DWP rate hikes called confusing

Neighborhood council members Saturday questioned a controversial Department of Water and Power rate increase that many said was confusing - and misleading. Connie Llanos in the Daily News.

"Our council voted down this increase because there was just too much we didn't understand," Woodland Hills representative August Steurer said at a monthly neighborhood council congress in Hollywood.

"The average person doesn't understand the DWP; (it has its) own language."

This week, the DWP board approved its first rate increase in 15 years. The plan would increase electric rates by 9 percent over the next three years, and water rates would increase 6 percent over two years.