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Battered by criticism, H. David Nahai resigns from DWP

Posted by: Maven on October 3, 2009 at 7:28 am

From the Los Angeles Times:

“After nearly two years of fending off criticism from ratepayers and his own employees, H. David Nahai stepped down Friday as head of the nation’s largest municipally owned utility, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Nahai, 56, said in a letter to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa that he would leave immediately to take a position as an advisor to former President Clinton’s climate initiative to battle global warming.

But well before he announced his new job, the Iranian-born environmentalist and attorney found himself under fire on several fronts. Support within Villaraigosa’s office had eroded dramatically, and Brian D’Arcy, the head of the DWP’s powerful employees union, had stopped speaking to him, sources familiar with the situation said.

D’Arcy, business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 18, did not return a call seeking comment. But earlier this year, he blamed Nahai for the defeat of Measure B, a solar power ballot measure that was narrowly rejected in March. …”

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October 3, 2009 · Filed Under Water Agency News

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