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Stanton council receives OCPA feasibility briefing as residents raise transparency and financial concerns
Summary
Joe Mosca of the Orange County Power Authority presented a feasibility analysis to Stanton’s council outlining potential membership benefits — including a default ‘basic’ product about 3% cheaper on generation — while residents at public comment expressed strong opposition citing Irvine and Huntington Beach withdrawals and concerns about transparency and financial risk.
The Stanton City Council heard a feasibility presentation from the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) on April 8 as council members requested further financial and contractual detail and dozens of residents weighed in during public comment.
Joe Mosca, OCPA chief executive officer, presented the study his agency commissioned from Pacific Energy Advisors and described how a community choice aggregator (CCA) works under state law (AB 117). He said the feasibility study asked whether it is financially feasible for OCPA to include Stanton and whether membership would be in Stanton residents' interest. "We pulled that electric load data from Southern California Edison," Mosca said, describing the data collection and the statutory process required to amend OCPA's implementation plan.
Mosca described three customer product options: a basic choice (about 47% renewable), a smart choice (about 55% renewable / 40% carbon‑free) and a 100% clean option. He said the feasibility analysis supports launching Stanton on the basic choice as the default and that the basic product would…
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