Posted on 2 September 2015 By From Chapter reports
Want to sit down and talk with the L.A. Department of Water and Power about their proposed rate changes?
You should, because it will determine how green the city’s water and power services will be. Under the proposal, combined water and power rates would increase 2.4% to 5.4% every year for five years. Residential customers would see an average increase of about 3.4% or $4.75 each month that would apply to each year for five years.
The Sierra Club likes the proposal’s:
- four-tier rate structure that charges more for those who use the most water; and
- increase in using renewable energy rather than dirty coal to power L.A.
However, the plan doesn’t go far enough.
Here’s what the Los Angeles Times said in an op-ed:
“A cost-of-service-based tiered rate structure will send a strong and legally defensible signal to water wasters during California’s worse drought in more than a century. The total amount raised, though, is not enough. If Mayor Eric Garcetti wants to realize his ambitious, big-picture water management agenda, we must all pay more.”
Here are upcoming meetings with the L.A. Department of Water and Power that are open to the public. You can learn more and ask the agency to increase the amount of renewable energy we need to power L.A.
Thursday, September 10 at 6 p.m. – Wilmington
Wilmington Senior Citizen Center
1371 Eubank Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90744
Thursday, September 17 at 6 p.m. – Owens Valley
LADWP Bishop Office
300 Mandich Street, Bishop, CA 93514
Thursday, September 24 at 6 p.m. – Sunland-Tujunga
Sunland-Tujunga Municipal Building
7747 Foothill Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91042
Tuesday, September 29 at 6 p.m. – Griffith Park
Griffith Park Visitor Center
4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Thursday, October 1 at 6 p.m. – Pacoima
Vic Alicia Broadous-Duncan Center
11300 Glenoaks Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 91331
Wednesday, October 7 at 6 p.m. –Downtown LA
LADWP Headquarters (JFB)
111 N. Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90012