Tag Archives: power rates

Socking It To Us: 40 % More for Sewer, 26 % More for Power, 21 % for More Water

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

By Jack Humphreville On Tuesday at 9 AM, the Energy and Environment Committee holding a Special Meeting to discuss a multiyear increase in our beloved Sewer Service Charge.  The CAO report was filed on late Friday afternoon. The timetable is for … Continue reading →

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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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Somebody Has Got to Pay for This DWP Outrage

Posted on February 27, 2010 by

EDITOR’S NOTE: Read the consultant’s report recommending massive DWP electricity rate hikes at OurLA.org. You don’t know nothing if you didn’t know this was coming: Massive DWP rate hikes.   How else did you think they were going bail out … Continue reading →

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