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JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
Staff Report
DATE: February 20, 2020
TO: Clean Energy Alliance Board of Directors
FROM: Barbara Boswell, Interim Chief Executive Officer
ITEM 3: Approve Selection of Clean Energy Alliance Technical Consultant
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Approve selection of Pacific Energy Advisors to provide technical consulting services to
Clean Energy Alliance.
2. Authorize the Interim Chief Executive Officer to execute an agreement for technical
consulting services, for an amount not to exceed $75,000 through June 30, 2020, with
the option to extend through fiscal year 2020/21, for an additional amount of $25,000,
subject to General Counsel Approval.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
At its January 16, 2020 meeting, the Clean Energy Alliance (CEA) Board authorized a Request for
Qualifications (RFQ) for Technical Consultant. The RFQ was issued on January 21, 2020 with
responses due February 10, 2020.
The Scope of Services identified the need for the following tasks to be completed as part of CEA's
regulatory compliance requirements to be qualified to operate a community choice aggregation
(CCA) program:
• Integrated Resource Plan
• Renewable Portfolio Standards Procurement Plan
• Year-Ahead Resource Adequacy Process
• Long-Term Renewable Energy Procurement
• Financial Pro-Forma Model
• Analysis of SDG&E rates and rate related proceedings
Responses were received from:
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EES Consulting
MRW
Pacific Energy Advisors
Resource Renewables
Siemans
Zglobal
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RFQ Technical Consultant
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Of the responses submitted, EES Consulting and Pacific Energy Advisors proposals reflected the
greatest breadth of experience related to all the tasks requested in the RFQ. EES Consulting
provides the full suite of services to 3 CCAs in California and proposed a single project team
member that would be responsible for the tasks, with a back-up and support from the project
lead. Pacific Energy Advisors (PEA) provides the full suite oftasks to 11 currently operating CCAs,
with experience going back to 2003 with Marin Clean Energy. PEA proposes a team of 6 staff
members, all of whom are cross-trained, to ensure deadlines are met, with a project lead that
will ensure coordination between the team members for consistency in reporting.
Costs for scope of services in the RFQ:
CONSULTANT FY 2019/20 FEES TOTAL FEES
EES Consulting $54,000 $106,000
Pacific Energy Advisors $75,000 $100,000
Based on the RFQ responses and follow-up discussions, staff recommends Pacific Energy Advisors
as the highest qualified firm to provide the scope of services as requested in the RFQ.
Sufficient funds are included in the fiscal year 2019/20 budget previously approved by the Board.
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