CITY TO DEVELOP SOLAR, WIND PROJECTS?Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer Three Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. members said Thursday they'll
ask the council to spend $95 million from the sale of a coal-fired power
plant to build solar and wind energy projects.
The goal is to increase the amount of energy that Angelenos get from renewable sources, such as solar power, wind power and biomass plants. The city is selling half of its 20 percent interest in the Mojave Power Plant, outside Laughlin, Nev., which is subject to a federal cleanup order. The council initially planned to sell its entire share in the plant but decided to sell only half because of concerns over electricity supplies. The sale cut the city's ownership of about 158 megawatts of electricity a day and is about 2 percent of the Department of Water and Power's overall capacity. City Council President Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City and Council members Eric Garcetti and Wendy Greuel say they will make a motion at today's City Council meeting to earmark earmark taking a piece out of the edge or center of the ear with a punch as an identification mark. The shape of the mark may be registerable under local legislation. the $95 million for renewable technology. Department of Water and Power commissioners will ultimately have the final say over how to spend the money. They'll have to decide whether renewable energy sources are reliable or cost-efficient enough to make such a major investment, 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 Chief Administrative Officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive Frank Salas said. In August, City Controller Laura Chick took the DWP to task for failing to implement significant projects despite spending about $120 million on its Green Power program. The council members said the DWP could power all homes in Glendale, Pasadena, Burbank and Santa Monica by investing the $95 million in green power technology, with a reduction of 2.13 pounds of carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. per kilowatt-hour. |
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