City Council

(24) 23­1023 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to expanding Project PowerHouse beyond 100 percent affordable housing projects, and improving the engineering design and construction processes and timelines to build enough housing of all kinds to meet the demand. Recommendations for Council action: 1. REQUEST the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to create a policy by which housing developers will receive expedited switchgear purchase approval if they choose to purchase an abundantly large switchgear that can handle worst case scenario fault currents. The policy should include published guidelines for how large the switch gear must be for respective housing development sizes to be considered abundantly large and a process by which the LADWP will provide worst case scenario fault current data to developers within 30 days of the request of the developers. Wednesday - June 26, 2024 - PAGE 25 2. REQUEST the LADWP and DIRECT the Los Angeles Department (LADWP) to create a policy by which housing developers will receive expedited switchgear purchase approval if they choose to purchase an abundantly large switchgear that can handle worst case scenario fault currents. The policy should include published guidelines for how large the switch gear must be for respective housing development sizes to be considered abundantly large and a process by which the LADWP will provide worst case scenario fault current data to developers within 30 days of the request of the developers. 2. REQUEST the LADWP and DIRECT the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety to publicize the Service Planning group on their respective platforms, including a sheet of answers to common questions to be prepared by the LADWP. Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the LADWP. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.