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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1902 (water) 1916 (electric) |
| Preceding agency |
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| Type | Water infrastructure and electricity |
| Headquarters | John Ferraro Building 111 North Hope Street Los Angeles, California 34°03′29″N 118°14′58″W / 34.0580°N 118.2495°W |
| Employees | 11,000 employees |
| Annual budget | US$6.1 billion (fy2017/2018) |
| Agency executive |
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| Website | www.ladwp.com |
| Footnotes | |
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The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States with 8,100 megawatts of electric generating capacity (2021–2022) and delivering an average of 435 million gallons of water per day (487,000 acre-ft per year) to more than four million residents and local businesses in the City of Los Angeles and several adjacent cities and communities in southwestern Los Angeles County, California.[2]
It was founded in 1902 to supply water to residents and businesses in the city of Los Angeles and several of its immediately adjacent communities. In 1917, LADWP began to deliver electricity to portions of the city. It has been involved in a number of controversies and media portrayals over the years, including the 1928 St. Francis Dam failure and the books Water and Power and Cadillac Desert.
- ^ "Facts and Figures". Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
- ^ LADWP Briefing Book 2020-21. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. 2021.