CCA money · CCA
Orange County Power Authority
Serves Irvine, Fullerton and Buena Park; Fountain Valley joins in 2027. Huntington Beach left in 2024.
SCEutility territory
2022started serving
5member cities in the index
+12.3%default bill vs utility, SCE June 1, 2026 / CCA October 20, 2025
Default product compared with the utility
| Rates as of | Utility | Schedule | Utility bill | Default product | Difference | All products | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCE June 1, 2026 / CCA October 20, 2025 | SCE OCPA member cities | DOMESTIC (D) · 523 kWh | $203 | $228 | +12.3% | Basic Choice $228; Smart Choice $233; 100% Renewable Choice $236 | source |
| SCE January 1, 2026 / CCA October 20, 2025 | SCE OCPA member cities | DOMESTIC (D) · 523 kWh | $204 | $229 | +12.2% | Basic Choice $229; Smart Choice $234; 100% Renewable Choice $237 | source |
| SCE November 15, 2025 / CCA October 20, 2025 | SCE OCPA member cities | DOMESTIC (D) · 541 kWh | $218 | $216 | −1.1% | Basic Choice $216; Smart Choice $221; 100% Renewable Choice $224 | source |
| SCE June 1, 2025 / CCA July 14, 2025 | SCE OCPA member cities | DOMESTIC (D) · 541 kWh | $195 | $193 | −1.1% | Basic Choice $193; Smart Choice $198; 100% Renewable Choice $201 | source |
| SCE March 1, 2025 / CCA March 24, 2025 | SCE OCPA member cities | DOMESTIC (D) · 541 kWh | $199 | $197 | −1.0% | Basic Choice $197; Smart Choice $202; 100% Renewable Choice $205 | source |
| SCE June 1, 2024 / CCA July 1, 2024 | SCE OCPA member cities | DOMESTIC (D) · 520 kWh | $193 | $199 | +2.9% | Basic Choice $191; Smart Choice $196; 100% Renewable Choice $199 | source |
| SCE March 1, 2024 / CCA March 20, 2024 | SCE OCPA member cities | DOMESTIC (D) · 520 kWh | $196 | $202 | +2.8% | Basic Choice $194; Smart Choice $199; 100% Renewable Choice $202 | source |
| SCE June 1, 2023 / CCA June 10, 2023 | SCE OCPA member cities | DOMESTIC (D) · 569 kWh | $210 | $217 | +3.3% | Basic Choice $208; Smart Choice $214; 100% Renewable Choice $217 | source |
| SCE March 1, 2023 / CCA April 1, 2023 | SCE OCPA member cities | DOMESTIC (D) · 569 kWh | $198 | $205 | +3.5% | Basic Choice $197; Smart Choice $202; 100% Renewable Choice $205 | source |
Finances
| Year | Revenue | Power cost | Operating result | Change in net position | Net position / fund balance | Rate stabilization fund | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $0.00 | — | — | −$935,064 | — | — | audited Formation year: "No revenue" (recorded as 0); operating expenses $918,400. | source |
| FY2022 | $37.8 million | $32.6 million | $1.3 million | $1.1 million | $209,702 | — | audited | source |
| FY2023 | $275.7 million | $229.2 million | $38.1 million | $38.3 million | $38.5 million | — | audited | source |
| FY2024 | $337.1 million | $321.9 million | $4.3 million | $6.3 million | $44.9 million | $45.0 million | audited | source |
| FY2024 | — | — | — | — | $81.2 million | — | unaudited Unaudited treasurer's report: interim net position at Dec 31 2023, before the $45,000,000 RSF deferral. | source |
| FY2025 | $283.6 million | $275.7 million | −$4.2 million | $148,772 | $45.0 million | $30.0 million | audited | source |
| FY2026 | $281.5 million | $253.1 million | $15.1 million | $16.6 million | $61.6 million | — | audited | source |
| FY2026 | — | — | — | — | $49.0 million | — | unaudited Unaudited quarterly treasurer's report. "Irvine Loan Early Repayment" payment of $913,892.11 (11/10/2025). | source |
| FY2026 | — | — | — | — | $41.3 million | — | unaudited Unaudited quarterly treasurer's report. Full $30M RSF recognized as revenue in FY2026. "Irvine Loan Early Repayment" payment of $342,702.67 (3/31/2026). | source |
Savings it reports
No method is published for these figures.
- Jan 2023 “a 2% cost savings compared to … SCE on the equivalent generation rate” source
Member cities
Buena Park · Fountain Valley · Fullerton · Huntington Beach · Irvine
Member cities' own electricity
| Date | City | Figure | What it is | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-28 | Buena Park | $55,000 a year · city saves · estimate / proposal | Switching Buena Park's municipal accounts from OCPA 100% Renewable Choice to Smart Choice would save the city about $55,000 per year. product: Smart Choice · compared with OCPA 100% Renewable Choice | passage · city original |
| 2024-09-17 | Huntington Beach | approximately $200,000 annually city pays more | Kalmick: returning to SCE raised the City's energy costs 2–3 percent, about $200,000 a year (councilmember's estimate). | passage · city original |
| 2024-04-16 | Huntington Beach | three percent (3%) city pays more | Councilmember Kalmick: HB's electric costs will rise 3% once OCPA no longer supplies the City. | passage · city original |
| 2023-04-04 | Fullerton | $38,000 a year · city saves · estimate / proposal | Fullerton's municipal accounts on OCPA's Basic Choice 38% product are estimated to save about $38,000 in 2023 versus comparable SCE generation rates. product: Basic Choice 38% · compared with SCE generation rates | passage · city original |
| 2023-01-17 | Huntington Beach | $234,830 city saves · estimate / proposal | Estimated savings for the City's 462 municipal accounts if switched from OCPA 100% Renewable Choice to Basic Choice; period not stated. product: Basic Choice · compared with 100% Renewable Choice plan | passage · city original |
| 2023-01-17 | Huntington Beach | Approx. S212k city pays more | Feb 2022 staff estimate: 100% Renewable Choice for city accounts would cost HB about $212k a year more than Basic ('S' is OCR for '$'). | passage · city original |
| 2023-01-17 | Huntington Beach | Approx. $ 141k city pays more | Feb 2022 staff estimate (re-attached 2023): putting city accounts on Smart Choice would cost HB about $141k a year more than Basic Choice. | passage · city original |
| 2022-09-06 | Buena Park | $154,691 city pays more | Same estimate: 100% Renewable Choice would cost city facilities $154,691 a year more; BP put most accounts on 100%, water accounts on Basic. | passage · city original |
| 2022-09-06 | Buena Park | $103,127 per year city pays more | Buena Park's Feb 2022 study session, quoted by the Grand Jury: Smart Choice would cost city facilities $103,127 a year more. | passage · city original |
Other money with member cities
| Date | City | Kind | Figure | What it is | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-16 | Irvine | Repaid to city | $107 city receives | OCPA FY2026/27 budget (figures in thousands): $107 thousand of interest left on Irvine's loan, to be fully paid off by January 2027. | passage · city original |
| 2026-04-14 | Laguna Beach | Study / start-up | $50,000 city pays · estimate / proposal | Laguna Beach estimates outside legal counsel to evaluate joining Orange County Power Authority would cost up to $50,000, not yet budgeted, to be considered in the FY 2026-27 budget. | passage · city original |
| 2026-04-14 | Laguna Beach | Study / start-up | $40,000 city pays · estimate / proposal | Laguna Beach estimates paying $40,000 to $50,000 for outside legal review of joining Orange County Power Authority; not yet budgeted, to be considered in FY 2026-27 budget. | passage · city original |
| 2026-04-14 | Laguna Beach | Study / start-up | approximately $40-50,000 | Outside counsel for an OCPA review estimated at $40–50,000; the council removed any work requiring spending. | passage · city original |
| 2026-03-31 | Costa Mesa | Study / start-up | $ 150,000 | Costa Mesa's own $150,000 Citywide Community Choice Energy Study, budgeted then deferred, is 'not considered at this time' in the 2026 capital plan. | passage · city original |
| 2026-02-17 | Huntington Beach | Exit / failure | $7,467,753 | Those costs were offset by $7,467,753 OCPA saved from its October 2023 shift to cheaper resources, leaving HB no remaining liability. | passage · city original |
| 2026-02-17 | Huntington Beach | Exit / failure | $7,032,108 | Coronado subcommittee's answer on exit costs: HB's withdrawal left OCPA $7,032,108 of stranded resource-adequacy costs. | passage · city original |
| 2025-11-12 | Irvine | Repaid to city | $7 million dollars city receives | Buena Park minutes on OCPA's Nov 10, 2025 board: OCPA began repaying Irvine's $7 million initial investment. | passage · city original |
| 2025-02-11 | Anaheim | Loan / advance | $10,788 city receives · estimate / proposal | First quarterly interest payment (quarter ending 3/31/2021) on the City of Irvine's $2.5 million pre-launch loan to Orange County Power Authority, estimated at 1.75% interest in the schedule.”, | passage · city original |
| 2025-02-11 | Anaheim | Loan / advance | 1.75% over several years · city receives · estimate / proposal | Estimated 1.75% interest rate on a $2.5 million pre-launch loan from the City of Irvine to Orange County Power Authority, running 2021 to 2027. | passage · city original |
| 2024-10-01 | Irvine | Repaid to city | $2,762,500.00 city receives | Loan schedule: $2,500,000 pre-launch loan at an estimated 1.75%, with $2,762,500.00 due back to Irvine on Jan 1, 2027. | passage · city original |
| 2024-10-01 | Irvine | Loan / transfer to CCA | approximately $2,500,000 city pays | Capital Loan Agreement: Irvine lends OCPA its pre-launch costs, approximately $2,500,000, repayable contingent on OCPA's launch. | passage · city original |
| 2024-10-01 | Irvine | Loan / transfer to CCA | $250,000 city pays | 2020 Capital Loan Agreement (reproduced in Fountain Valley's packet): Irvine advances OCPA's formation costs, $250,000. | passage · city original |
| 2024-10-01 | Fountain Valley | Loan / advance | $10,787.67 city receives · estimate / proposal | Estimated interest on Irvine's $2.5 million pre-launch loan to Orange County Power Authority for the quarter ending 3/31/2021; the loan is Irvine's, not Fountain Valley's. | passage · city original |
| 2024-10-01 | Irvine | Collateral | between $2,000,000 to $5,000,000 city pays | Capital Loan Agreement: Irvine to post cash collateral of $2,000,000–$5,000,000 for an additional $8,000,000–$20,000,000 OCPA credit facility. | passage · city original |
| 2024-10-01 | Fountain Valley | Joining | no fiscal impact | FV introduces its OCPA ordinance and adopts the membership resolution; the feasibility study was OCPA's (Pacific Energy Advisors). | passage · city original |
| 2024-09-17 | Huntington Beach | Exit / failure | just under $89,000 city pays | Councilmember Kalmick: just under $89,000 was spent getting out of OCPA (an oral figure at the meeting, not a staff report). | passage · city original |
| 2024-09-17 | Huntington Beach | Exit / failure | $0.00 | Close-out report: HB's withdrawal took effect July 1, 2024; OCPA confirmed zero cost liability attributed to the City. | passage · city original |
| 2024-07-16 | Costa Mesa | Joining | no fiscal impact | Costa Mesa authorizes an NDA so OCPA can study its load data; no fiscal impact. OCPA paid Pacific Energy Advisors for the study. | passage · city original |
| 2023-05-16 | Fullerton | Study / start-up | $12,675 | ACES offers to benchmark Fullerton's OCPA withdrawal costs for $12,675; the council instead asks OCPA for information and hires no one. | passage · city original |
| 2023-05-16 | Fullerton | Exit / failure | $12,675 city pays · estimate / proposal | Fullerton would pay consultant ACES $12,675, half at contract execution and half on completion, for an assessment of withdrawal costs from Orange County Power Authority. | passage · city original |
| 2023-04-04 | Fullerton | Exit / failure | $100,000 city pays · estimate / proposal | Fullerton estimates hiring a consultant to analyze the cost of withdrawing from OCPA would cost $50,000 to $100,000, paid by the city one time. | passage · city original |
| 2023-04-04 | Fullerton | Exit / failure | $50,000 city pays · estimate / proposal | Fullerton estimates hiring a consultant to analyze its withdrawal liability from OCPA would cost $50,000 to $100,000, a one-time cost paid by the city. | passage · city original |
| 2023-04-04 | Fullerton | Study / start-up | $50,000 to $100,000 city pays | Staff: a consultant analysis of what leaving OCPA would cost Fullerton would itself cost an estimated $50,000 to $100,000. | passage · city original |
| 2022-09-06 | Irvine | Loan / transfer to CCA | some $7.5 million city pays | OC Grand Jury: Irvine has put some $7.5 million into OCPA, to be repaid from 2027 if OCPA stays viable; other members bear no such risk. | passage · city original |
| 2022-07-05 | Fullerton | Joining | no fiscal impact | OCPA transparency item noting OCPA's $1.96 million CPUC fine; staff report fiscal impact none. | passage · city original |
| 2022-02-01 | Huntington Beach | Joining | no fiscal impact | Feb 1, 2021 HB staff report (attached 2022): joining OCPA costs HB nothing; Irvine alone funds start-up (estimated $2.5M) and up to $5M collateral. | passage · city original |
Grants and projects for city governments
| Date | City | Figure | What it is | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-20 | Fullerton | Orange County Power Authority: $5,000 city receives | OCPA sponsors Fullerton's 2025 State of the City event with $5,000. | passage · city original |