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Judge Rejects Preliminary Approval Of DWP Overbilling Case For Third Time: Calls For Pro-Consumer Changes, Warns Attorneys Won’t Be Paid Until Ratepayers Are

Judge Rejects Preliminary Approval Of DWP Overbilling Case For Third Time: Calls For Pro-Consumer Changes, Warns Attorneys Won’t Be Paid Until Ratepayers Are

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-21000" alt="" class="right" src="http://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/images_ladwp_logo1.jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 264px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right;" width="882" height="933" />Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle for the third time failed to grant preliminary approval to an overbilling settlement with DWP ratepayers, calling for more disclosure and pro-consumer changes.  He said he would grant preliminary approval if those conditions are met.</p>
Ratepayers and Consumer Advocates Urge LA Mayor and City Attorney To Pull Back Anti-Consumer DWP Over-Billing Settlement

Ratepayers and Consumer Advocates Urge LA Mayor and City Attorney To Pull Back Anti-Consumer DWP Over-Billing Settlement

<p><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-20963" alt="" class="right" src="http://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/images_ladwppressconf11-2-15_0.jpg" style="width: 311px; height: 207px; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px; float: right;" width="1200" height="800" />Los Angeles, CA -- Consumer Watchdog and overbilled ratepayers today urged Los Angeles City leaders to immediately fix or withdraw a “breathtakingly anti-consumer settlement agreement” over tens of millions of dollars in overbilling at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).