Overview
- City officials confirmed the Intermountain Power Project’s coal units went offline just before Thanksgiving after supplying about 11% of Los Angeles’ electricity in 2024 from roughly 1,800 MW of capacity.
- LADWP is receiving power from new combined-cycle units at the IPP site that currently run on natural gas, are engineered for up to 30% green hydrogen blends, and are planned to transition toward 100% hydrogen over time.
- LADWP expects to begin introducing green hydrogen into the IPP fuel mix in 2026 as part of the IPP Renewed program.
- The Eland Solar-plus-Storage Center entered service in August with 758 MWdc of solar and 300 MW/1,200 MWh of batteries, helping push the utility’s 2025 supply past 60% clean energy.
- LADWP approved nearly $800 million to convert Scattergood Units 1 and 2 into hydrogen-ready, rapid-response combined-cycle units with work scheduled from early 2026 through late 2029, while Utah lawmakers blocked formal decommissioning of the IPP coal units and regulators review NOx, water use, and safety issues.