ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to the status of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's (LADWP) revenue collection for the current fiscal year and Power Reliability and Water Infrastructure Programs.

Recommendations for Council action: 

1. REQUEST the LADWP to report within 30 days regarding the following:
   
   
   1. The latest finding of the LADWP's internal Customer Information System (CIS) assessment/audit including "systems performance."
      
      
   2. Improved customer help-line and stabilized "call-back" feature.
      
      
   3. Increased outreach of the electronic bill payment option and related electronic/automatic services that improve customer convenience.
      
      
2. REQUEST the LADWP and INSTRUCT the City Administrative Officer (CAO), Chief Legislative Analyst, Bureau of Sanitation, Personnel Department and the Ratepayer Advocate to continue to meet regularly to address the CIS, billing/revenue collection and to report monthly on its progress. 

Fiscal Impact Statement:  The CAO reports that the proposed recommendations as contained in its March 19, 2014 report, attached to the Council file, will not have a direct fiscal impact on the City's General Fund.  The status update contained in its report on the LADWP's revenue collections and billing system highlights a potential deferred revenue impact of $9 million to $12 million from the City's Electricity User's Tax and approximately $61 million (combined) related to the City's Sewer Service Charges and Solid Waste Fees for the current fiscal year.  As improvements are made to the LADWP's billing system and collection remedies exercised, the potential gap in deferred revenue may partially decrease.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

(Budget and Finance Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

MOTION (KREKORIAN – KORETZ - LABONGE) relative to accepting the advertising for the 2014 AIDS Walk Los Angeles event as an event sponsored by the City of Los Angeles.

Recommendation for Council action:

INSTRUCT the Los Angeles Department of Transportation to accept the advertising for the 2014 AIDS Walk Los Angeles event as an event sponsored by the City of Los Angeles.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Transportation Committee waived consideration of the above matter)