DWP hit with $160 million overbilling settlement
After almost a decade of what state prosecutors called "ripping off state agencies," the Department of Water and Power on Monday agreed to pay out a $160 million settlement to the county, local schools, community colleges and the MTA. Daily News.
Coming after years of legal wrangling, the settlement is the largest ever against a utility for overcharging customers, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs.
"The Los Angeles DWP had been imposing illegal and unjustified overcharges on their governmental customers for years," said state Attorney General Jerry Brown, who argued that the utility was using the money to ultimately finance the city's operations.
He said the actions amounted to "rippi
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How many other ways does DWP rip off its ratepayers?
Can you imagine how easy it is to calibrate electric and water meters for increased revenue. An example could be a chain of hotels in the city over paying millions of dollars on their water and electric bills because the meters have been manipulated by DWP. No one would ever know unless the corporation spent the money to check calibrations.
DWP GM David Nahai and the Board of Commissioners do not want a Ratepayer Advocate. They didn't mind it when asking for rate increases and now that they have the increases they turned the idea down. What are they hiding? It's obvious there is more fraud and theft of ratepayer’s money going on at DWP. GM Nahai kept Commission Board President Nick Patsouras who wanted the ratepayer advocate out of the loop. Now by no surprise he will be leaving DWP this week. We wish him well because he is running for city controller. This could be very good for the taxpayers. He knows where the bones are buried.