Huntington Beach Update on the
Orange County Power Authority
City Council Meeting
September 17, 2024
OCPA Background
• December 2020- City approved documents to join Orange County Power Authority (OCPA/CCE/JPA).
• February 2021- City approved Founding Member participation in OCPA. • February 2022 – City approved 100% as default energy product offering. • April 2022- OCPA launches municipal and commercial service to Huntington Beach, Buena Park, Fullerton, and Irvine.
• October 2022- OCPA launches residential service to Huntington Beach, Buena Park, Fullerton, and Irvine.
Participation and Enrollment
• December 2022- Huntington Beach City Council requested to change default rate for new and municipal customers, and return to a study session with options, costs, and path to remove/withdraw from OCPA.
• January 2023 - Huntington Beach City Council approved changing the default rate for new Huntington Beach OCPA customers and all municipal accounts to the OCPA Basic Choice.
• February 2023 – City Council discussion on process and impacts if Huntington Beach would withdraw from OCPA.
Changes to Participation
Reversion to SCE
• May 16, 2023 – The City Council approved the City’s withdrawal from OCPA and reversion for energy utility to SCE.
• May 17, 2023 – The City provided notice to OCPA of the City’s withdrawal. • OCPA members have the right to withdraw from the JPA providing a notice of no less than 180 days prior to OCPA’s fiscal year (July 1). • The effective date is the beginning of OCPA’s fiscal year after the notice period (July 1, 2024).
• October 2023 – City Council approved changing the default rate for all remaining residential and commercial accounts to Basic Choice.
OCPA Obligations to the City of Huntington Beach
• JPA Section 4.3
OCPA, acting by and through the Board, shall take all such steps as are necessary and appropriate to implement the Implementation Plan and the CCA Program in a manner consistent with this JPA.
• JPA Section 6.3
From and after the date notice of withdrawal is provided, OCPA must reasonably and in good faith, seek to mitigate any costs and obligations to be incurred by the City of Huntington Beach through measures reasonable under the circumstances.
Withdrawal Closeout
City worked wi th SCE and OCPA to monitor the timing of withdrawal, reversion of all customer accounts to SCE, and whether any costs would be attributed to the City and any costs incurred by OCPA directly.
• January 2024 – A ll remaining commercial and residential accounts switched to Basic Choice. (Municipal and new ac counts were transitioned to Basic Choice in January 2023) • February 2024- all new, net energy metering (NEM) customer accounts enrolled to SCE. • May 2024- All new, non-NEM accounts enrolled into SCE. • April 2024- All NEM customers enrolled into SCE.
• June 2024- All non-NEM customers enrolled into SCE.
• July 1, 2024- Withdrawal effective.
• September 3, 2024- Confirmation from OCPA that close out is complete and with zero cost liability attributed to the City’s withdrawal from the JPA.
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