LOS ANGELES (November 4, 2021)—An LADWP Power System employee died earlier today as a result of injuries sustained during an incident that occurred shortly before 11:00 AM in Wilmington. While working as part of a cable splicing crew performing electrical service work, our employee contacted an energized circuit in an underground vault. His co-workers rescued […]
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LADWP Simplifies Low-income Customer Assistance Program Sign-up to Help LA Families Save Money on Their Monthly Utility Bills
LOS ANGELES (November 2, 2021)— The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has improved its customer application process for the ‘LADWP Cares’ Low-Income ‘EZ-SAVE’ Customer Assistance Program to provide qualified customers a simple and easy way to enroll quickly and learn about added cost-saving opportunities. ‘EZ-SAVE’ is part of DWP’s broad customer assistance […]
MAYOR GARCETTI ANNOUNCES NEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND BUILDING DECARBONIZATION INVESTMENTS FOR LOW-INCOME ANGELENOS
*This news release was originally published and distributed by the Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS Facebook: FB.com/MayorOfLA Twitter: @MayorOfLA Instagram: @MayorOfLA Media Archive: LAMayor.org/Photos FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2021 CONTACT: Communications Office, 213-978-0741 Program helps meet and exceed key Green New Deal goal to provide total of $100 million in energy […]
South Bound La Brea Avenue Closed through February 2022 for Water Pipeline Repair
UPDATED on 1/31/2022 with new completion work date. LOS ANGELES (October 28, 2021) – Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) crews will be implementing a partial street closure on La Brea Ave. in the Baldwin Hills Area beginning Friday, October 29 to the end of February 2022 in order to complete emergency repairs […]
LADWP Board Delivers Heartfelt Message to More than 250,000 Power and Water Customers Struggling to Pay Past Due Utility Bills Since the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic’s Economic Disruption: ‘Help is on the way’
LADWP, with a significant funding assist from the State of California, prepares to launch the largest utility customer debt assistance initiative in the city’s history. An expected $300 million will be used to help qualifying customers whose family household budgets were crushed during the pandemic shutdown, leaving their utility bills unpaid. Board also extends shut-off […]
MEDIA ADVISORY: LADWP and Board of Water and Power Commissioners to Unveil Largest Utility Debt Assistance Program in City’s History. More than 250,000 Customers to Receive $280 million dollars in Assistance Paying Past Due Utility Bills; Board Also Expected to Extend Shutoff Moratorium to March 31, 2022.
WHAT: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and its Board of Commissioners will unveil the most comprehensive effort in the city’s history to help hundreds of thousands of financially strapped customers who’ve been burdened by mounting unpaid utility bills due to the sustained economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. LADWP– with a […]
