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Lake Forest Withdraws from Community Choice Energy Program The City of Lake Forest is withdrawing from the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA). Its city council voted 4–1 to withdraw from the OCPA board during a Feb. 16 meeting, ending plans for it to participate in a community choice aggregation (CCA) program. “Sorry citizens and residents, we will never have a CCA,” Lake Forest Mayor Scott Voigts said following the vote. Lake Forest had agreed last December to join the OCPA, a program started by the city of Irvine whereby cities can use a public utility service that allows them the choice of getting electricity from a utility provider or the government. ....
Lake Forest City Council Jumps Ship on New Regional Renewable Energy Agency 273 Shares . Lake Forest officials have backed out of Orange County’s newly formed Power Authority and community choice energy program touted to lower costs for residents through investments in renewable energy. For almost two hours on Tuesday night, officials heard residents and supporters urge them to “keep the Orange County Power Authority family together” and allow residents to choose their own energy at the meeting. The City Council with a roll count vote of 4-1 decided on Tuesday to leave the authority despite residents’ calls to stay in the agency. ....
Lake Forest, Buena Park Join Growing Community Energy Program The cities of Lake Forest and Buena Park have joined Huntington Beach by voting to become part of a new community program that aims to lower energy costs for residents in Orange County, California. City councils in Lake Forest and Buena Park both voted 4-1 on Dec. 15 to join the group, while the Huntington Beach City Council unanimously opted to join five days earlier. The cities will join Irvine and Fullerton as founding members of the “Orange County Power Authority,” a community choice aggregation program that aims to reduce utility costs for member residents by banding together to buy and sell energy, instead of buying it directly from Southern California Edison (SCE). The community choice energy program allows customers to choose between a utility provider such as SCE or from the public option. ....