375 Beale Street  
Suite 700  
San Francisco, California  
Meeting Agenda - Final  
ABAG POWER Executive Committee  
Chair, Brendan Havenar-Daughton, County of Contra Costa  
Vice Chair, Elaine Marshall, City of Milpitas  
Thursday, February 26, 2026  
11:00 AM  
Redwood CR 5150 - 5th Floor (REMOTE)  
ABAG Publicly Owned Energy Resources  
Executive Committee  
Meeting No. 2026-01  
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Clerk: Cindy Chen  
Roster  
Chair, Brendan Havenar-Daughton, County of Contra Costa  
Vice Chair, Elaine Marshall, City of Milpitas  
Brad Vance, County of Santa Clara  
Samantha Carr, City of Richmond  
Thomas Flanagan, Butte County Office of Education  
1. Welcome / Call to Order  
Brendan Havenar-Daughton, Chair, County of Contra Costa  
2. Roll Call / Confirm Quorum  
Cindy Chen, Clerk of the Board, ABAG/MTC  
A quorum of this meeting body shall be a majority of its regular voting members (5).  
3. Public Comment  
The public is encouraged to provide comment at Committee meetings. This public  
comment period is intended for items not agendized.  
4. Consent Calendar  
4.a  
Approval of Minutes from June 17, 2025, Executive Committee Special  
Meeting  
Action:  
Approval  
Presenter:  
Cindy Chen, Clerk of the Board, ABAG/MTC  
Attachments:  
5. Information  
5.a  
POWER Program Manager’s Report on Natural Gas and Renewable  
Natural Gas Programs  
Staff will provide an overview of POWER operations that include market  
conditions, gas purchases, winter hedging strategy, and other  
miscellaneous items.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Attachments:  
Eyas Abdeen, Principal Program Manager, ABAG/MTC  
5.b  
Fiscal Year 2026-27 Preliminary Operating Budget  
Staff will present a preliminary operating budget for fiscal year 2026-27  
and request feedback from the Executive Committee before a proposed  
budget is presented for approval at the May 21, 2026, Executive  
Committee meeting.  
Action:  
Information  
Presenter:  
Patrick Callan, Acting Principal Financial Analyst, ABAG/MTC  
Eyas Abdeen, Principal Program Manager, ABAG/MTC  
Attachments:  
6. Other Business  
Committee to provide updates on items within member agencies relevant to ABAG  
POWER and/or the ABAG/MTC energy programs.  
7. Next Meeting Agenda  
Committee to submit any agenda item requests for future meeting discussion.  
12. Adjournment / Next Meeting  
The next meeting is the ABAG POWER Executive Committee Meeting scheduled to be  
held on Thursday May 21, 2026.