Anaheim Public Utilities Official Appointed to Metropolitan Board.

LOS ANGELES -- Marcie L. Edwards, general manager of the Anaheim Public Utilities Department, was seated today as the city's representative on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

At Metropolitan, Edwards will serve on the 37-member board's budget, finance, insurance and investment committee, desalination and reclamation committee, and audit committee. She replaces Thomas F. Tait, who had served on the Metropolitan board since July 2004.

Appointed to her city position in January 2001, Edwards oversees Anaheim's water and power utilities with a customer base exceeding 340,000 people and a service territory of about 50 square miles. She oversees the department's 350-member staff and $400 million capital budget.

Prior to joining the city, Edwards served in a variety of management positions for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power for nearly 25 years. She was assistant general manager over the department's marketing and customer service business units from September 1998 to December 2000, and LADWP's bulk power business director from 1996 to 1998.

A California native, Edwards earned a bachelor's degree in organizational management from the University of La Verne. She also holds a state-issued steam engineer's license, which allows her to operate any size electric generating facility in California.

President of the California Municipal Utilities Association Board of Governors, Edwards is also a member of the regional board of directors of the American Public Power Association and a board member of the Southern California Public Power Association.

Edwards is a past member of the governing board of the California Independent System Operator and past chairperson of the Southern California Utility Power Pool. She served as interim chief executive officer of the California ISO during the summer of 2004 while a search was conducted for a permanent CEO and guided the state through seven all-time peak electricity usage periods without experiencing supply shortages that necessitated blackouts.

The 2004 Orange County Business Journal's Businesswoman of the Year, Edwards is vice president of the Anaheim Community Foundation and a director on the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce Board.

She has one son.

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is a cooperative of 26 cities and water agencies serving 18 million people in six counties. The district imports water from the Colorado River and Northern California to supplement local supplies, and helps its members to develop increased water conservation, recycling, storage and other resource-management programs.

Note to editors: A digital photograph of Marcie L. Edwards is available upon request.