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LADWP general manager details 2025 gains and 2026 priorities, cites hiring and procurement hurdles
Summary
LADWP General Manager Janice Quinones told the Los Angeles City Energy and Environment Committee the utility reached major safety and clean-energy milestones in 2025, outlined 2026 priorities including Scattergood modernization and Pure Water LA expansion, and asked the council to address hiring and procurement limits impeding operations.
Los Angeles — Janice Quinones, general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, told the City Council’s Energy and Environment Committee on Jan. 20 that the utility made significant progress in 2025 and identified a set of priorities for 2026 while urging help to fix hiring and procurement constraints.
Quinones said LADWP “serves about 4,000,000 customers, and we have a budget of about $9,400,000,000,” and described workforce and infrastructure gains since she joined in May 2024. She reported the utility achieved APPA’s diamond safety award, launched a department-wide safety platform (Intelex), and held a safety week with more than 5,000 staff participating.
Why it matters: Quinones framed the department’s work as tied to broader city goals including LA 100 and local water resilience. She described a multi-pronged 2026 agenda that pairs grid modernization with local water investments — steps she said are needed to reach the city’s clean-energy and water-supply objectives.
Key infrastructure updates and targets included the Elan solar-and-storage facility (described as about 400 megawatts and 1,200 megawatt-hours of storage),…
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