Staying power.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. is showing businesses how they can stay in L.A. by reducing energy costs As the nation and 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. take strides toward an economic rebuilding, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (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 doing its part to stimulate its city's economic recovery by helping businesses remain and prosper in Los Angeles. The DWP launched an aggressive business assistance and development program to enhance the city's competitive position and to help business customers maintain a competitive edge. So far, the program has garnered an impressive track record. Technical assistance provided by the DWP is largely responsible for the decision of five business customers to remain in Los Angeles, enabling 1,210 residents to keep their jobs. Through the program, the DWP has also helped over 40 other small to medium-sized industrial and commercial customers reduce their operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales , and is assisting customers who are expanding or rebuilding their businesses. The DWP is also welcoming new businesses to the city by extending its services to them, and is actively working to recruit new businesses to Los Angeles. Cutting costs This program was formed as soon as it became evident that businesses were moving out of the city. The DWP found that there are businesses that are expanding and moving into Los Angeles, and the department is here to help them. The business assistance and development program, managed by W.C. Byrd, was implemented to help businesses reduce operating costs through the use of energy efficient measures, water conservation and participation in various business assistance services. It is a comprehensive package which comprises several of DWP's energy efficiency services. The goal of the program is multifaceted mul·ti·fac·et·ed adj. Having many facets or aspects. See Synonyms at versatile. Adj. 1. multifaceted - having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious . It is aimed at helping customers remain in Los Angeles and remain competitive while reducing the growth in consumer electrical demand. The DWP is also working to promote economic development and employment in the city through business recruitment and development. While the DWP has been providing personal assistance services to large customers for several years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time business assistance and development program was implemented to provide some of those same types of services to small and medium-sized businesses. Business-oriented programs The programs and services for commercial and industrial customers include: * Energy efficiency programs * Alternative electric rate schedules * Load management techniques * Energy management programs and workshops * Environmental compliance support * Technical assistance services * Site selection services * Expedited DWP and city services The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. (such as permitting) Special services to industrial customers also include engineering technical support and industrial process analysis, with advance application services See ASP and Web services. in the areas of electrotechnologies, energy efficient motors, adjustable speed drives, waste water treatment and ozonation. Business retention As part of the program, the DWP joined forces with other city agencies to create an informal business retention team to help provide a healthy business climate for L.A. customers. Peter Sesing, general manager for Arrowhead arrowhead, any plant of the genus Sagittaria, widely distributed marsh or aquatic herbs of the primitive family Alismataceae (water-plantain family). The name derives from the arrowhead-shaped leaves of many species. Industrial Water, is one of the customers being helped through this effort. His company is expanding its operation on Washington Boulevard The following roads are named Washington Boulevard:
v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. , energy costs can play a role in helping them stay. Business owners who aggressively take part in the business assistance program and work to reduce energy consumption can potentially save from 10 percent to 40 percent on monthly energy bills. In many cases, that savings can make a difference. Case history It made a difference in the plans of a steel recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. company -- one of the five industrial customers, including glass, metal salvage salvage, in maritime law, the compensation that the owner must pay for having his vessel or cargo saved from peril, such as shipwreck, fire, or capture by an enemy. Salvage is awarded only when the party making the rescue was under no legal obligation to do so. , electronic components and food processing Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. The food processing industry utilises these processes. industries, that will now remain in Los Angeles. The economic climate had nearly dictated dic·tate v. dic·tat·ed, dic·tat·ing, dic·tates v.tr. 1. To say or read aloud to be recorded or written by another: dictate a letter. 2. a. a flight from the city for the steel recycling company. After receiving DWP's technical assistance for changing their operation, and implementing the recommended changes, the company was able to save over $30,000 per month on its electric bills. More than 40 smaller DWP customers are also seeing reduced bills. These and the larger customers in the program have taken advantage of the load management services and have been able to shift a total of 6,900 kilowatts of electric demand from higher cost periods to lower cost periods. As a result, they have saved over $377,000 per year in operating costs. Another aspect of the business assistance program involves alternative rate schedules for customers. It only takes a phone call for a business customer to arrange for a free rate analysis. There are organizations out there who are charging businesses to find the best rate schedule, and that's a service provided by DWP free of charge. The analysis determines the most advantageous schedule for the customer. DWP small and medium-sized business customers have a choice of rates -- standard or time-of-use rates. Customers who can shift at least 20 percent of their load to off-peak hours are encouraged to investigate time-of-use-rates for more economical operation. Special rates Special rates are also available for customers who are building or relocating in Los Angeles' enterprise zones: Watts, Eastside, Pacoima, Central City and Wilmington/San Pedro. The enterprise zone rate is a five-year, 25 percent reduction on base electric rates. The same type of discount -- a revitalization re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. rate -- is also provided to L.A. business customers who are rebuilding their burned out businesses. Shortly after the civil unrest Unrest is a sociological phenomenon, for instance:
Rebuilding city hall The DWP is also a member of a design team of city and environmental agencies to help rebuild the mini city hall -- the 8th Council District Constituent Services Center in Los Angeles. The new building will serve as a model for environmentally sound design. It will feature the use of recycled steel and concrete, along with energy-saving technology which will reduce energy use in the building to exceed state guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. by at least 30 percent. The DWP offers energy efficiency incentives and assistance for customers through its Easy Energy Savings and Design Advantage programs. Using energy efficient measures allows companies to reduce electrical consumption and costs while reducing the demand put on a utility's power system. This helps everyone to save in the long-run because it defers the need for utilities to construct costly new power plants. As a bonus, everyone benefits from a healthier environment. Energy efficiency helps to preserve the environment by helping to stretch our natural resources used to generate electricity, and helps air quality by reducing the air emissions associated with electric generation. Small business support As a sponsor of the non-profit Environmental Compliance Support Association, the DWP will soon offer small business customers support in reducing pollution and waste from their operations in order to comply with environmental regulations. Fortunately, there seems to be a trend among business owners and builders that considers energy efficiency and environmentalism environmentalism, movement to protect the quality and continuity of life through conservation of natural resources, prevention of pollution, and control of land use. important marketing tools. It is popular and public-responsive to be an 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] business. Customers who are interested in any of the DWP's energy efficiency and business assistance programs can call the Energy Efficiency Hotline at 1-(800) U ASK DWP (1-800-827-5397). Representatives on the Hotline have been able to answer hundreds of customer questions concerning DWP programs and services. Business development The services of DWP's program are specially packaged for its business development effort of identifying and assisting new businesses, helping existing businesses expand their operations, and helping to create new jobs. As part of this thrust, the DWP is part of a business development team which also includes the Community Development Department, the Mayor's Office for Economic Development, The State Trade and commerce Agency and the Southern California Gas This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Co. One of the team's first projects is working with a large company from the Midwest that plans to open a new operation in Los Angeles. The team is providing site selection services and is expediting the arrangements. This company is looking to locate in L.A.'s Watts enterprise zone. If successful, the project will create 300 new jobs in the city. The DWP is also working to help recruit other businesses in the plastic recycling Plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastics and reprocessing the material into useful products, sometimes completely different from their original state. , paper recycling Paper recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstocks for making recycled paper: mill broke, pre-consumer waste, and post-consumer waste. , cold storage and steel industries to Los Angeles. There is a need to retain and attract businesses that provide jobs. That is why the DWP is providing assistance to existing industrial and commercial customers to help them remain in the city, and is working to recruit and develop new businesses in Los Angeles. The DWP heartily believes in this philosophy and is involved in business development effort of its own. The DWP has awarded contracts totaling $1.5 million to community-based organizations to deliver a residential energy efficiency outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. program. The outreach program provides jobs to approximately 50 community residents, and has serviced the homes of more than 100,000 low-income and senior citizen customers. Another upcoming project is a refrigerator recycling program which would provide up to 150 jobs for L.A. residents. Industrial program Our city cannot have a healthy economy without manufacturing and industrial firms. These businesses mean jobs, and we need to help them remain competitive and keep their job bases here. So the DWP is developing a new program specifically for industrial customers. This program will include energy efficiency incentives as well as technical assistance. Built into the program is the DWP's intention to reduce electrical demand on its system as a means of meeting future growth and to defer de·fer 1 v. de·ferred, de·fer·ring, de·fers v.tr. 1. To put off; postpone. 2. To postpone the induction of (one eligible for the military draft). v.intr. the need to build new generating facilities. Scheduled to be implemented early this summer, the DWP's new industrial program is designed to reach the goals for meeting long-termenergy demand and energy savings. This program is aimed at identifying and presenting strategies and electrotechnologies that will provide industrial customers with "value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. electricity." That means improved efficiency, increased productivity, energy cost savings and environmental benefits. Kraft pilot program As a pilot phase of the program, the DWP is currently working with Kraft, a large food processor, to demonstrate how the company can benefit from value-added electricity. The pilot project involves an inspection and audit of the customer's energy-using equipment, and identification of ways to reduce energy consumption and costs through energy efficiency measures. From the audit, three to five areas will be studied intensely to determine recommended changes and their associated costs and savings. The DWP will evaluate the value of the changes both to the customer and to our utility, and may offer the customer incentives to make the recommended changes. We encourage all of our business customers to take advantage of the programs and services designed for them. Even though some businesses have left our city, there are commercial and industrial customers who are committed to doing business in Los Angeles. The DWP is forming partnerships with these customers to help them reduce their operating costs and to do everything possible to make their businesses flourish This article is about magic term. For 2006 film, see Flourish (film). A Flourish is a visual display of skill performed with playing cards to show the skill or ability of the performer. and be more competitive. Charles W. Montoya is the director of marketing and energy services for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. |
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