by News Staff | May 1, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Op-Ed by Amanda Parsons, LADWP Spokesperson When gazing at the Sierra Nevada Mountains this year there is a harsh reality staring back: California is in the midst of a four-year drought – a drought so dire that it is unparalleled by any in the recorded history of the...
by News Staff | Apr 29, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Less than 24 hours before the Inyo County Board of Supervisors “Talking Water Workshop” Tuesday, ranchers were sent an e-mail from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power advising them their irrigation water would be curtailed Friday, May 1, just...
by News Staff | Apr 27, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Southern Owens Valley Solar Ranch is lying in an induced-coma for the next decade, or so. While the 200-megawatt solar project east of Manzanar was removed from the Priority Queue List March 15, the...
by News Staff | Apr 27, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The numbers tell the story. The listing of Owens Valley water uses indicates a reduction across the board, but none as draconian as the 66-percent reduction in irrigation water provided to area agriculture, down from 49,000 acre-feet in a typical year to...
by News Staff | Apr 22, 2015 | Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The time limit on the interconnection request for Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s solar ranch east of Manzanar expired. As a result the project lost its spot in line to hook up to LADWP’s Inyo-Rinaldi Transmission Line. Before the withdrawal...
