Who We Are.

Paul Fenn, Founder & President of Local Power, (more...) best known as the creator of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), Green Bonds, CCA 2.0, CCA 3.0 and co-creator of Municipal Aggregation, is the principal who manages Local Power's clients and project work.

Julia Peters, Chief of Operations & Community Engagement, (more...) co-founded Local Power, and has over forty years of experience engaging communities, organizing political campaigns and administering large organizations.

Arthur Medlar, Chief Information Officer, (more...) has helped develop Local Power's CCA 2.0 cost, financial and logistical modeling capabilities since 2008. Mr. Medlar is known for co-developing WAIS, the world's first internet search engine.

Charles Schultz, Research and Development Director, (more...) joined Local Power in June of 2010, and has conducted research on the regulatory and legal conditions encountered by Community Choice Aggregation in California and aggregation laws in other states.

David Wasielewski, Hydrogen and Customer Service, (more...) has a long career in logistics and customer service, and has worked with Local Power since 2021 after completing his Master's Degree in Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts on CCA.

Handri Handoyo, California Project Manager, (more...) joined Local Power in 2025. His prior research includes a comprehensive comparative analysis of all 25 California CCAs, charting a path forward for energy democracy and community self-determination.

George Fenn, Special Projects Manager, (more...) joined Local Power as an intern in 2020 and full time in 2024. He is currently working on CCA 3.0 research in New York State as well as a Municipal Solid Waste solution in Western Massachusetts