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Orange County Power Authority’s Dirty Playbook for Accessing Your Money (Part 1)

Orange County Power Authority’s Dirty Playbook for Accessing Your Money (Part 1)
High power electrical towers in Adelanto, Calif., on Sept. 6, 2016. David McNew/AFP via Getty Images
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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).
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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