LAUSD asks DWP for amnesty

Los Angeles Unified officials unanimously approved a plan Tuesday to lobby the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for a deal that would spare the district from spending up to $11 million under the utility's proposed rate hikes. Connie Llanos in the Daily News.

The cash-strapped school district, projecting a deficit of more than $260 million for the 2011-12 school year, is the DWP's largest customer.

The district already pays about $90 million a year to the utility. Newly approved rate hikes could increase that tab by about $2.6million, while a series of additional hikes sought by DWP could bring the cost to $11 million.