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DWP head to float Owens Lake solar panel proposal

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on January 12, 2010 at 5:57 am

From Bishop’s Inyo Register (note: this meeting actually occurred yesterday, but this story was not posted until this morning. However, it contains a lot of details about the project nonetheless):

The interim general manager for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, S. David Freeman, also known as the “Green Cowboy,” will be in Bishop on Monday to discuss a proposed five gigawatt solar park on Owens Lake.

In a phone interview Thursday, Freeman said that the meeting is also a way to open lines of communication with the residents of the Owens Valley. “I feel we’re entering a new era,” Freeman said, “and finally having a relationship with the folks in Inyo.”

He said as the former general manager for DWP from 1997-2001, he is fully aware of the relationship, or lack thereof, that has existed between Inyo and LADWP.

“In the past, DWP would do something and the people (of Inyo County) would be told what happened,” Freeman explained, adding that he hopes the public meeting will be a chance for community input and an opportunity for the residents to feel a sense of “ownership.” … “

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January 12, 2010 · Filed Under Owens Valley & Mono Lake

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