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Town of Reading fe£CEIVED <br />Meeting Minutes TOWN CLERK <br />READ''NG. MA. <br />1-W <br />Board - Committee - Commission - council: 2023 MAR -8 PM 3: 11 <br />Climate Advisory Committee <br />Date: 2022-07-27 Time: 7:00 PM <br />Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Berger Room <br />Address: 16 Lowell Street <br />Purpose: Bi -monthly meeting <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />David Zeek, Chair; Ray Porter, Secretary; Genady Pilyaysky, Member; Walt <br />Talbot, Associate Member; Travis Estes, Member <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Others Present: <br />Greg Phipps (RMLD) <br />Andrew MacNichol (Town of Reading) <br />Karen Gately Herrick (Select Board) <br />Minutes Respectfully submitted By: Travis Estes <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />Meeting was held via a Zoom Conference Call <br />Welcome to Members and Guests <br />Review minutes, vote on acceptance <br />None. <br />RMLD Update <br />• General Manager hiring <br />o Reviewing applicants <br />o Anticipating interviews to start soon <br />o Trying to move towards a decision in Sept/Oct <br />• First EV chargers installed as part of recent grant receipt <br />• Increased demand is good <br />• Evaluating more locations to also support apartment/condo residents <br />• Recruiting a new Director of IT <br />• Last week was the season peak for demand <br />0 24,300 MW peak year to date <br />o Late day peak for the first time due to the presence of regional solar in <br />network <br />• Reviewed power supply context <br />o Extreme volatility in fuel source prices <br />o Will lead to increased natural gas generation costs <br />Page 1 1 <br />