Issue 4 - January 2024

Welcome toThe Juice: Our Energy News, a bi-monthly digital newsletter focusing on LADWP’s energy-related programs, projects and policies that are creating a clean and equitable energy future and ensuring a reliable power supply for Los Angeles.

New Solar Rooftop System Unveiled in Northeast San Fernando Valley; Supplies Enough Green Power for 200 L.A. Homes

LADWP's Solar Feed-In Tariff (FiT) program provides businesses with an opportunity to sell green energy to the City of Los Angeles at a competitive price while helping LADWP to reach 100 percent clean energy by 2035. City of Los Angeles and LADWP officials, business leaders and community partners flipped the switch January 26 to unveil the latest FiT project--a new 1.5-megawatt solar array atop a warehouse in Panorama City, expected to generate enough carbon-free power for 200 homes. An example of a public-private partnership, the project also brings more solar to an underserved area that historically has not benefited from LADWP's clean energy programs.

“LADWP’s FiT program continues to deliver on its promise to put underutilized rooftops in our service area to use zero-carbon solar energy while improving quality of life for residents,” said Martin L. Adams, LADWP General Manager and Chief Engineer.

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LADWP Joins KBLA's Climate Justice Campaign

In honor of the Martin Luther King holiday January 12, senior leaders at LADWP attended the launch of the KBLA Climate Justice Campaign led by media host Tavis Smiley and KBLA Talk 1580. According to KBLA, the historic year-long campaign focuses on climate justice by amplifying the voices of communities of color, connecting at-risk communities with advocacy organizations, increasing climate health literacy, and highlighting frontline climate justice crusaders of color. The initiative will achieve these objectives with a robust schedule of climate-themed broadcasts and special programming during the next 12 months as well as free community events, town hall broadcasts, and more.

LADWP's participation will include educational programs, interviews, and other contributions highlighting our equity programs and services. The press conference featured Mayor Karen Bass, Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, LADWP Board Commissioners Mia Lehrer and Nurit Katz, Senior Assistant General Manager – Power System Simon Zewdu, and Senior Assistant General Manager and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer Greg Reed.

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LADWP's Project PowerHouse Helps Fight Homelessness in San Pedro

LADWP Commissioner George McGraw helped inaugurate Project 6^th, a 100% affordable housing project, in downtown San Pedro on January 29. LADWP contributed to this project under the Project PowerHouse initiative, which expedites public right-of-way power infrastructure upgrades for affordable housing projects. Project PowerHouse was created in response to Mayor Karen Bass’s declared state of emergency on homelessness.

Project 6^th was built by developer SoLa Impact and is comprised of 48 units that will be providing permanent supportive housing for up to 120 new residents, many of whom are military veterans.

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Power Infrastructure Plan

Investing in Power Infrastructure

LADWP has invested more than $830 million to upgrade the power system since last winter's record storm season. In a report to the Los Angeles City Council Energy and Environment Committee on December 8, 2023, LADWP detailed spending on infrastructure improvements, operational changes, and communications upgrades to improve and modernize the power grid to make it more reliable during extreme weather events.

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LADWP Plays Key Role in City's Plans to Accelerate

Electric Transit By the 2028 Summer Olympics

LADWP is a key partner in plans to expand electric vehicle charging and adopt new mobility technologies in transit, the Port and other sectors when the 2028 Summer Olympics come to the Los Angeles region. We are on track to meet L.A.'s next electric transportation milestones of 45,000 commercial EV chargers and 250,000 EVs in the City of Los Angeles by 2025, providing zero-emission transportation infrastructure for the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. The goals put forward by the Transportation Electrification Partnership — established by the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) — are positioned to firmly establish the metropolitan region as a leader in clean transportation, and send a message to the world around the policies, practices and partnerships needed to put this transformation into action.

LADWP's Charge-Up LA! program has incentivized the development of heavy-duty charging, which provides capital for charging infrastructure for electric fleets, providing a reimbursement of up to $125,000 per charging station. Since launching in 2019, the program has allocated about $15.5 million in rebates to help put 54 chargers in operation.

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More info on Commercial EV Charging Station Rebates

LADWP IN THE NEWS

L.A.'s Quest Toward

100% Renewables

The City of Los Angeles' progress toward achieving 100 percent renewable energy was the focus of an APM Research Lab interview with LADWP's Denis Obiang, Director of Power System Planning. Obiang focused on LADWP's efforts to ensure local access to green energy and electric vehicle charging.

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NYT: As Utility Bills Rise, Low-Income Americans Struggle for Access to Clean Energy

The New York Times looked at how the Biden administration has deployed various programs to try to increase access to clean energy. The story cited LADWP's implementation of our historic LA100 Equity Strategies Study to show how the energy transition will require broad participation from utilities and power providers as well as low-income and wealthier Americans. After conducting the study, LADWP increased rebates for used electric vehicles to as much as $4,000 for qualified consumers, and launched an effort to build and operate the city's own fast-charging network in low-income communities.

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