SACRAMENTO—For most of the year, California’s quest to rid itself of fossil fuels seems on track: Electric cars populate highways while energy from wind, solar, and water provides much of the power for homes and businesses. Then it gets hot, and everyone in the nation’s most populous state turns on their air conditioners at the…

LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) worker is in intensive care after suffering an injury while working to restore power Feb. 25 in the San Fernando Valley amid weather-related outages affecting thousands of people, the utility said Sunday. “This accident and serious injury of our employee is a reminder that our…

LOS ANGELES—Thousands of Southland residents were suffering power outages Feb. 25 as a historic winter storm pummels the area, and some customers might not have their electricity restored until late Saturday or Sunday, utility officials said. Both the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and Southern California Edison were reporting multiple large outages…

As Southern Californians continue to weather winter rainstorms, water officials in Los Angeles say they have captured enough storm water to serve thousands of households across the county. Officials statewide have long been divided on what to do with storm water. Gov. Gavin Newsom declared an emergency drought order last April for the third year…

LOS ANGELES—Scattered power outages blamed on Tropical Storm Kay were affecting thousands of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers Sept. 10, prompting officials to schedule additional field crews to respond to situations throughout the coverage area. “If you’re affected by power outages caused by wind & rain from Tropical Storm Kay, our crews…

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) customers can only water their yards twice a week, after the utility implemented stricter water conservation rules June 1 to combat the state’s drought. “We want our customers to dig deeper and save water wherever possible, to help get us through the summer without having to…

EAGLE ROCK, Calif.—With the region mired in an extended drought, outdoor watering in the City of Los Angeles will be restricted to two days per week and limited to select days based on street addresses, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Tuesday. The two-day watering restriction, which will take effect June 1, is more lenient than the…

LOS ANGELES—A former top executive of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power pleaded guilty on Jan. 25 to a federal bribery charge stemming from a probe of the city’s handling of the botched launch of a billing system used by the municipal utility. David H. Wright, 62, of Riverside, accepted bribes from a…

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) announced on Nov. 1 an economic relief program of approximately $300 million to reduce utility debt for over 250,000 qualifying low-income customers who are financially harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the “most comprehensive” utility debt assistance initiative in the city’s history, the program aims to…