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DWP Report Calls for Massive Power Rate Hikes<\/b><\/font>
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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 a year.
The massive increases are being sought as DWP officials face intense pressure to have a revenue stream to be able to close at least four deals to buy solar and wind energy to meet the stand-mandated goal of 20 percent renewable energy by the end of this calendar year.

BOARD OF WATER AND POWER COMMISSIONERS’ MEETING OF TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2010, CANCELLED<\/b><\/font>

Los Angeles Electric Rate Linked to Solar Power<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

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By JENNIFER
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Published: March 10, 2010<\/h6>\n

Now, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest municipal utility in the United States, is poised to pass a roughly 5 percent rate increase on electricity use. <\/p>\n

The commission that governs the utility, which is losing about $6 million a week or an estimated $500 million by the end of the 2011 fiscal year,<\/p>\n

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DWP wants 5 percent rate hike<\/b><\/font>
Increase of about $2.50 per month would help pay
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