Members of the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) disagreed Sept. 6 with a recent grand jury report titled “Orange County Power Authority: Come Clean” and responded to a county request for a third-party financial audit. Findings from the grand jury’s June 24 report suggested the power authority lacked transparency, failed to hire qualified staff resulting…
OC Power Authority Challenges Call for External Audit, Objects to Grand Jury Report
September 8, 2022
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Orange County Supervisors Approve Responses to 4 Grand Jury Report Findings
August 27, 2022
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved Aug. 23 responses to four grand jury reports. Supervisors agreed unanimously with three of the four final responses while Supervisor Katrina Foley said she will send in her own response to one report. The four grand jury reports released in June respectively examined the county’s homelessness, the Orange…
Orange County Supervisors Request Audit of Green Energy Provider
August 24, 2022
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 4–1 on Aug. 23 for an audit of the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) to be conducted by the county, with Supervisor Don Wagner dissenting. The supervisors’ request for an audit will be submitted at the board’s next meeting Sept. 6. The OCPA will then have 3 days…
Misinformation Surrounds Orange County Power Authority
August 24, 2022
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Commentary The County of Orange considered withdrawing from Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) this morning, then voted 5-0 for its own audit before exiting. The session revealed that county supervisors are not telling the public what is what. OCPA competes with Southern California Edison (Edison) in the purchase of energy. That power continues to be delivered…
Orange County Power Authority’s Dirty Playbook for Accessing Your Money (Part 2)
August 9, 2022
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Commentary Ed Laird prides himself on being informed and making business decisions driven by good value propositions. Laird, a plastics engineer and owner of Huntington Beach’s Laird Coatings, opted out of the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) to avoid high prices and impossible energy claims. But Laird didn’t get what he expected. “OCPA disregarded my…
Orange County Power Authority’s Dirty Playbook for Accessing Your Money (Part 1)
August 5, 2022
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Commentary A generation ago long-distance phone companies invented clever ways of deceiving consumers, frequently switching them into their programs without their knowledge or permission. The practice was coined “slamming,” and today a variation of it is employed by new local-government community choice energy agencies, including Orange County Power Authority (OCPA). It’s part of the game…
OC Power Authority CEO Probolsky Stays as Whistleblower Complaint Advances
July 5, 2022
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Orange County’s green energy agency retained embattled CEO Brian Probolsky and legal counsel Ryan Baron on June 29. It also continued Probolsky’s whistleblower complaint in which he accused Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Mike Posey and Councilman Dan Kalmick of corruption and violations of open-meeting laws. The Orange County Power Authority’s (OCPA) board of directors met…
Orange County Power Authority: The Perfect Crime (Part 3)
July 5, 2022
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Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) is imploding following a Grand Jury’s scathing report about the agency’s policy and personnel shortcomings. Buena Park is reportedly considering ditching the energy upstart, and other OCPA member cities are calling for an audit, all while the agency is whispering that its prices are now headed up. While everyone is…
Orange County Power Authority: The Perfect Crime (Part 2)
June 29, 2022
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Commentary Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) arrived on the scene promising to deliver astounding amounts of uber-clean electricity to consumers it switched, without consumers’ knowledge, from Southern California Edison (Edison) into its own clean energy program. A simple review identifies OCPA can’t even provide half of what it claims. All Californians throughout the state receive…
Orange County Power Authority, Part 1: The Perfect Crime
June 24, 2022
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Commentary Communities think that renewable energy providers like Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) are altruistic and all about increasing everyone’s renewable energy use. What is missed is that many of these energy procurement agencies are more about separating you from the green in your wallet than greening the environment. This 3-part article, which includes action…
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