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Even with the prospects of higher rates, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is pushing to speed the conversion of the Department of Water and Power from cheap coal power to expanded use of renewable energy.
In his inaugural address Wednesday, Villaraigosa declared a goal of achieving 40percent renewable energy by the year 2020 and 60percent by 2030 - in what he said would lead to a "path to permanently break our addiction to coal."See the full content of this document
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Villaraigosa Seeks an End to Coal Power
"There is no question that this is going to have a rate impact," said David Freeman, the former DWP head who is now Villaraigosa's deputy mayor on energy. "But we are also ...
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