DWPC to Discuss City Solar Plan
If you have something to say about the $3 billion solar energy bond the City Council will place on the March ballot, you can attend the Department of Water and Power Committee (DWPC) meeting on Saturday, part of the Los Angeles Neighborhood CouncilCoalition (LANCC).
Location: Los Angeles City College Faculty Lounge
Parking: Free on Heliotrope at Faculty Structure
Time: 12:30 PM after the Alliance Meeting
12:00 - 12:30 Sandwiches and beverages for purchase at the Lounge
Location: Los Angeles City College Faculty Lounge
Parking: Free on Heliotrope at Faculty Structure
Time: 12:30 PM after the Alliance Meeting
12:00 - 12:30 Sandwiches and beverages for purchase at the Lounge
- OPEN MEETING
- MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 1, 2008, MAILED
- CHAIR'S REPORT
- PENDING ISSUE: TRANSFER OF WATER FUNDS RATE PAYERS' ADVOCATE SOLAR INITIATIVE ON MARCH 3, 2009
- 4. DWPC OPTIONS AND POSSIBLE MOTION(S)
- PARTICIPATE ON THE PLAN TO BE SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL
- REQUEST DWP's 30 DAY PLAN BEFORE IT GOES TO COUNCIL
- WRITE A CON POSITION FOR THE BALLOT AND PUBLICIZE
- STEP BACK AND ALLOW THE VOTERS TO DECIDE
- EDUCATE NCs AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ON S.I.
- ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS
- UPDATE MEETING, DECEMBER 6TH
- ADJOURNMENT
Labels: dwpc, solar energy
Posted by Michael Higby @ 11/13/2008 09:34:00 AM
5 Comments:
Obviously, it's not enough money, so in testimony I will suggest that the city also supply LAX security agents with little tiny metal batons so they can sneak up behind foreign travelers, ponk them on the head, steal their money, and send it all to LADWP.
That should help keep my rates down.
CAn you please post this thread. This is too good to miss. In this week's LA Weekly
FEINSTEIN WOULD CLEAN NEWSOM'S, VILLARIGOSA'S CLOCKS GAWKER SQUAWKS!!
Villaraigosa has a different problem, beyond the fact that, like Newsom, his negatives are higher than his positives in the Field Poll. After all of Antonio's ribbon-cutting and primping for the cameras (LA Weekly's Patrick McDonald recently revealed that Antonio spends only about 11 percent of his time on actual city business), a big chunk of California voters simply are not familiar with the guy. Does this portend even more travel outside Los Angeles, even more incessant fund-raising, and even less interest in his real job
(Chuckling @ Jack's comment.) Jack, the DWP's got such high rates that there will be a lot of foreign travelers getting their heads tapped!
Yep, even Jack gets it right once in a while.
WE NEED TO INTRODUCE SOLAR AS A MEANS OF POWER, SOLAR SINGLES, SOLAR STORAGE AS A WAY TO CHANGE OUR DEPENDENCE ON PRESENT SOURCES OF ENERGY. IT WON'T DO IT ALL BUT COULD HELP IN NATURAL DISASTERS (EARTQUAKES,FIRES) TO GIVE US ADDITIONAL POWER IN EMERGENCIES. WE DON'T KNOW THE FULL POTENCIAL AS SOLAR CELL TECHNOGY KEEPS IMPROVING.
Way back in the early '60's, someone came up with an idea of using solar cells to power an automobile.
If I remember correctly, a small group of guys installed solar cells on the roof of an old Ford Model A, and redid the engine so that it would use the resulting electricity generated by these cells. The maximum speed these guys got was around 15 m.p.h.
With the advances in solar cell technology, can anyone imagine what the maximum speed would be if our current solar cells were installed on an automobile in the same fashion?
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