DWP rate hike upheld

Even as some members complained they had been "scammed" by the DWP, the City Council failed Tuesday to rescind an electric rate hike it had approved earlier this month.
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The council's 9-5 vote fell one short of the threshold needed to redo its previous action, which increased energy rates by about 4.5 percent starting July 1.

Some council members complained that they had been misled and believed their earlier vote was for a temporary rate hike - an increase Department of Water and Power officials later insisted was permanent.