CT Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative CMEEC

MINUTES OF THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CONNECTICUT MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC ENERGY COOPERATIVE December 5, 2018 The Joint Legislative Committee of the Board of Directors of Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (“CMEEC”) and Connecticut Transmission Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative (“CTMEEC”) met at CMEEC’s office on Wednesday, December 5, 2018. The following Committee Members (for 2018 & 2019) participated: Bozrah Light and Power – Ralph Winslow Jewett City Department of Public Utilities - Louis Demicco (via telephone) Groton – Keith Hedrick, Mark Oefinger South Norwalk – David Westmoreland (via telephone) East Norwalk TTD – Kevin Barber (via telephone), David Brown (via telephone), Debora Goldstein The following CMEEC staff participated: Michael Lane, CMEEC Interim CEO Robin Kipnis, CMEEC General Counsel Justin Connell, CMEEC Director of Portfolio Management Scott Whittier, CMEEC Director Enabling Services Margaret Job, CMEEC Administrative Staff Gabriel Stern, CMEEC Director Technical Services Other Participants: Timothy Shea, Brown Rudnick William Kowalski, Municipal Electric Consumer Advocate (via telephone) Ms. Job recorded. Committee Chairman Louis Demicco called the meeting to order at 2:41 p.m. He asked that those in attendance and participating by telephone identify themselves for the record. After consideration it was determined that the meeting would be held in Public Session. Agenda Item (1) Review of Draft Slide Deck for City of Groton Justin Connell provided an overview of the Groton Utilities PRISM report handout. He noted that the PRISM report is created for and reviewed with all the Member Utilities. Mr. Connell noted that CMEEC evaluates and uses a large amount of data that can be made available to the CMEEC members to differentiate rate structures and make comparisons. Committee Member Keith Hedrick provided an overview of the draft slide deck titled “Council of Governments Presentation”. This presentation is designed to provide insight into CMEEC’s effort to maintain low and stable rates for its member utilities so that they in turn can provide low rates to their ratepayers. Discussion followed with respect to crafting the information on each slide. Mr. Hedrick stated that even though the stated purpose of the slide deck was to present to the Council of Governments, it may be used by CMEEC and its members. Agenda Item (2) Review and Discussion of Draft 2019 Legislative Agenda Timothy Shea of Brown Rudnick provided a brief history of the intent and approval process of the Draft 2019 Legislative Agenda (the “2019 Agenda”) he distributed. He stated that the 2019 Agenda was created based on his notes of conversations. He added that this Legislative Committee would be tasked with making a recommendation to the Board of Directors to approve the 2019 Agenda and Brown Rudnick would proceed to carry out the activities noted on it. Mr. Shea stated that he and Paul Afonso will be attending the December 20, 2018 Board of Directors’ meeting and will bring the 2019 Agenda to that meeting. After discussion, Committee Chairman Demicco asked for, and received, consensus to recommend the 2019 Agenda to the full Board of Directors at its December 20, 2018 meeting. There being no further business, this meeting adjourned at 4:06 p.m.