Press Room 2012

GLENDALE, California – Glendale Water & Power (GWP) recently mailed the 2012 Water Quality Report to all customers. This report contains important information on the monitoring and maintenance of Glendale’s water quality during 2011.

GLENDALE, California – Glendale Water & Power (GWP) hosted the China Southern Power Grid Co. (CSG) today at Glendale Water & Power’s administrative offices. The CSG invests, constructs and operates power networks in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan provinces and regions of China. CSG visited GWP to get an appreciation for deployment of the Smart Grid project and see the processes used by a utility that simultaneously installed electric and water Smart Meters.

The Glendale Water & Power website and online billing system will be temporarily offline Friday, April 27th, from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. We apologize for this inconvenience.

GLENDALE, California – Glendale Water & Power (GWP) announced today that Ice Energy, a leading green energy company that supplies advanced energy storage solutions to the electric utility industry, is relocating its corporate headquarters and national logistics center to Glendale. The move comes after the successful installation of 1.5 MW of Ice Bear energy storage units as part of GWP’s U.S. Department of Energy supported Smart Grid Project.

GLENDALE, California – For the second year in a row Glendale Water & Power has earned the Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3) designation from the American Public Power Association (APPA). GWP is one of 176 public power utilities out of 2,000 nationwide to earn the RP3 designation. The RP3 designation is awarded to those public power utilities that provide customers with the highest degree of reliable and safe electric service.

GLENDALE, California – Glendale Water & Power (GWP) customers now have the ability to share and compare their energy use with friends on Facebook. The social energy app is designed to provide people with a better sense of their energy use while fostering friendly competition and provides new ways for people to discover savings opportunities. Consumers can use this new platform to share their experiences and tips on energy consumption. To get started, GWP customers should visit social.opower.com or search for the “Opower” app on Facebook and connect their utility account.

The Proposed Water Rate Restructure and Revenue Increase Public Hearing will be on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers. This public hearing is in compliance with the requirements of Proposition 218 notice that was mailed to all customers on December 12, 2011. The original Public Hearing date that was printed in the Prop. 218 notice was postponed by City Council and moved to March 20, 2012.

Glendale Water & Power’s From the Source bi-monthly newsletter provides customers with information on conservation, new programs, and GWP news and services.

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GLENDALE, California – Glendale Water & Power yesterday presented the City Council with three Smart Grid Program opt-out options. City Council unanimously voted on charging customers a fee of $59* per billing period for having electric and water Smart Meters with the radios turned off. The fee for opting-out is assessed because the Smart Meters will be manually read by a meter reader instead of being read wirelessly through GWP’s system. GWP stressed the importance of having digital meters with radios turned off as opposed to analog meters in order to have access to interval data to meet energy objectives. Less than one half of one percent of customers in Glendale have requested to opt-out.

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Glendale Water & Power is committed to ensuring the privacy of our customers. GWP complies with all applicable laws concerning customer privacy and the use, maintenance, storage and destruction of personal information concerning GWP’s customers, whether or not the personal information is obtained via telephone, in person, online, or through the use of smart grid technology.

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GLENDALE, California – Glendale Water & Power is the newest utility to respond to the Obama Administration's call-to-action for utilities to launch a "Green Button" tool for customers to download their detailed household energy usage with a simple click of a button. The concept of a Green Button builds on policy objectives of the Obama Administration's Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future and Policy Framework for the 21st Century Grid to ensure that consumers have timely access to their own energy data in consumer-friendly and computer-friendly formats.

See what 100 cubic feet or 748 gallons of water that is delivered to your home each day looks like. Customers use an average of 19 times this amount each month or 450 gallons every day.

Community Presentation - Brand Library, January 18, 2012

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Customers can use the rate calculator to calculate their water bills with the tiered rate structure.

Three community meetings have been scheduled so that staff can discuss the upcoming water rate restructure and revenue increase with customers. No need to RSVP, however space is limited. Parking for meetings is free and available on side streets of the Sparr Heights and Pacific Edison community center except for Brand Library where parking is adjacent to library. Please look for GWP signs directing you to the appropriate meeting room.

The attached report is information from WillDan Financial Services on the proposed water tiered structure and revenue increase. 

Click here to see Final Report of GWP's Water Rate Redesign by WillDan Financial Services.