The Huntington Beach City Council voted Jan. 17 to change the city’s energy plan option for all the city’s customers with the Orange County Power Authority—a non-profit public agency that offers energy to Southern California cities—from the 100 percent renewable plan to one at 38 percent.
The vote—motioned by Councilman Casey McKeon—was approved 4–3, with McKeon and the other newly electeds Mayor Tony Strickland, Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark, and Councilman Pat Burns in favor, and council members Dan Kalmick, Natalie Moser, and Rhonda Bolton against.
According to city officials, the switch will save the city over $200,000 annually for its over 450 municipal accounts….