Council rebukes DWP with reduced energy hike

Angelenos would pay 4 percent more for electricity under a plan approved Tuesday by a divided City Council, which angrily rejected a higher increase proposed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the DWP. Daily News.

If approved today by the Department of Water and Power commission, the increase of .6-cent per kilowatt-hour would take effect Thursday, adding about $2 to the average bimonthly residential bill.

That's far less than the 6percent hike proposed by the DWP - the first in a series of quarterly increases that would have driven up some customers' bills by 28 percent.