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Coal-fired power plants provide Los Angeles with 44 percent of its energy. In March 2010, the L.A. Department of Water and Power (DWP) Board of Commissioners unanimously approved Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's initiative that will create green jobs and harness the area's ample sunlight. The solar power generation will wean the city off of coal. The City Council approved the measure in March 2010 and will work to eliminate electricity produced by coal by 2020.
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-corcoran/leaders-needed-to-move-la_b_510001.html "Leaders Needed to Move LA Beyond Coal and Into the Sunlight"] Bill Corcoran, ''Huffington Post'', March 23, 2010.
However, it was reported in December 2010 that DWP may not reach its renewable energy goals set by Mayor Villaraigosa due to a lack of funding. DWP executives warned that they would not be able to sustain that achievement, let alone reach future goals, without guaranteed funding from taxpayers.
[http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/06/local/la-me-dwp-dysfunction-20101206/2 "DWP quietly scales back Villaraigosa's ambitious renewable energy goal"] David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, December 6, 2010.
Coal-fired power plants provide Los Angeles with 44 percent of its energy. In March 2010, the L.A. Department of Water and Power (DWP) Board of Commissioners unanimously approved Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's initiative that will create green jobs and harness the area's ample sunlight. The solar power generation will wean the city off of coal. The City Council approved the measure in March 2010 and will work to eliminate electricity produced by coal by 2020.
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-corcoran/leaders-needed-to-move-la_b_510001.html "Leaders Needed to Move LA Beyond Coal and Into the Sunlight"] Bill Corcoran, ''Huffington Post'', March 23, 2010.
However, it was reported in December 2010 that DWP may not reach its renewable energy goals set by Mayor Villaraigosa due to a lack of funding. DWP executives warned that they would not be able to sustain that achievement, let alone reach future goals, without guaranteed funding from taxpayers.
[http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/06/local/la-me-dwp-dysfunction-20101206/2 "DWP quietly scales back Villaraigosa's ambitious renewable energy goal"] David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, December 6, 2010.
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In early October 2012 the Los Angeles City Council approved the L.A. Department of Water and Power's plan to invest in clean energy and wean the city off of coal. In 2011 L.A. shipped $500 million out of state to purchase coal produced energy.
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In early October 2012 the Los Angeles City Council approved the L.A. Department of Water and Power's plan to invest in clean energy and wean the city off of coal. In 2011 L.A. shipped $500 million out of state to purchase coal produced energy.
The vote is estimated that it will create 5,000 jobs in energy efficiency and rooftop solar in the L.A. metro area.
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-anne-hitt/la-chooses-clean-energy-o_b_1940341.html "LA Chooses Clean Energy Over Coal"] Mary Anne Hitt, Huffington Post, October 5, 2012.
==Southern California Edison to Divest from Four Corners==
==Southern California Edison to Divest from Four Corners==