Powering a Brighter Future

Powering a Brighter Future!

OCPA is Orange County’s source for providing cleaner electricity at rates that work for everyone. Thanks to YOU, our customers, the clean energy future is getting closer and closer with every day that we procure renewable energy on your behalf! Check out our latest campaign video and help us share the opportunity to join the movement in Orange County!

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New OCPA Chair, Vice Chair and Board Members Appointed

OCPA is honored to announce the dedicated local leaders serving on the 2025 Board of Directors. Buena Park Councilmember Susan Sonne has been appointed as the new Board Chair and Irvine Vice Mayor James Mai as Vice Chair. Also named to the 2025 Board of Directors is Fountain Valley Councilmember Glenn Grandis, who is representing our newest member city, as well as Irvine Councilmember William Go and Fullerton Mayor Fred Jung. We’re grateful for their commitment to a cleaner, greener Orange County and look forward to the positive impact they will bring to our communities.

OCPA Issues Request for Qualifications for Community Power Plan Outreach Services!

OCPA is seeking proposals from nonprofits, community-based organizations, and qualified firms and individuals for outreach services to support the development of our Community Power Plan. The Community Power Plan will be OCPA’s five-year plan for developing energy programs that promote sustainability, energy independence, and cost savings for our customers. We are especially looking for those with experience reaching hard-to-reach and under-resourced communities so that all the voices in OCPA communities are heard. Know someone?

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Calling All Young Artists to Help Create a Better Tomorrow

Calling all young artists! OCPA invites those with the power of the paintbrush, colored pencils, or crayons in grades K-6 to join our youth art contest aimed at inspiring a brighter and greener future! Through the theme of “Picturing A Better Tomorrow,” students are asked to use their creativity to imagine and illustrate ways we can work together to combat climate change, protect our planet, reduce reliance on fossil fuels, and embrace renewable energy for future generations.

Three winners will be selected and have the choice between a gift card for a family day at Knott’s Berry Farm or a one-year membership for a family of four to Pretend City.

Winning art may also be used to create murals for the OCPA offices.

Entries will be accepted until Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 5 p.m.

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Bridging Clean Energy and Public Health: Views from a SoCal Physician

One of the most important challenges to addressing climate change is finding equitable solutions that balance both our energy and public health needs, while giving special consideration to the impact on our underserved communities.

OCPA CEO Joe Mosca went to the perfect source to help dig into that dynamic. A Board Member of Santa-Ana based Latino Health Access, Dr. Lorenzo Gonzalez serves as a street medicine physician and community health advocate, providing care through a mobile clinic for those who are unhoused and otherwise vulnerable in Los Angeles. Dr. Gonzalez is also a leading local advocate for addressing climate change and sat down with Joe in our latest episode of “Sustainably Speaking” to talk about how we can empower each other to improve our shared climate and health.

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Local Nonprofits Receive Community Benefits Grants

OCPA in partnership with Calpine Community Energy has awarded grants to support efforts by seven local nonprofits to advance clean energy, green job training, environmental education and stewardship, and energy equity.

Congratulations to the recipients!

The grants will support efforts to expand home electrification assistance and other cost savings in income-qualified homes, identify local resources during natural disasters or extreme heat events, and support a variety of student-based projects and other learning opportunities.

Guest Blog: Clean Energy Just Make Sense – and Cents!

Clean energy and electrification will be driving economic forces into the future according to guest blogger Dominic Bendinelli. Bendinelli, an analyst at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and member of OCPA’s Community Advisory Committee, highlights the many benefits of transitioning to clean energy including high-paying jobs, environmental preservation, wildlife protection, and lessened strain on the healthcare system.

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Cheers to a New Year of Serving Orange County!

With 2025 well underway, OCPA is thrilled to continue serving Orange County customers with clean and reliable electricity! Our three options for investing in renewable power have so far saved our customers $17.4 million, while also saving 2 billion pounds of climate-altering carbon dioxide emissions from entering the atmosphere (the equivalent to taking over 221,000 gasoline-powered vehicles off the road).

In 2024, we launched the OCPA Incentive Finder, a directory of available state, federal and local clean energy rebates. We also held 28 events in our member communities of Buena Park, Fullerton and Irvine, and announced our newest member – the City of Fountain Valley, which will begin service in late 2026!

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