1/25 PCEF Committee meeting agenda and context

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Subject: 1/25 PCEF Committee meeting agenda and context

Hi PCEF Committee,

I hope you are all doing well following the weather challenges and disruptions last week. Following on Ranfis’ email. I wanted to share:

1/25/24 PCEF Committee meeting agenda (click here)
1. As you’ll notice, the agenda is going to be very busy with all the invited speakers, so please be prepared for the following during the “Proposal Overviews” portion of the agenda:

i. 5 to 7 min overview presentation from each bureau director/executive using a common slide template for their proposed projects

ii. 5 to 7 min of question and answers from PCEF Committee members

We anticipate this will provide time for three to four questions from the Committee

iii. Note that there will be 20 min at the end for a broader PCEF Committee member discussion

iv. You will also hear from Donnie Oliveira, BPS Director, on a proposal to align BPS Climate work to better support PCEF that hasn’t been part of prior materials. We will follow up with the proposal details after the meeting.

Written testimony received a group of regenerative agriculture leaders and organizations (click here)

Relevant/timely recent PCEF-related media:
1. Oregonian, 1/23/24: https://www.oregonlive.com/watchdog/2024/01/portland-sues-opb-seeks-to-block-public-release-of-business-clean-energy-tax-payments.html (click here for PDF)
2. Portland Mercury, 12/29/23: https://www.portlandmercury.com/top-stories-2023/2023/12/29/46939685/the-biggest-portland-environmental-news-of-2023
3. Oregonian, 12/18/23: https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2023/12/editorial-awash-in-cash-city-and-county-still-scrambling-to-cover-basic-needs.html

As always, please ring me if you have any questions.

-Sam

Sam Baraso, he/him/his

Program Manager, Portland Clean Energy Fund

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