2 'GREEN' ELECTRICITY CONTRACTS GET OK.Byline: KERRY CAVANAUGH Staff Writer Los Angeles' efforts to buy more "green" power got a boost Friday as officials approved two contracts to purchase electricity generated by hydroelectric, biomass and wind farms in the Pacific Northwest. The contracts with Powerex Corp. will increase the Department of Water and Power's green power purchases by 2 percent and bring the total amount of power generated by renewable sources to 8 percent. The DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection is scrambling to find alternative energy sources to meet a mandate from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. that 20 percent of the city's electricity be generated by environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] sources by 2010. "This is a great example of the mayor, the City Council and labor working together to make Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. the greenest big city in America," the Mayor's Office said in a statement. The Powerex deals will provide electricity generated by hydroelectric plants, wind farms and landfill gas in the Pacific Northwest. The electricity will be delivered to Los Angeles via transmission lines that the DWP owns. The contracts had been stalled for months amid grievances and complaints by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) is a labor union which represents workers in the electrical industry in the United States and Canada, particularly electricians, or Inside Wiremen, in the construction industry and linemen and other employees of public Local 18, which represents DWP employees. The union was concerned the utility was buying power Buying Power The money an investor has available to buy securities. In a margin account, the buying power is the total cash held in the brokerage account plus maximum margin available. Also referred to as "Excess Equity. rather than developing its own reliable sources of green power staffed by DWP employees. The DWP and the union reached a settlement earlier this month under which the IBEW IBEW n abbr (US) (= International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) → sindicato internacional de electricistas IBEW n abbr (US) (= International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers dropped its grievances in exchange for the utility setting a schedule to develop green-power facilities and pursue re-starting natural-gas generating stations in Los Angeles. "The agency is utilizing power purchase agreements such as this as a bridge to increasing our supply of renewable energy in the short term, while pursuing plans to build renewable power generation for ownership over the long term," Board of Water and Power Commissioners President David Nahai said. The Powerex contracts will provide electricity for about 70,000 homes a year. The agreement takes effect April1 and will cost up to $39 million a year. kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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