Question by Meadow F: Utility bills for Los Angeles residents to go up by 28% to help fund renewables – happy with that?
< >The LA Times reports that electricity bills in the Los Angeles Area will have to rise by between 6% and 28.4% to help fund solar and wind power renewable energy as part of the war on climate change.
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“”Appearing with labor and environmental leaders, [Mayor] Villaraigosa said the proposed increases would ensure that the DWP meets his goal of securing 20% of its energy from renewable sources such as wind and solar by Dec. 31.””
———————————-According to the LA Times, “Businesses would see increases in the average bill ranging from 20% to 26%” but would get a reduction if they agreed to install solar panels to sell electricity back to the utility at favorable rates. This would help to [quote] “address the DWP’s failure to collect enough money to cover the cost of existing renewable energy initiatives”.
However, neighbourhood groups pointed out that the board of the utility company were all appointed by the Mayor himself, and questioned why such steep rises were needed when the utility has such a large surplus of profits that it is contributing over 220 Million Dollars to the city’s budget every year.
However, the Mayor, green groups and the unions hit back at this [QUOTE]
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“”Villaraigosa said the money would help pay for the hiring of “green doctors” to evaluate the energy efficiency of homes and stepped-up efforts to help residents obtain energy-efficient lightbulbs and refrigerators.One union leader said residents would support the increases once they knew how the money would be spent.
“When they see that there is a clear-cut plan to do what we need to do in this city — which is to be more green, to create jobs — then I think that most people . . . are willing to go along with that,” said Maria Elena Durazo, executive secretary-treasurer of the L.A. County Federation of Labor””
—————————–So, the question: do you agree with the union leader that people, especially poorer people and the elderly on fixed incomes, will be “happy” to go along with rises in electricity of up to 28%?
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Source:http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-dwp-rates16-2010mar16,0,7870063.story?track=rss
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EDIT @ Antarctica -So you don’t think the elderly or the sick will be big users of electricity then? You know, fripperies like heat in winter, air conditioning in summer, TV to watch as no one visits them . . .
Maybe if they think of all the Co2 they are preventing from entering the atmosphere they will get a warm glow inside which will keep them warm instead.
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EDIT @ Pergminer -All due respect, stop talking rot. How have i misrepresented the article when i state in my opening sentence that prices will “rise between 6% and 28.4%”??
That is EXACTLY what the article said and i’ve repeated it right at the start of my question.
I guess the truth hurts, huh Pegminer?
Best answer:
Answer by antarcticice
“So, the question: do you agree with the union leader that people, especially poorer people and the elderly on fixed incomes, will be “happy” to go along with rises in electricity of up to 28%?”If you actually read your own link only a small percentage will be paying the 28% those that use the most power i.e. those with swimming pool heaters, large homes and air conditioners (just 6%) face the 28% rise you talk about, hardly the poor.
Again by your own link nearly 60% will face a rise of 8.8%
of course it wasn’t that hard to find that there is the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) program with a budget of 200 million dollars which help the poor and elderly with a 20% discount on their utility bills.Funny how deniers don’t seem that worried about the poor and elderly when going off topic about health care reform.
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