L.A. Water and Power
Marty Adams is General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Chris Rogers is Partner, West Market Leader, Energy Providers Practice at Guidehouse.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power exists to support the growth and vitality of the City of Los Angeles, and as the nation's largest municipal utility, overall serves some four million residents. LADWP provides over eight thousand megawatts of electric capacity and serves an average of four hundred thirty-five million gallons of water per day.
This large public power utility has been operating in California for more than one hundred years.
Now, with the big job of moving forward to a clean energy future, LADWP is changing with the times.
Public Utilities Fortnightly's Steve Mitnick and Guidehouse's Chris Rogers caught up with the busy General Manager of this important municipal utility, to find out how he is successfully guiding the transition. LADWP's Marty Adams has much optimism for the future.
PUF's Steve Mitnick: How do you see the current state of the utilities industry nationally and LADWP's role in that national movement?
Marty Adams: If you look at the goals set by the former Mayor Eric Garcetti, the Green New Deal, you'll see that they are in line with, and in many cases, take the lead on environmental goals nationally. By 2050, we aim to have a zero-carbon grid, zero-carbon transportation, zero-carbon buildings, zero waste, and zero wasted water.