OP/ED: A BWP Customer Asks: How Can I Reduce My Water and Power Bill?
During the 2021-22 fiscal year, BWP invested more than $1.4 million toward energy and water efficiency programs for its residents and businesses
Opinion: Writers Strike Might be Tip of the Iceberg When it Comes to the...
What the writers are striking for has much more reaching consequences that we should all be concerned about for years to come.
Op/Ed: A BWP Customer Asks: My Gas Bill Tripled; Are My Electric Bills Next?
An expert explains: As a not-for-profit utility, we ensure that customers are protected from rate shock due to energy and natural gas price increases.
Op/Ed: Why are BWP Electric Rates Going Up? An Expert Explains
Learn how changes in energy prices are contributing to the 8.5% (Fiscal Year 23/24) and 8% (Fiscal Year 24/25) increase in electric rates.
Opinion: City Council Did the Right Thing by Putting Pause on Plastic Waste Ordinance
"While everybody supports finding more ways to be sustainable, sometimes we get a little zealous in our implementation"
Op/Ed: An expert explains: What does all the recent rain mean for Burbank?
"One of the facts that surprises people when I talk about our water supply is that Burbank has no water rights."
Opinion: Council Approves Pay Raises to Firefighters That are Well Needed
City Council members have voted 5 to 0 to give firefighters and paramedics substantial raises as they fight to keep them in Burbank
Opinion: New Year, New Council, Hopefully New Ideas
We have elected a new look City Council. It is time for a new way of thinking and setting a new, updated direction for Burbank.
Opinion: Bring Boards and Commissions Out of the Dark Ages and Make Them Accountable
Some Boards and Commissions meeting are not recorded and often operate in obscurity. It is also time to ask for yearly reports of what they have accomplished
Opinion: Even in the Dark of Night, Holiday in the Park Shined Bright
After an absence due to the pandemic, the Magnolia Park Merchants brought back Holiday in the Park in a big way
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