Amos - There is no reserve for solar, unless LADWP, is secreting money for such projects. They want the rate payers to subsidize such a program. Whe they tell the taxpayers thet they want a project of X kw capacity for Y customers at a projected cost of $Z to do it, then it should be a ballot measure that can be intelligently (or even emotionally) voted on.

pdq - LADWP (the proper acronym) did charge amongst the highest rates for transferring power to the grid for users outside of Los Angeles, which could be considered good for their constituency, their normal customer base. It could also be considered to have been based on good supply/demand economics, or, as you seem to imply, pure greed.