California’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee has agreed to audit the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA), a recently formed energy provider embroiled in a whistleblower complaint.
State Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) announced the upcoming audit as the agency deals with allegations of mismanagement, inaction, and lack of transparency.
“It’s clear that OCPA has had little oversight,” Umberg said in a news release. “We owe it to the taxpayers to explain why their energy costs are going up–and who or what is responsible.”
Umberg was joined by State Sens. Dave Min (D-Irvine) and Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) and Assemblymembers Tom Daly (D-Anaheim), Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach), and Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton) in requesting the audit of the agency’s internal business practices….