Regular Meeting of Commissioners of
Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County, Washington
June 17, 2026

A meeting of the Commissioners of Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County was held at 1200 Fort Vancouver Way on Tuesday, June 17, 2026.

Present: President Jane Van Dyke, Vice President Sherry Erickson, Secretary Nancy Barnes Commissioners; CEO/General Manager Lena Wittler, Director of Finance Melissa Ankeny, Director of Energy Resources Steve Andersen, Director of Customer Service Lisa Fix, Director of Water Tyler Clary, Director of Employee Resources Nichole Reitzenstein, Director of Information Services Jeff Groff, Corporate Communications Manager Dameon Pesanti, Strategic Communications Manager Morgan Van Fleet, Engineering Manager David Tetz, Customer Experience Manager Cameron Daline, Materials and Purchasing Manager Cathy Wannamaker, Energy Services Manager Debbie DePetris, Technical Innovation Project Manager Julie Landry, Energy Solutions Manager Robert Hill, Engineering Manager – Water Michelle Henry, Clean Energy Program Manager Matt Babbitts, Engineering Technician – Water Nathan Wolfe, Customer Service Manager Leah Veitenheimer, Customer Service Manager Tonya Seal, Customer Service Manager Chiharu Russell, Program Coordinator – Clean Energy Ashley King, and Assistant to the CEO/General Manager Margaret Anderson.

Staff present via digital conference (phone or video): Engineering Executive Assistant Hosanna Shergill.

Others present in person or via digital conference (phone or video): Petina Gee, Jim Malinowski, Michael Miller, Don Steinke, Suzi Hill, and Gordan Matthews.

At 9:00 a.m., President Van Dyke called the meeting to order for the transaction of formal business and the agenda was amended at the request of Commissioner Erickson to include an Executive Session in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act. RCW 42.30.110 (1)(g) – to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to review the performance of a public employee. Commissioner voted in favor of this amendment to the agenda (Materials B).

Public Comment
Don Steinke provided his thoughts on the onset of the second industrial revolution, solar, batteries and renewables.

Executive Session
The meeting was recessed into executive session at 9:05 a.m. in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act. RCW 42.30.110 (1)(g) – to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to review the performance of a public employee. Commissioner Barnes stated the executive session would end at 9:25 a.m.

Commissioner Van Dyke reconvened the public meeting at 9:25 a.m. and said they would not be acting on agenda item #7 from the original preliminary agenda.

Consideration of the Minutes of June 2, 2026 and June 9, 2026
The minutes were approved as submitted.

Consideration of Accounts Payable
The board, by unanimous vote, approved the following payment amounts as listed on the Letter of Transmittal dated June 17, 2026 from the District Auditor (Materials C):

Electric Revenue Fund – $8,977,177.97
Water Revenue Fund – $880,108.00
Generating System Fund – $1,423,675.61

For a total of $11,300,961.58

Employee Service Award Recognition
Director of Energy Resources Steve Andersen recognized Energy Solutions Manager Robert Hill for his 35 years of service. Director of Water Tyler Clary recognized Engineering Technician in Water Nathan Wolfe for his 20 years of service (Materials D).

Community Solar Proposal
Program Coordinator – Clean Energy Ashley King provided the board with an overview of the project background, Port of Ridgefield partnership structure and the system size and design (Materials E). Ms. King reviewed project financial details and the expected timeline for the project and let the board know that The Port of Ridgefield would be signing the contract at an upcoming meeting in July and staff would be ready to move forward.

Commissioner Erickson had concerns over using the residential retail rate for the generation of from this project and would like to consider using the avoided cost rate instead. Following discussion, it was determined that the residential rate would be used for this project, and future projects like this staff would review the potential use of the avoided cost.

Consideration of Bid Award No. 723 – Community Solar – Port of Ridgefield
Materials and Purchasing Manager Cathy Wannamaker reviewed the memo dated June 17, 2026, detailing the bid results (Materials F). Commissioner Barnes moved to recommend that Bid No. 723 be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, A&R Solar for the amount of $305,630.00, plus applicable taxes. Commissioner Erickson seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

Consideration of Interlocal Agreement: Overhead to Underground Conversion – City of La Center E 4th Street, Brezee Creek Culvert Project
Engineering Manager David Tetz reviewed the memo dated June 8, 2026 (Materials G) outlining the details of the interlocal with the City of La Center (Materials G). The agreement memorializes the construction and payment responsibilities for the Utility’s work, project reimbursement estimates, and Build America, Buy America requirements.

Commissioner Barnes moved for approval of the Interlocal Agreement with the City of La Center for the E 4th Street, Brezee Creek Culvert Project and MacArthur Blvd Improvement Project and authorizes the CEO/General Manager to sign the agreement. Commissioner Erickson second the motion and it unanimously passed.

Commissioner Reports and Comments
Commissioner Erickson reported on her Clark Regional Wastewater site tour, Salmon in the Classroom fish release, Columbia River Economic Development Council meetings and the C-Roots breakfast event.

Commissioner Van Dyke attended the Salmon in the Classroom fish release and Safety Day that was held at Operations.

Staff Reports
Technical Innovations Project Manager Julie Landry provided the board with an update on the Grid Modernization Project (Materials H). Project milestones to date include software deployment, initial inventory deliveries, network deployment, a lot of testing and training. The request for proposals for our endpoint installers is projected to go live June 18, 2026. Ms. Landry also shared that the meter farms for both electric and water are live and she provided the project schedule for system integrations.

Clean Energy Program Manager Matt Babbitts provided the board with the Clean Energy Implementation Plan interim performance report (Materials I). Mr. Babbitts reviewed the Clean Energy categories progress report and the Equity categories progress report and let the Board know that the Interim Report would be submitted to the Department of Commerce prior to the July 1 deadline.

Final Board Comments
There were no additional comments and the meeting was adjourned at 11:40 a.m.