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Don’t Mess with Beutner: DWP Head Exposes How Council Ran Up $1 Million in Bills without Controls

Posted on August 5, 2010 by

Austin Beutner got a pound of the City Council’s flesh Wednesday but it cost DWP ratepayers $600,000. The bills were for consultants the Council used last spring to fight the mayor’s effort to impose electricity rate hikes of up to … Continue reading →

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Is Antonio Waving the White Flag on DWP?

Posted on April 13, 2010 by

Chief Deputy Mayor Jay Carson told a Chamber of Commerce meeting today there will be a major announcement within 48 hours regarding the DWP’s professionalism and openness and would show a willingness to work with City Council and the public. … 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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Here Come’s the Bill: DWP Wants Massive Power Rate Hikes

Posted on February 26, 2010 by

The long-awaited consulting report on pass-through electricity charges was released Friday, calling for an immediate 800 percent increase in the energy cost adjustment factor and increases every quarter that will raise overall power rates by more than 20 percent within … Continue reading →

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One-Dollar-a-month for Solar? Put It in Writing and We’ll All Sign Up for Long-term Contracts

Posted on February 3, 2009 by

Antonio  Villaraigosa’s sputtering political machine has taken its best shot with Monday’s release of a custom-made analysis that looks into the crystal ball of future developments and provides a statistical guess that Measure B will only add $1 a month … Continue reading →

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“Private and Confidential” Study Warns Costs of Solar Plan Could Soar, Questions DWP’s Planning, Financial Skills

Posted on January 31, 2009 by

A front page story in the Daily News  Saturday under the headline “Solar panel initiative getting costlier” reveals for the first time the contents of a definitive $1 million study (dwp-iea.pdf ) analyzing the Department of Water and Power’s operations … Continue reading →

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