July 13, 2017 Today’s Los Angeles Times includes an article entitled: LA Took their Water and Land A Century Ago, Now the Owens Valley is Fighting Back. While there were numerous misrepresentations of fact and lack of context in the article, we wanted to provide you with specific information regarding the state of the landfill, the […]
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LADWP Ranked Second in National Survey of Utility Business Customers
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) ranked second in the nation among utilities in the category for Most Trusted Brands among utility business customers in a Cogent Reports™ study released by Market Strategies International. Of the 60 electric utilities ranked by the survey, LADWP’s score of 793 was just two […]
Update #4: Power Restored to Customers in North SF Valley Affected by Receiving Station J Outage
July 9, 2017 Update #4, 10:30 a.m. Sunday: We are pleased to report that LADWP crews successfully restored power this morning to all customers affected by the power outage in the north San Fernando Valley that began last night at approximately 6:55 p.m. Restoration for the remaining 94,000 customers affected by this incident occurred between […]
Update #3 5:30 AM: Restoration Work at Receiving Station J Continues
July 9, 2017 As of 5 a.m. Sunday: LADWP crews worked through the night to clear multiple damaged conductors, circuit breakers and transformers at the scene of last night’s fire at Receiving Station J. Crews are currently completing work clearing the damaged equipment and inspecting all aspects of the station and will be able to […]
SFV Power Outage – Receiving Station J Fire Update #2
LOS ANGELES (July 8, 2017) – Crews are on site assisting LAFD operations and assessing damage at the scene of a fire at Receiving Station J (RS-J) in the North San Fernando Valley at this time. Preliminary information from Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) grid operators are that approximately 140,000 residential and […]
LADWP Statement Regarding Fire at Receiving Station in North SF Valley
LOS ANGELES (July 8, 2017) – Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) crews are currently responding to a fire that occurred this evening at Receiving Station J, located in the Northridge/Reseda area of Los Angeles. The fire began at approximately 6:52 p.m. and involves equipment that carries high voltage electricity and distributes it […]
