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Litigation

Oct. 29, 2008

L.A. Utility Must Pay $160 Million to Agencies

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will pay 15 California government and municipality agencies $160 million in a settlement to resolve a lawsuit alleging it overcharged the parties for a decade.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

RIVERSIDE - The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will pay 15 California government and municipality agencies $160 million in a settlement to resolve a lawsuit alleging it overcharged the parties for a decade.

The suit contended the nation's largest utility flouted state codes by illegally inflating utility bills for agencies including Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles Unified School Distr...

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