Latest news statements and remarks by Board Members.
Remarks by Commissioner George McGraw About Sola Project 6th
Delivered on January 29, 2024 Good morning! I’m George. And on behalf of the nearly 11,000 hardworking men and women at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, I’m so pleased to be here and to celebrate Project 6th with you! This is yet another project helping transform the communities – that we at […]
Remarks by Board Commission President Cynthia McClain-Hill About Black History Month and Women’s History Month
Delivered at February 28, 2023 Board Meeting. I will move to my other opening remarks this morning, and that is the – the recognition of this final day, February. The final day of Black History Month. I want to take a moment to underscore the unique significance of Black History Month. It’s a time of […]
Remarks by Board Commission President Cynthia McClain-Hill About Monterey Park Incident
Delivered at January 24, 2023 Board Meeting. Over the weekend, we woke up to news of yet another mass shooting. This time the shooting occurred about ten miles from this very building in the neighboring Monterey Park community. One in which more than 65% of the population identifies as being of Asian descent. On the […]
Mayor Garcetti Appoints Academic and UCLA Chief Sustainability Officer Nurit Katz to Board of Water and Power Commissioners
LOS ANGELES (December 13, 2022)– Nurit Katz has been appointed and confirmed as the newest member of the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners. The first and current Chief Sustainability Officer of UCLA was appointed to the Board by Mayor Eric Garcetti, and will be the fifth member of the all-female city commission overseeing […]
LA Board of Water & Power Commissioners Approve Policy to End Water and Power Shutoffs for Low-Income Residential Customers Unable to Pay their Utility Bill
*For the Spanish version of the news release, please scroll down. Para ver el comunicado de prensa en español, favor de desplazarse hacia abajo. LOS ANGELES (November 16, 2022) – The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners has adopted a motion directing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to halt the […]
Remarks by Board Commission President Cynthia McClain-Hill About Hispanic Heritage Month
Delivered at September 27, 2022 Board Meeting. I’d like to begin by acknowledging Hispanic Heritage Month, so good morning. September 15th is important because it marks Independence Day for Latin American countries including Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. September 16th also marks Independence Day for Mexico and Chile. Accordingly we celebrate Hispanic […]
Remarks by Board Commission President Cynthia McClain-Hill on Extreme Heat
Delivered at July 26, 2022 Board Meeting But before we begin, I would like to simply say that as I commented in public remarks delivered earlier this year to members of the Valley Industry and Commerce Association (VICA) on future trends that we see here at LADWP, indicated that our experience with life-threatening extreme heat […]
Mayor Garcetti Announces New Recycled Water Fill Stations for DWP Customers
*This news release was originally published and distributed by the Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti Photo credit: LADWP LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the re-opening of two free recycled water fill stations, where Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) customers can now fill empty water containers with up to 300 […]
LADWP Board of Commissioners Propose ‘Cool LA’ Assistance Program to Help Customers During Extreme Heat
Proposal follows Board hearing on extreme heat, its disparate impacts on Angelenos from experts and community advocates LOS ANGELES (July 28, 2022) — The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Board of Commissioners today proposed a new ‘Cool LA’ initiative to address extreme heat impacts faced by homeowners and renters when temperatures exceed […]
LADWP Achieves 99.4% Dust Control Reduction at Owens Lake
LADWP Calls on Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District to Honor Landmark Agreement LOS ANGELES (July 14, 2022) — The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP) staff briefed the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners at their July 12th Board Meeting on the success of two decades of dust […]
