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Orange County Power Authority: The Perfect Crime (Part 3)

Orange County Power Authority: The Perfect Crime (Part 3)
Cows are seen grazing near a wind turbine at the Altamont Pass wind farm in Livermore, California on May 16, 2007. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Jim Phelps
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Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) is imploding following a Grand Jury’s scathing report about the agency’s policy and personnel shortcomings. Buena Park is reportedly considering ditching the energy upstart, and other OCPA member cities are calling for an audit, all while the agency is whispering that its prices are now headed up.

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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