Following the release of a grand jury report critical of the Orange County Power Authority’s executive leadership, Brian Probolsky remains the chief executive officer of the community choice energy program.
Authority board member Susan Sonne requested a closed session review of Probolsky’s future with the agency, as well as that of OCPA general counsel Ryan Baron, during a June 29 board meeting.
No reportable action came at the end of it; Probolsky and Baron both stayed on for the rest of the meeting.
Afterward, a public relations firm released a statement on the board’s behalf that noted its decision to continue with an independent and impartial investigation of a whistleblower complaint Probolsky filed on May 31 amid an earlier effort by Authority board members to oust him.
“The board takes the management and governance of OCPA seriously,” said Sonne in the statement. “After consultation with OCPA’s counsel, the board made the critical decision to continue the investigation in compliance with its legal obligations and best practices.”
In the whistleblower complaint, Probolsky alleged that Authority board member Dan Kalmick plotted a “seat swap” to sack Probolsky with the goal of hiring Mike Posey, his alternate, to lead the agency.
Kalmick, who serves alongside Posey on the Huntington Beach City Council, denied any such scheme in past comments to TimesOC.
“The claims in this complaint are categorically false,” he said at the time. “The notion that I would create a...
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