Orange County’s green energy agency could lose its CEO and chief lawyer this week, with the board of directors set to discuss firing them behind closed doors on Wednesday.

The discussion around firing CEO Brian Probolsky comes after a month of chaos at the agency, with multiple members approving an audit, topped off by a grand jury report released last week stating the agency was suffering from a lack of transparency and poor leadership.

Probolksy himself has also filed a whistleblower lawsuit calling out board members, who are in turn protesting his leadership.

Originally, Probolsky was the only staff member under discussion for removal.

But Ryan Baron, the agency’s chief legal counsel, is now also drawing questions after he refused to recognize Huntington Beach City Councilman Dan Kalmick’s appointment to the agency’s board, blocking the board majority from holding a special meeting to discuss firing Probolsky earlier this month.

Baron was hired even before Probolsky was, and according to the grand jury report was the one who recommended him for the job without bringing any other candidates for the board to interview.

Probolsky had no experience working at an electric utility or a college degree when he was hired and was investigated for ethics violations in previous jobs at the county government, leading to questions over whether his presence is hurting the agency’s reputation.

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