Ratepayer advocate advances

As City Council members criticized the Department of Water and Power for a lack of public trust, a committee moved closer to creating a new position in the department to represent customers' interests. Daily News.

Interim General Manager David Freeman found himself on the defensive as he fought to block an independent review of the DWP's operations.

"The truth is the public does not trust the DWP," said Councilman Richard Alarc n during the council's Energy and Environment Committee meeting. "They believe they are being overcharged. If you polled the people of Los Angeles, whether a business or residential customer, they would say they are being overcharged."