Los Angeles Municipal Code § 133.01 ELECTRICAL CAPACITY PLAN.
SEC. 133.01. ELECTRICAL CAPACITY PLAN.
No customer shall, during those peak demand hours established by the Mayor pursuant to Section 131.05, make, cause or permit any use of electricity energy provided by the Department in a manner which is contrary to the provisions of Subsections a through f of this section.
a. Outdoor Advertising and Decorative Lighting. Any use of electrical energy for the following purposes is prohibited:
(i) to light billboards or signs;
(ii) to advertise goods or services;
(iii) to identify the providers of goods or services;
(iv) to display goods, objects, or designs symbolic of commercial enterprises, trademarks, or logo;
(v) to operate motors or devices to rotate or move advertising signs;
(vi) to operate pumps or other devices in fountains which are primarily decorative;
(vii) to operate building floodlighting, architectural or decorative lighting, or lights used for landscaping;
(viii) any other purpose similar to items (i) through (vii) above.
b. Functional Outdoor Lighting. Any use of electricity energy for the floodlighting of outdoor commercial areas, including, but not limited to, service stations, used car lots, new car lots, automobile parking lots, or similar businesses is prohibited.
c. Comfort Heating and Cooling. Any use of electricity energy for the following purposes is prohibited:
(i) to provide space heating to raise the temperature in any occupied establishment, building, structure or residence above 65° F or, if unoccupied, above 55° F;
(ii) to provide space cooling for unoccupied areas or to lower the temperature in any occupied establishment, building structure or residence below 85° F;
(iii) notwithstanding (i) and (ii) above, to heat or cool vacant hotel, motel, banquet, convention, recreational, or similar guest accommodation facilities
(iv) notwithstanding (i) and (ii) above, to heat sleeping facilities, including residences, above 55° F during sleeping hours.
During periods of extreme capacity shortages as determined by the General Manager, the Mayor may, by following the procedures established in Section 131.05, order that the use of heating and air conditioning equipment be discontinued or that they be set at a temperature setting to be designated in the order during peak demand hours, except in those buildings where this section would close off all ventilation.
d. Indoor Business Lighting. The use of electricity is prohibited for window displays and for lighting the interior of any business establishment during that period of time that said establishment is not carrying on the usual and customary activities of that business, provided, however, that a business establishment may provide sufficient illumination to carry out ordinary and customary maintenance and janitorial services.
e. Swimming Pool Timer. Timers associated with private swimming pool pumps and filtration equipment maintained by an individual for the use of the individual’s family and friends shall not be set to operate such equipment during the peak demand hours.
f. Nonessential Uses of Electricity. All nonessential uses of electricity during the peak demand hours shall be deferred to nonpeak hours. Such uses include, but are not limited to, use of appliances such as clothes washers and dryers, dishwashers, hydro- message comfort pools, and unneeded lighting.