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Cities Should Take the Exit Ramp From Orange County Power Authority

Cities Should Take the Exit Ramp From Orange County Power Authority
High tension towers are seen in Redondo Beach, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2020. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images
Jim Phelps
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Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) arrived on the scene promising to out-green and underprice Southern California Edison (Edison) with a new way of serving Orange County’s electricity consumers. The agency immediately engaged in what many have called personnel miscues, financial shell games, and energy green-washing.

Jim Phelps
Jim Phelps
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Jim Phelps spent 35 years in the power industry as an engineering contractor and utility rate analyst. He served nearly four years supporting and implementing California’s new standardized energy reporting law, AB 1110, at the California Energy Commission. He has written extensively about Community Choice Energy for the past twelve years.
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