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LAFCO votes to hire Local Power for Navigant peer review, delays oversight award amid debate
Summary
After hours of public comment and commissioner debate over consultant selection and local-renewables priorities, LAFCO approved a $24,000 peer review contract with Local Power to review Navigant's risk-assessment work and postponed action on a proposed oversight/"overview" contract for one month to solicit further bids.
The Local Agency Formation Commission voted Friday to retain Local Power to perform a peer review of Navigant Consulting's risk-assessment work for the Clean Power SF program, after public advocates and several commissioners raised concerns about the independence of consulting work on community-choice aggregation.
The decision followed extensive discussion and public comment from environmental and grassroots advocates who alleged that in some jurisdictions Navigant had under-emphasized local renewables and energy-efficiency measures. Eric Brooks of the San Francisco Green Party said he had submitted documents to counsel and LAFCO members alleging that a prior draft RFP for Marin omitted local renewables and efficiency; he asked commissioners to ensure the program preserved local-resource opportunities.
Dawn Weiss, representing the Marin Energy Authority during an earlier…
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