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City Council Confirms New LADWP CEO and General Manager/Chief Engineer

 

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass applauded the unanimous confirmation of Janisse Quiñones, PE to serve as the new CEO and general manager/chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power or LADWP and lead the department through the transition toward 100% clean energy by 2035.  

Janisse Quiñones brings more than 25 years of leadership experience as a senior executive in utility and engineering industries where she managed large-scale operations in order to deliver reliable service to customers, prioritized the safety of workers on the job and directed improvements that made electrical infrastructure more resilient. 

Janisse Quiñones most recently served as senior vice president of Electric Operations at Pacific Gas and Electric or PG&E, one of the largest utility companies in the United States providing natural gas and electric service to approximately 16 million people in northern and central California. At PG&E, Quiñones was responsible for the territory’s electrical system operations and the power generation fleet as well as the management of electrical assets that support the California independent system operator. Prior to that role, Quiñones served as senior vice president of gas engineering for PG&E and as the vice president of gas systems engineering for National Grid, vice president of operations for Cobra Acquisitions and director of design, planning, construction & vegetation management as part of her nine years of work at San Diego Gas & Electric or SDG&E which she started immediately after leaving full time military service. At SDG&E, Quiñones managed the majority of the company’s gas and electric distribution capital construction. 

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