Report 2022-120 Recommendation 9 Responses

Report 2022-120: Orange County Power Authority: Increased Board Oversight Is Needed to Improve Its Operations (Release Date: February 2023)

Recommendation #9 To: Orange County Power Authority

To allow OCPA sufficient time to buy or sell the energy necessary to accommodate changes in a member community's participation, OCPA's board should establish a policy specifying a process for member communities to follow when changing their default rate that includes the number of days of advance notification a member agency must provide to OCPA of its decision to change its default rate before the change occurs.

6-Month Agency Response

Policy #23 was presented to the Board at its 5-17-2023 meeting. Agenda item 9.4. See Item #1 in the Process Section of the policy for the specific language. See meeting minutes item #4, in section #9 entitled "Consent Calendar" for Board approval.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented

OCPA adopted a policy on May 17, 2023, that specifies a member community must provide written notice of a change to its default rate by January 1 for changes to be implemented in October, unless the member agency and OCPA mutually agree on a different schedule.

60-Day Agency Response

OCPA has developed an Improvement Plan to address each recommendation. In accordance with the Improvement Plan, this recommendation will be completed as of June 2023.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

OCPA has not yet submitted evidence demonstrating it has implemented this recommendation.

All Recommendations in 2022-120

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.