Tag Archives: green energy

Come Clean, Austin, Where Has All That DWP Money Gone?

Posted on April 27, 2010 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: The City Council voted 9-5 Tuesday — one vote short of the two-thirds needed to take jurisdiction of the nearly 5 percent DWP power rate after learning it is permanent, not temporary as many of them, the press … Continue reading →

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Antonio’s Mystery Malady — Why It All Went So Wrong

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

Jimmy Hahn was no glad-handing politician. He suffered from a phobic distaste for anyone actually touching him, which goes a long way to explaining why his lackluster pay-to-play service as mayor lasted only one term. Antonio Villaraigosa suffers from a … Continue reading →

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There’s Only One Word For Antonio’s DWP Rate Hike Plan

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

Bullshit. I don’t know how to put it more delicately than that. But that’s the only word that comes to mind when the mayor parades forth with union boss Maria Elena Durazo and some environmentalists and announces massive rate hikes … Continue reading →

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Antonio’s Mea Culpa: ‘I Need Your Help’

Posted on March 14, 2010 by

The mayor cancelled his scheduled news conference where he was to announce electricity rate increases, saying the proposal needed to be reviewed. He plans to try again Monday. Here’s what he might say if he wanted public support instead of … Continue reading →

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Bye Bye Nahai — A Symptom of DWP’s Power Outage

Posted on September 3, 2009 by

For the second time in six months, DWP’s demand for a blank check for billions of dollarsfrom ratepayers was rejected. Back in March, voters repudiated the phony Measure B solar plan that wasn’t a plan. On Wednesday, the reprocessed Measure … Continue reading →

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The Green Machine That Ate LA — DWP Goes Solar Without Sunlight

Posted on June 5, 2009 by

Time’s up for the DWP to lay out in detail with cost estimates, timetables and implementation strategy its proposal to make LA the greenest city in the nation. Or at least the deadline would have arrived if voters had not … Continue reading →

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