Por: Los Angeles Times Politics May 27, 2023
A top executive at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has been placed on administrative leave while the utility looks into his involvement in the bitcoin mining industry and whether he complied with ethics rules that require employees to obtain permission for outside work. John Chen, who earns $320,688 as director of the DWP’s corporate performance office, owns a company that began doing bitcoin mining in Colorado in 2018, court and... + full article
Los Angeles Times USA Nation April 27, 2023
More than a month after heavy storms eroded a section of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, work crews are still scrambling to complete repairs and shore up flood defenses in the face of a weeklong heat wave that threatens to trigger widespread snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada. “We’re... + más
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Los Angeles Times USA Politics April 26, 2023
Top officials at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on Tuesday blamed poor oversight and planning to explain why power poles and other utility equipment flagged as unsafe have gone unrepaired in recent years. The Times reported this week that the department launched... + más
DWP's first inspector general leaves after seven months | Los Angeles Times
L.A. to pay $38 million over downed power line that electrocuted father and daughter | Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times USA Nation April 24, 2023
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has agreed to pay $38 million to settle a lawsuit filed after a father and daughter were electrocuted by a downed power line. Ferdinand Tejada, 53, and his daughter, Janina Reyn Tejada, 20, were killed outside their Panorama City... + más
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Los Angeles Times USA Opinion December 13, 2022
When the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power adopted its “time-of-use electricity rates in 2008 to encourage less power consumption during peak hours, George W. Bush was still president, the utility got nearly half of its electricity from coal and solar was only a small... + más
Tear out your lawn, get more free cash. LADWP ups rebates for customers | Los Angeles Times
L.A. water use plummets during hot summer amid calls to conserve during drought | Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times USA Politics December 03, 2022
More than once over the years, when people have complained about how hard it is to survive in a low-wage economy with such crippling healthcare costs, I’ve recommended they apply for work at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. I was reminded a few days ago, as terms... + más
Commentary: The LADWP is charging outdated power rates, and there's no easy fix | Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times USA Nation December 02, 2022
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti's first inspector general for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, who was hired in the wake of a massive contracting and legal scandal at the utility, is leaving after just seven months. Sergio Perez is stepping down next week to... + más
Column: At DWP, the pay is good, the benefits are better and the deals keep getting sweeter | Los Angeles Times
L.A. approves contract giving hundreds of DWP workers a pay hike | Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times USA Politics November 30, 2022
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is backing a new salary package for Department of Water and Power employees that includes a significant hike in pay for hundreds of workers at the utility. The Los Angeles City Council moved Tuesday to support the labor deal, passing it by a 11-0... + más
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Editorial: Water and power are essential. Disconnecting services when people can't afford to pay is cruel | Los Angeles Times
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