After four years of debates and assurances that it’s in the works, city leaders still haven’t established a plan to address climate change.
Tag: The Orange County Power Authority
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Irvine Officials Look to Use Loan Repayment Funds for Sustainability Projects
The Orange County Power Authority has already started repaying Irvine’s $8 million loan that helped the alternative power agency get started in the first place.
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Is Orange County’s Struggling Green Power Agency Bouncing Back?
Irvine officials decided to stay a member of the Orange County Power Authority after voting to pull out last year.
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Is OC’s Green Power Agency on the Way to Being Clean?
While the agency avoided answering questions about their operations for years, officials are now increasing transparency after nearly folding.
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Irvine Leaders Are Considering Leaving Green Power Agency They Launched
Irvine is the second city in the agency to look at pulling out since launch, with Huntington Beach city leaders also currently studying the idea.
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Cloudy Contracts, Audits and Lost County Support: A Rough Year For OC’s Green Power Agency
After a series of controversies and setbacks this year, Huntington Beach could be the next municipality to leave the agency, with plans to study the issue in 2023.
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Will Orange County Supervisors Leave Embattled Green Power Agency?
The county could end up paying as much as $65 million to leave a program that never gave them anything following a series of scathing reports on the power agency.
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County Auditors Lambast OC Green Power Agency’s Contracting Failures
The county’s second audit released this week focuses on failures to properly review contracts and repeatedly sent out money to vendors without showing why they were chosen.
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OC State Legislators’ Concerns Trigger State Investigation of OC Power Authority
This will be the third audit of the agency announced this year as legislators cite concerns over transparency and competency ahead of the program’s launch.
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OC Power Authority to Respond to Transparency Concerns Today
The agency’s responses today could determine whether or not the Orange County Board of Supervisors remains onboard for the future.
