Memorandum
Date: October 7, 2025
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Susan Parker, County Administrative Officer
Stephen L. Carter, Jr., Assistant County Administrative Officer
Matthew Rothstein, Chief Deputy County Administrative Officer
Benjamin Rickelman, Deputy County Administrative Officer
Lloyd Guintivano, County Counsel
Subject: (A) Consideration of Staff Review of Sonoma Clean Power Joint Powers Agreement; (B) Conceptual Introduction of Draft Enabling Resolutions and Ordinance for County to Join Sonoma Clean Power and Possible Direction to Staff (No Action on Part B, Discussion and Possible Direction to Staff, Only)
Executive Summary:
First, thank you to all of you for your attendance and engagement in the Tuesday, September 30, special 5pm Joint Workshop of the County of Lake and Cities of Clearlake and Lakeport on the option of Public Power Generation in Lake County with Sonoma Clean Power (SCP). Video of that session is now accessible here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4jexfZaxn4
Earlier this year, the Lake County Board of Supervisors and the Cities of Lakeport and Clearlake sent requests to SCP to consider extending service into Lake County, and an offer of service has been extended (PDF Pages 83-95 are relevant to Lake County, and the signed/final version of the offer of service is attached here, for your reference and public inspection):
https://sonomacleanpower.org/uploads/documents/SCPA-BOD-2025.08.07-Meeting-Agenda-Packet-with-Teleconference-Instructions.pdf
Your Board asked that County Counsel and Administration review the Sonoma Clean Power Joint Powers Agreement in detail, and staff have drawn out the following observations:
1. The title of the attached document should delete the reference to "By and Among The County of Sonoma and The Sonoma County Water Agency"
2. Section 2.5 expressly states that "the power of the Authority is subject to the restrictions upon the manner of exercising power posses...
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