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The Latest on the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA)

The Latest on the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA)

In 2019, the previous City Council — led by now-Mayor Farrah Khan, now-Vice Mayor Anthony Kuo and current City Councilmember Mike Carroll — decided to have the City of Irvine join Orange County Power Authority (OCPA).

Carroll is Chairman of the six-member OCPA board and Khan is also a board member. (Both Carroll and Khan receive compensation for their positions on the OCPA board.)

This year, every business operating in the City of Irvine and every Irvine household will be transferred from their current provider of electricity, Southern California Edison (SCE), and enrolled in the OCPA plan.

In April, all Irvine-based businesses were transferred over to the new OCPA plan, with commercial customers now paying as much as 6% more each month for their electricity usage. In October, all Irvine households will be transferred from SCE to OCPA, with a similar price hike.

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Pick Up Your Free California State Parks Pass

Pick Up Your Free California State Parks Pass

The Orange County Public Libraries has partnered with California State Parks and the California State Library to offer free State Parks vehicle-day use passes, which are now available at all branches of public libraries in California.

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Two of the Largest Consumers of Electricity in Irvine Have Already “Opted-Out” of the Orange County Power Authority

Two of the Largest Consumers of Electricity in Irvine Have Already “Opted-Out” of the Orange County Power Authority

On April 1st, all businesses in Irvine were transferred from their current provider of electricity, Southern California Edison (SCE), and enrolled in the new Orange County Power Authority (OCPA).

The OCPA promised to deliver cleaner electricity at lower rates. However, that promise was broken as soon as rates were released. Both residential and commercial customers in Irvine will see an increase in their electricity costs once they are enrolled in the new OCPA plan.

Two of the largest consumers of electricity in Irvine have signaled their lack of confidence in the OCPA by opting-out.

According to an article in the Voice of OC, the Irvine Ranch Water District (IRWD) and the Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) say that their organizations — which spend tens of millions of dollars on electricity each year — never received the legally-mandated notification from OCPA and that their questions concerning the new OCPA plans were never answered.

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