Cities want auto payment for power outages
An aerial view of Palos Verdes Peninsula Fed up with residents’ outage claims being routinely rejected by Southern California Edison, the city of Rancho Palos Verdes is enlisting support from other cities to force the utility to compensate customers who experience prolonged outages. “We’ve had no satisfaction trying to work through our issues with Southern California Edison,” said Rancho Palos Verdes City Manager Doug Willmore. Rancho Palos Verdes found a receptive audience among the cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Lomita and Hermosa Beach. They want the governor and state legislature to force Southern California Edison to automatically compensate customers for prolonged outages, rather than require reimbursement claims be filed. The local cities have prepared a resolution to present to the League of California Cities during its annual conference this week in San Jose. If the resolution is approved, the league will lobby the legislature when it reconvenes next year to approve an automatic compensation bill. Assemblymember David Hadley (R – Manhattan Beach), whose district includes the Peninsula and the Beach Cities, said he supports the…
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