Commentary
Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) arrived on the scene promising to deliver astounding amounts of uber-clean electricity to consumers it switched, without consumers’ knowledge, from Southern California Edison (Edison) into its own clean energy program.
A simple review identifies OCPA can’t even provide half of what it claims.
All Californians throughout the state receive the same mix of energy from California’s electric grid—the giant transmission towers and spiderweb of wires that span over the state and help deliver power from disparately located power plants. [Footnote 1]
Power flowing onto the grid is produced by a combination, or mix, of what is known as “base load” electricity and “intermittent” electricity….