Posted on 11/25/2008 12:22:17 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled an ambitious long-range plan Monday for securing enough solar power to meet one-tenth of the city's energy needs by 2020, a move aimed at making L.A. a hub of the solar-energy industry.
Appearing at a South Los Angeles manufacturing plant where solar panels are made, Villaraigosa said the initiative will help the Department of Water and Power wean itself off of fossil fuels -- natural gas and coal -- as part of the effort to address global warming.
The plan calls for enough solar panels to produce 1,280 megawatts of power, a goal that would be reached through a combination of private and public generating facilities and the installation of solar panels on homes.
"Nobody's contemplated that many megawatts for one city," said Rhonda Mills, Southern California director of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies and a solar power advocate.
The announcement Monday is the latest in a series of renewable energy initiatives touted by the mayor in recent weeks, including using redevelopment funds to lure "clean" technology companies and investing city pension dollars in environmentally friendly companies.
Shifting Los Angeles to cleaner fuels could buttress both Villaraigosa's run for reelection and any future run for governor. If he runs in 2010, Villaraigosa would likely face state Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown, an avid environmentalist.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
just giving the people what they want..
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-solar29-2008oct29,0,2648939.story
L.A. council orders solar rooftop measure drafted
David Zahniser
October 28, 2008
The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to draft a solar rooftop measure for the March 3 ballot, even though officials with the Department of Water and Power still don’t know what the initiative would do to electrical rates.
On a 14-0 vote, the council instructed City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo to write the ballot language for the solar plan, which was crafted in large part by officials at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the union that represents DWP employees.
did he fill the one millionth pot hole yet ?
Solar Ping
lol .. after the looming latest storm blows thru, there will be hundreds more .. this guy is a hoot.
the dirtier the dem is, the higher they rise in the dem thugocracy
Piker! The entire economy is supposed to be weaned off of carbon in the next ten years. What’s this 10% target in 12 years?
Just fill the pot holes, jackass!.....
“and the installation of solar panels on homes.”
Followed by the cutting of any trees that shade a roof with installed solar panels. With luck, the rooftop solar panels will generate just enough electricity to run the air conditioners long enough to make up for the reduced shade.
My “11 percent” Mayor is a joke....
“Shifting Los Angeles to cleaner fuels could buttress both Villaraigosa’s run for reelection and any future run for governor.....”
Oh please!....This hack can’t find his own ass with both hands!
Wonder which of his buddies is in the solar panel business.
he can find every other ladies A$$ with his own hands cepts his wifes
Copy that!.....
When I think back, I realize that Hubert Humphrey would have been a much more conservative President than Nixon turned out to be.
Regardless, Humphrey was one of THE point men on the Great Society. He conveniently died before the disaster that was the Great Society manifested itself. Why do liberals get so much of their agenda while they never hang around for the heavy lifting?
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies
http://www.ceert.org/
Directors
http://www.ceert.org/section_02/ceertdirectors.html
Hey, Villalagrossa, I got a better idea if you want power.
You build a HUGE treadmill connected to a system of generators, and you put all your illegal Mexican supporters on it. You will have all the cheap power you need.
Maybe Villi should build a solar panel on his head!
or cousins............
solar has many tentacles and funding sources and subsidies and “friends” and “advocates”.
good question.
follow the money.
Money, meet toilet.
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