Wrenching in L.A. [RE-wrenches]

[mrousso at urbanrefuge.com]

Graham,

Are Mayor and Council powerless to end the lock-out?? 
It seems to me that they might be the key to ending
this farce.

Mo
--- Graham Owen <graham at solarexpert.com> wrote:
> 
> I decided to write and post information about the
> lockouts on my web 
> site, this is what it says:
> 
> WARNING – CUSTOMERS OF LADWP MUST READ
> 
> GO Solar has effectively stopped installing
> grid-connected solar systems 
> for customers of the Los Angeles DWP.  This is due
> to it’s continued 
> policy of being honest with it’s customers. Once
> informed their new 
> system would be padlocked for an indeterminate
> period, prospective solar 
> consumers decide not to make the investment.
> 
> Beginning April 19th, 2002 LADWP began shutting off
> and putting padlocks 
> on these systems.  After our customers spent
> thousands of dollars for a 
> system designed to save money, they are prevented
> from using their 
> investment and the savings it was designed to
> achieve at the insistence 
> of a labor union.
> 
> The lockout is the result of a demand by the
> IBEW-Lineman’s Union, who 
> are not trained to install these systems.  Based
> upon GO Solar’s 
> intimate understanding of the politics of the issue,
> it does not foresee 
> an end to the lockout in the near future.  This is
> most unfortunate at a 
> time when clean solar energy has become a viable
> efficient alternative. 
> The unions are squeezing this industry, for selfish
> reasons, which can 
> only result in substantial price increases and a
> probable end to the 
> potential for this clean reliable source of energy.
> 
> For those interested in promoting a clean, safe and
> environmentally 
> friendly source of energy, we urge you to write your
> representatives in 
> the State and Federal Government.
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