Agency board directors are set to discuss firing top executives behind closed doors on Wednesday.
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City Leaders Approve Audits of Orange County’s Green Power Agency
Two of the OC Power Authority’s member cities have now approved an outside audit of the agency, with Huntington Beach poised to file a lawsuit.
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OC’s New Green Power Agency Faces Increasing Calls to Audit Its Operations
Three of the power authority’s five cities are now looking at calling for an audit after attempts to oust the CEO were thwarted by the agency’s legal counsel.
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OC Businesses and Public Agencies Left in the Dark As Power Authority Rolls Out
Some business owners in the four cities where Orange County Power Authority is set to begin providing power this week still don’t entirely know what’s going to happen.
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Have Water and Power Officials in Orange County Figured Out a Way to Meet in Secret?
A renewable energy agreement between the OC Power Authority and Poseidon Water is nonbinding. But critics wonder whether it opens the door towards secret government.
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OC Green Power Agency Expands Contracts Established Behind Closed Doors by CEO Last Year
The new spending powers have been granted to a CEO who’s faced multiple questions of ethics investigations and lack of experience.
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OC Residents Face Electricity Rate Hike As New Clean Energy Agency Prepares To Launch
The switch was originally touted as a cheaper option. Meanwhile, the agency released a financial statement showing much of its starting cash has run dry.
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OC Residents Face Electricity Price Hike After Clean Power Agency Picks Preliminary Rates
While public officials promised a lower price than Edison for years, officials were barely able to offer a plan that broke even with Edison’s rates.
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OC Clean Power Agency’s First Year Sees an Executive Resignation, Transparency Concerns
The agency’s first year has been dogged by questions over its leadership and transparency concerns, with the largest question about the price still up in the air.
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Irvine to Choose Default Rates for Residents Under OC’s New Clean Energy Agency
City council members’ decision tonight could change residents’ electric bills when the program launches next fall, providing more clean energy at an unknown cost.
