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Hall, Jennifer From:Dee Fox <dee.fox@me.com> Sent:Wednesday, PM To:idoan@westminster-ca.gov; pvazquez@stantonca.gov; mmorris@sanjuancapistrano.org; mbalsz@cityofrsm.org; wquintanar@cityoflosalamitos.org; iberglund@lakeforestca.gov; kimberlyk@cityoflapalma.org; cityhall@cityoflagunawoods.org; jlee@lagunahillsca.gov; citycouncil@lagunabeachcity.net; gharper@sealbeachca.gov; mbrown@yorbalindaca.gov; sfranks@villapark.org; administration@placentia.org; councilinfo@cityoforange.org; citycouncil@newportbeachca.gov; citycouncil@cityofmissionviejo.org; cityclerk@ggcity.org; rick.miller@fountainvalley.org; records@danapoint.org; adm@cypressca.org; clerk@ci.brea.ca.us; city-council@avcity.org; tbass@anaheim.net; cityclerk@tustinca.org; council@cityoflagunaniguel.org; !City Clerk; cityclerk@costamrsaca.gov; cityhall@san-clemente.org; cityhall@buenapark.com; cityclerksoffice@cityoffullerton.com Subject:OCPA - ORANGE COUNTY POWER AUTHORITY Attachments:OCPA Check Register 09-2023.pdf; OCPA Check Register 03-2024.pdf; OCPA Check Register 12-2023.pdf; OCPA-JPA-Agreement-Executed.pdf; Sierra Madre- Joe Mosca’s political career goes south – San Gabriel Valley Tribune.pdf Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. Please include this email for all council members and the attachments at your next city council meeting under non-agendized items. If this topic is on your agenda, then please place it in the appropriate place. -Thank you ORANGE COUNTY POWER AUTHORITY (OCPA) - INFORMATION FOR CITIES THAT ARE CONSIDERING JOINING THE POWER AUTHORITY _____________________________________________________________________________ OCPA RATE PLANS OCPA claims customers enrolled in their Smart Rate or 100% Renewable Plans are “choosing” to pay more every month for their electricity than SCE customers. The reason, according to Irvine City Council members and OCPA Board members, Tammy Kim and Kathleen Treseder, is to get the benefit of cleaner energy, and they do it for the benefit of everyone. That sounds so noble, but I don’t think their customers are actually seeing it that way. But it is all so pointless anyway, because the fossil-fuel based utility grid (SCE), where we ALL receive our power from, is at its maximum capacity for renewable energy. The grid supplies us ALL with approximately 35.8% of renewables, and integrating anymore presents challenges without a huge backup system. PURCHASE OF RENEWABLES So where is all that renewable energy going that OCPA customers are paying a premium for? Well, the OCPA is in the business of buying and selling power, for a profit, And because California has an over-abundance of renewables, and they are inexpensive, OCPA will go into a market where they can get sold for a profit, while simultaneously purchasing cheap fossil fuel to supply to the grid. With each purchase of renewable energy comes a receipt that is separate from the physical electricity, and these receipts can be bought and sold independently. OCPA hangs on to these receipts, also known as Renewable Energy Certificates (REC’s), and gives those to the State to offset their own energy consumption of fossil fuels, and claim that they are using renewable energy, even if they are still connected to a conventional grid like SCE. This process is known as greenwashing. Greenwashing is the practice of misleading the public by presenting a product or service as environmentally friendly or sustainable when it is not. RESERVE FUND 1