Local Power

What Local Power does

Local Power LLC is a privately held consulting and program administration firm founded in 1994 by Paul Fenn and Julia Peters and headquartered in Haydenville, Massachusetts, with a secondary presence in California. The firm is the originator of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) — a community-based energy model in which municipalities aggregate electricity demand to procure power from alternative suppliers — and of Green Bonds (H Bonds), first created via San Francisco's 2001 Solar Bond program authored by Fenn. Local Power sells CCA program administration, program design, regulatory consulting, and implementation support directly to city, town, county, and state governments. Its product portfolio has evolved through three generations: CCA (procurement aggregation), CCA 2.0 (integration of municipal revenue bonds to finance local renewables, adopted in California), and CCA 3.0 (behind-the-meter, customer-ownership-centered decarbonization integrating EV batteries, HVAC, hot water systems, and renewable microgrids). The firm holds regulated administrative status as an approved CCA program administrator in New York and as an approved CCA broker in Massachusetts, and serves clients across at least nine CCA-authorized U.S. states.

The business operates on three revenue streams: managed services (CCA program administration fees for municipalities such as Tompkins Green Energy Network in New York), professional consulting (program design, RFPs, regulatory support, operational audits, climate action plans), and one-time document sales (the CCA 3.0 report and related white papers). Go-to-market is enterprise field sales to municipal governments, supplemented by extensive thought-leadership content marketing, earned media, events, and community organizing. Customers include City and Town of Ithaca NY, City of Ann Arbor MI, City of Northampton MA, City of San Francisco, Sonoma County, Marin County, Orange County, Boulder, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, and County Meath Ireland (via a 2026 strategic partnership with BIOGEST for biomethane development). The firm has seven to eight employees and operates as a founder-controlled LLC with no disclosed outside funding.

Name

Local Power

Legal name

Local Power LLC

Website

https://localpower.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Local Power LLC is a boutique consultancy that originated Community Choice Aggregation and Green Bonds, providing CCA program administration, program design, and decarbonization consulting directly to municipal and state governments across the U.S. and, as of 2026, Ireland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Energy Consulting and Program Administration

NAICS

Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211), Utilities (22)

SIC

Electric Services (4911), Electric, Gas & Sanitary Services (4900)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUAGABAF

Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) / Municipal Aggregation Retail Supply

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Energy Trading, Marketing & Retail Supply/Retail Energy Supply (Residential & SMB)

SECONDARYEUAGAEAC

Aggregation Services (Load Aggregation, Community Choice, Buyer Pools)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Energy Trading, Marketing & Retail Supply/Energy Brokerage, Aggregation & Switching Services

SECONDARYEUAGADAJ

Green Tariffs & Utility Renewable Supply Programs

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Energy Trading, Marketing & Retail Supply/Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) & Structured Energy Products

SECONDARYEUAFAJAC

Community Microgrids (Neighborhood, Municipal, Cooperative)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Energy Storage & Grid Flexibility (Batteries, Hydrogen Storage, Demand Response)/Microgrids & Behind-the-Meter (BTM) Storage Solutions

Keywords

• Community choice aggregation
• Municipal energy consulting
• Green bond financing
• Distributed energy resources
• Community decarbonization

Headquarters

HQ city

Williamsburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. CCA Program Administration Services: Local Power acts as an approved CCA program administrator in New York State and an approved CCA broker in Massachusetts. They administer CCA programs for municipalities including the Tompkins Green Energy Network (T-GEN) in New York and CCA 3.0 services in Massachusetts.
2. Professional Consulting Services: Provides municipalities comprehensive energy program designs, engineering services, regulatory support, political campaigns, and implementation planning. Services include: CCA Program Administration, CCA Plans and Requests for Proposals, Distributed Energy Resource Finance Program Setup, Operational Audits, Climate Action Plans, Legal and Regulatory Support.
3. White Paper and Report Sales: Sells CCA 3.0 reports (177-page PDF, released February 27, 2020) and other program design documents to municipalities and climate leaders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Local Power provides consulting, program design, and administration services to municipal governments for Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) energy programs. The company originated and leads CCA, Green Bonds, CCA 2.0, and CCA 3.0, helping cities, towns, and counties aggregate electricity demand, procure renewable power, finance local renewable buildouts through municipal revenue bonds, and implement community-wide decarbonization through distributed energy resources and renewable microgrids.

Product overview

Local Power offers a suite of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) services organized in three generations (CCA, CCA 2.0, CCA 3.0), representing a progressive evolution from electricity procurement aggregation to a comprehensive communitywide decarbonization platform. The core offering is complemented by Green Bond/H Bond/Solar Bond financing mechanisms that Local Power invented to enable municipalities to finance local renewable energy deployments without taxpayer impact. Specialized programs include T-GEN (Tompkins Green Energy Network) for distributed energy resources and the In-City Buildout service for localizing energy supply. Together, these products enable local governments to accelerate renewable energy adoption, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and shift energy ownership to customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) Program Administration
• Professional Energy Consulting Services
• Own Your Power / T-GEN (Tompkins Green Energy Network)

Quantifiable outcome

• 60% of Americans buying renewable energy are CCA customers
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BIOGESTcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 March 2026Strategic partnership with BIOGEST, a specialist in agricultural anaerobic digestion technology, to accelerate biomethane production in Ireland. First joint project is the Curragh Biogas facility in County Meath, designed to produce 599 Nm³/h of biomethane using poultry, cattle and pig slurry combined with grass, maize and rye silage feedstock. Expected to reduce annual emissions by approximately 25,000 tons of CO2 equivalent.
• Ways2HminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 August 2020Partnership to develop hydrogen-fuelled microgrids powered by hydrogen generators, solar power, battery storage and heating automation. Advanced microgrids combining Ways2H's waste-to-hydrogen technology with Local Power's program design expertise.
• RACE Coalition (Ratepayers for Affordable, Clean Energy)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition of environmentalists, community safety activists, renewable energy and consumer advocates including Amazon Watch, Border Power Plant Working Group, EPIC, Greenpeace, Long Beach Citizens for Utility Reform, Marin Clean Alternative Energy Now, Northcoast Environmental Center, Pacific Environment, Public Citizen, and Vallejo Community Planned Renewal. Coalition worked to prevent California utilities from overprocuring power and opposed LNG terminal proposals.
• Center for Climate Protection / Los Alamos LaboratorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Center for Climate Protection and Los Alamos Laboratory for California Energy Commission-funded 'Renewable Energy Secure Communities' project (2013). Developed multi-year cost-of-service model for integration of mature renewable resources with efficiency measures and demand response. Combined Local Power's detailed local data with Los Alamos CLERE carbon simulation software.
• Sonoma County Water AgencycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Sonoma County Water Agency on identifying renewable resource development opportunities and managing CCA data requests. Also engaged as advisor in North American Climate Partnership.
• Climate Protection CampaignminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorked with Climate Protection Campaign as partners on the California Energy Commission-funded Renewable Energy Secure Communities grant project.
• NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRetained by NYSERDA to develop CCA toolkit and advise on making New York's state rules more friendly to energy localization. Worked on Clean Energy Communities Program High Impact Action Toolkits for Community Choice Aggregation.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sonoma Clean Power: California CCA launched in 2014 with program design support from Local Power; now an operating CCA serving multiple counties with renewables procurement. Comparable CCA operator/administrator model in California.
• Marin Clean Energy (MCE): California CCA launched in 2010 with early Local Power involvement; now a Load Serving Entity serving ~1.2 million customers with renewables and grid services. Comparable CCA operator that competes for municipal CCA mandates.
• East Bay Community Energy: Alameda County CCA launched in 2018 serving ~700,000 customers; comparable community choice energy aggregator that Local Power competes with for design and advisory engagements.
• CleanPowerSF: San Francisco's municipal CCA program (within SFPUC); Local Power authored SF's CCA Ordinance and In-City Buildout Program Design (2013). Comparable CCA operator serving a single municipality in California.
• Peninsula Clean Energy: San Mateo County CCA serving ~300,000 customers with renewable energy; operates as CCA aggregator in the same California regulatory framework Local Power helped design. Direct comparable CCA operator.
• Silicon Valley Clean Energy: Santa Clara County CCA serving ~275,000 customers with renewable energy; directly comparable CCA operator in California with similar customer profile to Local Power's municipal clients.
• San Diego Community Power: San Diego-area CCA launched in 2021 serving ~960,000 customers; newer-generation CCA that follows the model Local Power helped originate, with renewable buildout goals similar to Local Power's CCA 2.0/3.0 designs.
• California Choice Energy Authority (CalChoice): Joint powers authority serving as a CCA program administrator for California municipalities — same CCA administration service that Local Power provides, but operating at much larger scale and focused exclusively on California.

Emerging players

• Center for Climate Protection: California-based nonprofit partner on the California Energy Commission-funded 'Renewable Energy Secure Communities' project with Local Power; comparable mission-driven municipal decarbonization advisor that competes for similar grant-funded work.
• NYSERDA: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority — retained Local Power to build the NY CCA toolkit and guides state-level CCA policy. Comparable as a state-level energy program administrator that Local Power partners with and competes against for influence on CCA rollout in NY.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/localpowerNEWS
• Facebookfacebook.com/localpowerinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/local-power-inc-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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