DWP pushes again for rate hike

Warning that Los Angeles will suffer more blackouts unless the city upgrades its electrical infrastructure, the Department of Water and Power will make the pitch again today to raise rates. Kerry Cavanaugh in the Daily News.

Last fall, the City Council sent back the rate proposal amid questions on how the money would be spent.

But this time the utility appears to have more support, and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has urged the council to hike electric rates by 9 percent over three years and water rates by 6percent over two years.