Who We Are

EBCE is a public agency based in Oakland with a staff of about 60, governed by a Board of local elected officials. EBCE is staffed primarily by renewable energy industry veterans.

Board of Directors

The East Bay Community Energy Board of Directors is made up of an elected official from each of the participating jurisdictions and one representative (non-voting) from the Community Advisory Committee (CAC). Our Board meets once a month and all meetings are open to the public. Visit the Public Meetings page for more information about the Board’s meetings.

The Board sets rates and determines the mix of power sources. You can view a copy of the final Joint Powers Authority agreement here (PDF).

EBCE’s Board of Directors has an Executive Committee that meets monthly. Members of the Executive Committee are indicated in bold.

Jurisdiction	Member	Alternate
Alameda County	Supervisor Elisa Márquez (Chair)	Supervisor Lena Tam
Albany	Mayor Aaron Tiedemann	Councilmember Robin López
Berkeley	Vice Mayor Ben Bartlett	Councilmember Terry Taplin
Dublin	Councilmember Sherry Hu	Councilmember Kashef Qaadri
Emeryville	Mayor John Bauters	Councilmember Sukhdeep Kaur
Fremont	Councilmember Teresa Cox	Mayor Lily Mei
Hayward	Councilmember Julie Roche	TBD
Livermore	Councilmember Ben Barrientos	Councilmember Evan Branning
Newark	Councilmember Matthew Jorgens	Mayor Mike Hannon
Oakland	Councilmember Dan Kalb	Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan
Piedmont	Vice Mayor Betsy Andersen	Councilmember Tom Ramsey
Pleasanton	Vice Mayor Jack Balch (Vice Chair)	Councilmember Jeff Nibert
San Leandro	Mayor Juan Gonzalez	Councilmember Fred Simon
Stockton	Councilmember Dan Wright	TBD
Tracy	Councilmember Matt Bedolla	Councilmember Dan Arriola
Union City	Councilmember Jaime Patiño	Councilmember Gary Singh
Community Advisory Committee (non-voting)	Anne Oliva Eldred, Chair	Ed Hernandez, Vice Chair

Community Advisory Committee

The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) consists of twelve members (ten appointed by the Board of Directors to represent five service area regions, and two At Large members appointed by the Alameda County Mayors' Conference) plus five Alternates. The committee acts as a liaison between key stakeholders and our Board, holding public committee meetings on a regular basis. Visit the Public Meetings page for more information about CAC meetings.

About the Community Advisory Committee

The Community Advisory Committee was formed in 2016 as part of the East Bay Community Energy Joint Powers Authority and appointed by the Board of Directors to advise the Board on all subjects related to the operations of the Community Choice Aggregation program. The CAC gives the community a voice in its choice for electricity services, clean energy resource investments, and local energy projects.

EBCE strives to ensure a diversity of members and alternates based on location, population, work experience, and community interest.

Click to see the Community Advisory Committee Work Plan (PDF) (PDF)

Name	Region	City of Residence
Anne Olivia Eldred, Chair	North	Oakland
Cynthia Landry	North	Oakland
Jim Lutz	At Large	Oakland
Lisa Hu	North	Oakland
Joel Liu	East	Pleasanton
Shiva Swaminathan	South	Fremont
Vijay Lakshman	South	Fremont
Priya Talreja	South	Fremont
Lorraine Souza	Central	Hayward
Ernesto Pacheco	Central	Hayward
Ed Hernandez,Vice Chair	At Large	San Leandro
Harman Ratia (Alternate)	San Joaquin	Tracy