Editing Greater Los Angeles (section)

==Utilities and infrastructure==
There are nine electric utility power companies in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. [[Southern California Edison]] serves a large majority of the Los Angeles metropolitan area except for Los Angeles city limits, Burbank, Glendale, Pasadena, Azusa, Vernon, Anaheim, and southern Orange County. Southern Orange County is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area and it is served by [[San Diego Gas & Electric]]. There are three natural gas providers in the metropolitan area. [[Southern California Gas Company]] serves a large majority of the Los Angeles metropolitan area except for Long Beach and southern Orange County.

The Los Angeles metropolitan area is served by the following utility companies.

===Electricity===
* [[Southern California Edison]] (largest electric utility in the Los Angeles metropolitan area)
* [[Los Angeles Department of Water and Power]] (second-largest electric utility in the Los Angeles metropolitan area and the largest within the Los Angeles city limits)
* Burbank Water and Power
* Glendale Water and Power
* Pasadena Water and Power
* Anaheim Water and Power
* Azusa Light & Power
* Vernon Light & Power
* [[San Diego Gas & Electric]] ''(serves southern Orange County, which is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area)''

The only nuclear power plant that serves the Los Angeles metropolitan area is [[Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station]] in the US state of Arizona 46 miles west of Phoenix. LADWP and Southern California Edison get their electricity from it.

===Natural gas===
* [[Southern California Gas Company]]
* City of Long Beach Gas Company
* [[San Diego Gas & Electric]] ''(serves southern Orange County, which is part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area)''

===Cable television===
* [[Charter Communications]], known as [[Charter Spectrum]] (serves a majority of the Los Angeles metropolitan area)
* [[Cox Communications]] ''(serves parts of Orange County and the Palos Verdes peninsula)''

===Phone and Internet===

* [[AT&T]]
* [[T-Mobile US|T-Mobile]]
* [[Verizon]]
* [[Metro PCS]]
* [[cricket Wireless]]
* [[Frontier Communications]]
* [[Charter Spectrum]]

===Medical facilities===
Greater Los Angeles is one of the world's largest patient destinations. The Los Angeles Medical Services provide quality medical services and specialty care services to the populations served in compliance with local, state and federal regulations as well as human rights protection.<ref name="lacity1">{{Cite web |title=Medical Services Division |url=http://per.lacity.org/ohsd/medservloc.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224031617/https://per.lacity.org/ohsd/medservloc.htm |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |access-date=March 5, 2022 |website=per.lacity.org}}</ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212093914/http://per.lacity.org/ohsd/medservloc.htm |date=February 12, 2018 }}

[[Los Angeles]] and [[Orange County, California|Orange]] counties have separate medical service department but both work jointly. Government and Private hospitals open normally Monday through Friday, excluding City Holidays but some speciality hospitals are open year-round.<ref name="lacity1"/> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212093914/http://per.lacity.org/ohsd/medservloc.htm |date=February 12, 2018 }}

The main healthcare providers in the Los Angeles metropolitan area are [[Kaiser Permanente]], Cedars-Sinai Health System, UCLA Health, Dignity Healthcare, and Providence Healthcare. LA Care and Care1st are also the main providers for those in the metropolitan area that have Medi-Cal.