The Los Angeles City Council’s Energy and Environment Committee expressed caution and added several specific recommendations on Friday, Feb. 3, in its consideration of a much-debated plan to shift the Scattergood Generating Station, a power plant in Playa del Rey, to using green hydrogen instead of natural gas.
In the meantime, the energy and environment committee sought more context to the use of green hydrogen at the plant, asking Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials about potential alternatives, and the public health risks of using green hydrogen. The energy committee on Friday added recommendations to a separate item related to the project, also set to come before the council on the same day it takes up the second vote. The committee called for regular reports from LADWP to the council on the project. It also sought to: