The DWP's planned RECESSION rate hike

Daily News City Hall reporter Rick Orlov gives Ken Jeffries the 'lowdown' on the Mayor's scheduled annoucement this coming Monday backing the plan...while noting it might be a 'tough sell' for Antonio Villaraigosa coming in the midst of a recession.

The proposed increase--at more than five percent--would boost the average residential power bill by $2.50 a month and would be considered by the Board of Water and Power Commissioners in the coming week. And it's designed to boost local solar energy use, coming a year after LA voters shot down a plan to spend more on solar power.