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Here's two emails making the rounds in which constituents in Tom LaBonge's CD4 are asking the Councilman where he stands on various reform proposals for the Department of Water and Power.LaBonge has called an emergency communty meeting to discuss DWP issues and the city's financial crisis. The meeting will be held Tuesdya April 13 at Hollywood City...
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From London to Johannesburg and all across America, the drama over LA Department of Water rates and the city's budget crisis is making news thanks to a widely played story by Christina Hoag of the Associated Press.Here's some links:The Guardian, LondonGoogle SearchHere's the story:LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the city's Department of Water and Power s...
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 The Honorable City CouncilAttention: Council member Jan PerryChairperson, Energy and Environment (E&E) CommitteeHonorable Members:Following the Los Angeles City Councll's (Council) action on March 23, 2010, to assert jurisdiction over the Board of Water and Power Commlssloner's action on March 18, 2010, modifying the Energy Cost Adjustment factor (ECAF) cap from .1 cent/kWh to .8 cent/kWh, I write to advise you of that this matter is of urgent importance to the... |
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 San Fernando Valley Councilman Richard Alarcon was the lone vote Friday against rejection of massive electricity rate hikes approved by the DWP Commission.
Instead, Alarcon offered a 13-point alternative that included exempting "commercial and residential customers most severely affected by the rate increases" and other measures.
He was unable to get a second for his motion but insisted many of his proposals and extensive rate hikes would win Council approval in the m... |
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 The man chosen by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to be the city's "jobs czar" three months ago is in talks to take on an additional assignment: running the Department of Water and Power.Villaraigosa is considering naming First Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner as the DWP's interim general manager while the search continues for a permanent top executive, sources said Sunday.The DWP's current interim executive, S. David Freeman, is scheduled to step down within weeks. He... |
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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa shifted ground yet again Monday on DWP rate hikes but failed to convince the business community or leaders of the City Council.
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The mayor took a new tack for the fifth time in two weeks in his effort to raise hundreds of million dollars green energy and to reduce the general fund deficit with DW... |
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 The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce applauds the veto last Friday by the Los Angeles City Council of the largest proposed Department of Water & Power (DWP) electricity rate increase in years. The Council took this action because the proposed rate increase over the next year would have taken an enormous financial toll on the City's residents and businesses. Today the Council, led by L.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti and Councilmember Jan Perry, will m... |
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![The Green Energy Debate: City Council Supports LADWP Rate Increase [UPDATED, Video of Votes]](http://ourla.org/images/stories/news_thumb/thumb_mn_LADWPslide.jpg) UPDATE: The Board of Water and Power Commissioners scheduled a special meeting for Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. to take up the City Council's request for a one-time, scaled-down power rate increase.
The City Council - after receiving a final recommendation from the Energy and Environment Committee and making some changes of their own, voted to recommend raising city electric rates for residents by 4.5 percent and businesses by about 6 percent. Broken down in kilowatt-hou... |
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