by jbs091009 c3 — September 11, 2009—Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa recently announced two record-setting achievements that the city and its Department of Water and Power, which provides electric and water service to four million residents in Los Angeles, have made in energy efficiency and water conservation.
First, the Mayor announced that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has achieved a new energy savings record of 318 gigawatt-hours (GWh) for fiscal year 2008-09. That amount of energy savings reportedly equates to removing 53,000 households from the grid and avoiding 178,700 metric tons of greenhouses gases (GHG) each year.
The Mayor also announced that, thanks to Phase III water restrictions, Angelenos reduced their water use in July 2009 by more than 17 percent overall from the previous year. Commercial properties decreased water usage by 17.1 percent, while industrial properties decreased usage by 21.8 percent and Government properties decreased usage by 34.4 percent.
