SCHOOL DISTRICT, DWP REACH DEAL UTILITY AGREES TO PAY $900,000 FOR ALLEGED WATER SERVICE OVERCHARGING.Byline: NAUSH BOGHOSSIAN Staff Writer The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. has agreed to pay L.A. Unified $900,000 cash, provide unspecified rate-rollbacks and offer future rate increase protection under a tentative settlement, officials said Thursday. The agreement, which seeks to settle a 2004 lawsuit that alleges 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 overcharged the district millions of dollars for water service, has not yet been finalized See finalization. . ``Even though this is very little money, City Hall was taking this from teachers and students and it will now be returned,'' board member David Tokofsky said. ``This water settlement is about 1/100th the size of the potential for the electric settlement.'' DWP officials said they had no comment since a settlement had not been finalized. A larger lawsuit, filed against DWP by LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) in 2000, alleges overcharging of electrical rates, said Kevin Reed Kevin Bruce Reed (born May 7, 1955) is an American Presbyterian author, theologian, and publisher. Reed grew up in Dallas, Texas, and attended the Richardson, Texas public schools. , general counsel for the district. The district is seeking $90 million in damages in that case, for which trial has been set for October, Reed said. ``We're gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. the DWP was willing to settle with us, to recognize that our claims had value and to commit to putting money on the table to solve it, and it would be nice if they do that in the electricity case as well,'' Reed said. He could not divulge details of the negotiated settlement or say how much the district had spent on the lawsuit. ``It's $900,000 cash, and we think considerable savings in the future and protection against other rate increases.'' Just because a judge ruled in its favor on this case doesn't mean the district is more likely to succeed in the other lawsuit, Reed said. ``We've always had hope we would be successful in the other lawsuit,'' he said. naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3722 |
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