Subject: 1/25 PCEF Committee meeting agenda and context
From: "Baraso, Sam" <[email-masked]>
To: "Baraso, Sam" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Lister, Cady" <[email-masked]>, "Gilmore, Rachel" <[email-masked]>, "Valdez, Jaimes" <[email-masked]>, "Stover, Elizabeth" <[email-masked]>, "Reed, Magan" <[email-masked]>, "Oliveira, Donnie" <[email-masked]>, Ciara Pressler <[email-masked]>, Tracy Smith <[email-masked]>, camerina.galvan.arias <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:34:04 -0800

Hi PCEF Committee,

I hope you are all doing well following the weather challenges and disruptions last week. Following on Ranfis&#8217; email. I wanted to share:

  1.  1/25/24 PCEF Committee meeting agenda (click here<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cEjJgwRohWlnjvuGxwX809IWh0WKbDgf/view?usp=sharing>)
        *   As you&#8217;ll notice, the agenda is going to be very busy with all the invited speakers, so please be prepared for the following during the &#8220;Proposal Overviews&#8221; 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&#8217;t been part of prior materials. We will follow up with the proposal details after the meeting.

  2.  Written testimony received a group of regenerative agriculture leaders and organizations (click here<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Sbm7sI93hRSJTYqoxbS_JaraAznqWPHq/view?usp=sharing>)

  3.  Relevant/timely recent PCEF-related media:
        *   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<https://drive.google.com/file/d/17b_ACt8RgXpWyNZVYG9QlgM7Hw2BT-C0/view?usp=sharing> for PDF)
        *   Portland Mercury, 12/29/23: https://www.portlandmercury.com/top-stories-2023/2023/12/29/46939685/the-biggest-portland-environmental-news-of-2023
        *   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

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