The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is taking steps to wean its dependence on coal by the middle of next decade.
The city utility currently gets in Utah and Arizona. On Tuesday, the utility
voted to amend its contract with Utah-based Intermountain Power Project
to use its natural gas plant instead. The move still needs approval from
City Council.
Officials say another agreement in the works to
sell off LADWP's stake in the Arizona plant will make the utility
coal-free by 2025. That's five years later than a promise by Mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa, who in 2009 predicted a coal-free Los Angeles in
2020.
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