Discussion and Potential Vote on Eligible Technologies, Austin Brandt
  7. Marketing Update: Compact Website and Quarterly Letters to Member Towns, Dan Schell
  8. Administrator’s Report, Maggie Downey
    Any Questions on Monthly Operating and Energy Efficiency Budgets.  May Presentation by      Comptroller
    B.  Staffing Update
    C.  Office Space RFP
  9. Board Member Update (Reserved for Updates on Member Activities the Chair Did Not Reasonably Anticipate Would be Discussed – No Voting)
  10. Open Session Vote on entry into Executive Session pursuant to M.G.L. c. 30A §21(a)(3) and (10) to (1) review and approve executive session minutes which contain discussions regarding pending or imminent regulatory litigation and trade secrets and confidential, competitively-sensitive or other proprietary power supply information related to a proposed Low-Income Community Solar project (when the release of the discussion would have a detrimental effect on the Compact’s negotiating position); and (2) to discuss pending or imminent regulatory litigation and trade secrets and confidential, competitively-sensitive or other proprietary power supply information related to a proposed Low-Income Community Solar project, not to return to open session thereafter. Participation in the Executive Session is limited to CLC Board Members, CLC Staff and Invited Guests

Chairman’s Public Comment Protocols

for the April 21, 2021 Compact Governing Board Meeting

The Chair, pursuant to his authority under G.L. c. 30A, §20, and consistent with Governor Baker’s Emergency “Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §20,” issued on March 12, 2020, announces the following protocols to assist the public in effective participation in the April 21, 2021 Compact Board meeting, where all Board Members, staff and members of the Public shall be participating remotely:

  1. All public comments shall be submitted in writing to the Compact Administrator, Maggie Downey, at mdowney@capelightcompact.org by 2:00 PM on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. 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 April 20th deadline will be distributed prior to the Compact’s next Board meeting.
  2. Public comment must be respectful, courteous, and presented in a dignified manner. All remarks must also be free of personal
  3. All public comments consistent with these protocols shall be included in the Compact’s Board meeting packet.
  4. Board members and staff shall not respond to public comment during the Compact’s Board meeting.
  5. Copies of the Board meeting packet shall be made available to members of the public on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 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.