Probolsky’s last day will be May 30, capping off a controversial term that saw the launch of the agency, but intense questions and scathing audits around a lack of transparency.
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Is Orange County’s Green Energy CEO On His Way Out?
OC Power Authority board members will discuss the future of controversial CEO Brian Probolsky behind closed doors after multiple votes against firing him last year.
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Will Fullerton Bail Out of OC’s Beleaguered Green Energy Agency?
While city leaders were split over whether or not they wanted to leave the OC Power Authority, they asked staff to come back with options to study pulling out.
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OC’s Controversial Green Energy Agency Tries Winning Back Public Trust
After four scathing audits called out a systemic lack of transparency and questionable oversight of contracts, board members are looking to make some big changes to the agency’s operations.
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City Leaders Across Orange County Intensely Question Green Power Agency’s Transparency
While members of the public have long struggled to get any information on the Orange County Power Authority, an increasing number of city council members say they’ve been left in the dark as well.
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State Auditor Lambasts OC’s Green Energy Agency Over Transparency and Contracting
Tuesday marks the fourth scathing audit Orange County’s Power Authority has faced. State auditors say the agency needs to overhaul its contracting practices and boost its transparency.
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Irvine Councilwoman Reverses Course, Plans to Stay in Controversial OC Green Power Agency
Despite announcing plans to leave the agency and declaring the board wasn’t ready to make necessary changes, Councilwoman Kathleen Treseder says reforms could be on the horizon.
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Irvine Poised to Bail Out of OC’s Controversial Green Energy Agency
While Irvine Councilwoman Kathleen Treseder has been threatening to leave for months if the agency’s CEO and general counsel weren’t replaced, an official vote is coming next Tuesday.
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OC Green Power Agency’s Top Lawyer Resigns Before Possibly Being Fired
Ryan Baron’s resignation came as Irvine Councilwoman Kathleen Treseder threatened to vote to pull the city out of the agency if he stayed.
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OC’s Embattled Green Power Agency Considers Firing Top Lawyer
It comes after Irvine Councilwoman Kathleen Treseder called on officials to fire the CEO and the chief lawyer – or the founding city bails out of the agency.
