Los Angeles will end use of coal-fired power

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles will eliminate the use of electricity made from coal by 2020, replacing it with power from cleaner renewable energy sources, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said.

Consumers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the largest city-owned utility in the United States with 1.45 million electricity customers, will see higher power bills in the "fight against climate change"...

[You can't make this stuff up - it's like a bad sit-com {only you can't turn it off, and you're paying for it}. Expect no change until we replace our current crop of 'representatives'.]

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