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Public Power Weekly "The question is what can we do to protect ratepayers." Freeman said LADWP rates would remain competitive with Southern California Edison, which serves neighboring counties and the rest of Los Angeles County. The average LADWP rate today is 3.5 cents less than the SCE rate, he said. Freeman said dropping coal from the LADWP energy mix would be tempered by rises in coal power costs due to future regulations on carbon dioxide. "We are facing a day where [coal power] won't be available to us or the cost will be so high that it makes sense to invest in the renewable infrastructure," he said. -DAVID L. BLAYLOCK FfJR THE REC{JRD We are using this section to share feedback from our readers. The following is a response to an article in the July ?U Public Power Dcrily (see story in this week's Public Power Weekly) that reported on remarks made by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., about the possibility of China accepting limits on carbon emissions. -editors I read Senator's Kerry's statement on climate change legislation ("If we move, China and the rest of the world will have to move. ") to be either naive or disingenuous. Both readings are alarming. However, if that belief is honestly held, I ask that Senator Kerry and others who share the belief consider the following modest proposal: Make the effective date and enforceability of any U.S. legislation on climate change contingent upon countries such as China and India enacting and enforcing similar restrictions on carbon dioxide. By making the legislation conditional, the United States can still be a leader without risking our economy upon predictions about the behavior of other countries. Raymond A. Hayward Executive Director and CEO Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency PEOPLE The Obama administration named Indiana Municipal Power Agency Manager http://www.naylornetwork.com/app-ppw/printFriendly.asp?projID=3214 (IS of21)7/28/2009 3:37:08 AM