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Time to break L.A.’s dirty energy habit
Last week, an impressive 68% of L.A. residents voted to defeat Dirty Energy’s Prop 23. They spoke up, and California’s clean energy economy won big. Meanwhile, L.A. itself continues to get far more...
View ArticleChanges at LADWP
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is one of the largest utilities in in California. It’s also one of the dirtiest. Alexandra Kravetz has been working for us to try and make some changes....
View ArticleLA’s public utility plans new strides on solar
Vote Solar staff attended meetings this week with staff of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the nation’s largest publicly-owned utility, serving about 10% of California’s...
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Poll: Angelenos Want More Local Solar Power. LOTS More.
Los Angeles voters of all political persuasions want more local solar powering their city; in fact they want lots more. So says a new poll on L.A. attitudes toward renewable energy conducted by the...
View ArticleLA’s new solar program launches
Late this week, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power got right down to business and began accepting applications for the demonstration program portion of its new feed-in tariff. (See our...
View ArticleNew UCS Report: Los Angeles Can Do More on Renewables
With passage of California’s 33% renewable energy law (RPS) in 2011, the state’s publicly owned utilities were obligated to meet the same renewable requirements at the major investor-owned utilities...
View ArticleDon’t want to hear about how solar is too expensive
The Los Angeles City Council recently approved a contract with a 250 MW PV plant. It’s on tribal land, and according to this article, the tribe is pleased with the economics of the deal. Ratepayers...
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Congrats, LA, For Approving Two Large-Scale Solar Projects
LA’s city-owned utility, the Los Angeles Dept of Water and Power (LADWP) has historically lagged behind other big California utilities when it comes to investing in solar, which currently provides far...
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Discussion of LADWP’s Feed-in Tariff
Signing LA's feed-in tariff ordinance On the heels of signing several large contracts for solar, The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power recently established a feed-in tariff program to source...
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Los Angeles Flips the Switch on Its First Feed-In Tariff Project
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa inaugurates a solar project in North Hollywood. (Anne Cusack, Los Angeles Times) Less than six months after LA launched its largest-in-the-country feed-in tariff...
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