Freeman Leaving DWP.S. David Freeman S. David Freeman (1926– ) is an American engineer, attorney, and author, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, who has had many key roles in energy policy. He currently heads The Hydrogen Car Company and is a member of the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners. is taking his white cowboy hat and Tennessee twang to Sacramento. Freeman, 75, general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. , said he would resign soon to become Gov. Gray Davis' chief energy advisor. He is also believed to be a leading candidate to head a new California power authority. A power authority has been proposed as the vehicle by which the state could purchase the electrical transmission grid now owned by California's private utilities. The agency also could have broad power over conservation programs, construction of new power plants and rehabilitation of current power facilities. Before working for the DWP, Freeman ran three of the largest public power authorities in the United States, the Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), independent U.S. government corporate agency, created in 1933 by act of Congress; it is responsible for the integrated development of the Tennessee River basin. , the New York Power Authority and the Lower Colorado River Authority The Lower Colorado River Authority or LCRA is a nonprofit public utility that was formed in 1934 by the Texas Legislature. LCRA's mission is to protect people, property and the environment by providing public services for more than one million people in Central and Southeast in Texas. He also served as energy advisor to President Jimmy Carter. |
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