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Public warns of household distress as commission reviews municipal solar and RPS progress
Summary
A community member told the commission that thousands of shutoff notices have been issued in one ZIP code; commissioners also reviewed municipal solar projects and heard that Glendale is ahead of schedule on state RPS targets, while municipal rooftop solar carries higher per‑MWh costs.
At the May 4 Glendale Water and Power meeting, public commenter Herbert Milano presented a multi‑page report he submitted to city council and the department documenting utility shutoff notices and household distress. Milano said his review—based on city financial reports and public records requests—found that in ZIP code 91204 approximately 8,500 households received about 13,000 notices of impending shutoff in one year and urged the commission to receive such a report monthly so commissioners can…
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