Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Support Grows for Watts Towers Art Center Director

May 24, 2018

Community leaders and residents have come out recently in support of Watts Towers Art Center Director Rosie Lee Hooks, who was suspended last month for commissioning a mural of jazz great Charles Mingus on the youth art center named for him ten years ago. ... read more »

CHARGE UP CRENSHAW: LADWP Launches New Rebate Program for Used Electric Vehicles

April 19, 2018

Unveils 22 New Publicly-Accessible EV Chargers at its Crenshaw Customer Service Center ... read more »

Middle College High School Participates at LADWP Science Bowl

February 28, 2018

Middle College High School Participates at LADWP Science Bowl ... read more »

Former DWP Employee Pleads to Misappropriating Public Funds

March 9, 2017

Thatcus Carl Richard faces up to 14 years in state prison when he is scheduled to be sentenced on June 20 ... read more »

LADWP Opens New Campus Downtown

October 13, 2016

Mayor Eric Garcetti and other city officials gathered at the La Kretz Innovation Campus to mark the campus' grand opening ... read more »

Teachers Participate in Intensive Environmental Institute at LADWP

June 9, 2016

The institute covered a number of important environmental topics ... read more »

DWP Moving to Clear Up Water in Watts

May 19, 2016

LADWP is taking action to clear up the discolored, murky tap water reported by residents and school officials on May 7 ... read more »

FAME Corp. and LADWP Partner to Provide New Refrigerators for Low-Income Residents

January 13, 2016

FAME Corporations and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) united on January 8 to install 177 new, energy efficient refrigerators for residents in FAME’s low-income housing properties in South Los Angeles. ... read more »

Report: ‘DWP lacks accountability and transparency, plagued by politics’

December 18, 2015

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, while ranking high in terms of reliability and providing quality water and electricity to residents, has a management structure that lacks accountability and transparency and is plagued by politics, ... read more »

DWP Officials: Continue to Conserve Water, Even in Winter Months

November 5, 2015

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers cut their water use by 21.8 percent in September, compared to the same month two years ago, exceeding the conservation mandate set for the agency by the state, ... read more »