ADVISORY/First-Ever Torchiere Floor Lamp Exchange Event to Be Launched By LADWP.

City Desks/Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Saturday (Nov. 9)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

                     MEDIA ADVISORY / GOOD VISUALS

WHAT:    The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will be hosting
         a Torchiere Exchange event, where the first 1,000 LADWP
         customers can bring in their old, unsafe halogen Torchiere
         floor lamps and receive a new, safe fluorescent floor lamp or
         a six-pack of compact fluorescent bulbs FREE! There will also
         be an environmental family expo where residents can learn
         more ways to save energy and help the environment.

WHEN:    Saturday, November 9, 2002 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

WHERE:   Hansen Dam Recreation Center
         11770 1/2 Foothill Blvd.
         Lake View Terrace, CA 91342
         (Off the 210 Freeway and Osborne)

WHO:     LADWP customers
         LADWP Energy Efficiency and Green LA staff

VISUALS: Residential customers bringing and exchanging their old,
         unsafe Torchiere floor lamps for new, safe fluorescent
         Torchiere floor lamps. Also, customers will be visiting
         displays to learn about participation in other LADWP Green LA
         programs including incentives for Solar and other Energy
         Efficiency efforts. Other Green LA programs include Trees for
         a Green LA, where customers attending a two-hour workshop can
         receive up to seven free shade trees, and Green Power, where
         customers can sign up to help bring new renewable energy into
         the city.

         Halogen Torchiere lamps can be a fire hazard and they use a
         great deal energy. The fluorescent Torchiere lights that are
         being given away free are both safe and efficient.