ADVISORY/Powering Forward: The DWP Celebrates 2000 and the Year Ahead; DWP General Manager David Freeman Talks With Employees About Past Year and Challenges Ahead at Employee Holiday Gatherings.

Metro/Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Friday (Dec. 22)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:    DWP General Manager S. David Freeman will join hundreds of
         LA Department of Water and Power employees to celebrate the
         holidays and reflect on 2000, the volatile energy market and
         the job ahead. The gathering is among holiday events at DWP
         facilities citywide that include breakfast, festive music and
         entertainment for children.

WHO:     David Freeman, DWP general manager
         Hundreds of DWP workers and their families

WHEN:    Friday, Dec. 22
         9:30 a.m.

WHERE:   Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
         downtown headquarters
         John Ferraro Office Building
         111 N. Hope St. (between 1st & Temple Streets)

VISUALS: Holiday cheer and the DWP Choraliers
         Freeman meeting with employees