California municipal utility will phase out three natural gas power plants in favor of renewables

Renewable Energy World: This week, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that rather than investing in the Haynes, Harbor and Scattergood natural gas power plants to meet the requirements of a 2010 law related to a practice known as once through cooling, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) will phase them out in favor of renewable energy.

The decision to phase out the units — which together represent 38 percent of the city’s current natural gas portfolio — by 2029 will put the city on track to meet its carbon-neutral target of 2050, said the Mayor in a statement.

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