Water and Power Associates Informing the Public about Critical Water and Energy Issues facing Los Angeles and California

Past Board Meetings and Guest Speakers

Guest Speaker: Winifred Yancy | Director of Electric Vehicle Strategy & Implementation | LADWP

Topic: Future Plans & Programs for Electric Vehicles

Guest Speaker: Brad Coffee | Manager of Water Resources | MWD

Topic: Bay Delta, Colorado River Issues, and Reliability for Northern MWD Agencies

Guest Speaker: Delon Kwan | Asst Director of Water Resources | LADWP

Topic: Water Supply Reliability for the Future

Guest Speaker: Jason Rondou | Director of Power Resource Planning | LADWP

Topic: Long Term Strategic Resource Plan Update

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Guest Speaker: Stephen Kwok | Manager of Enterprise Cybersecurity Systems | LADWP

Topic: Cybersecurity Issues (53:50 minute mark)

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Guest Speaker: Anselmo Collins | Asst. General Manager - Water | LADWP

Topic: Update on LADWP Water Issues

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Guest Speaker: Jay Lim | Manager of Resource Planning | LADWP

Topic: Update on LADWP's Long Term Strategic Resource Plan (51:49 minute mark)

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Guest Speaker 1: Sabrina Tsui | Water Resource Division | LADWP

Topic: Update on the Water Supply Situation for Los Angeles for this Summer (32:24 minute mark)

Guest Speaker 2: Fred Pickle | Rate Payer Advocate | City of Los Angeles

Topic: Challenges for DWP's Proposed Power Programs (1:19:40 minute mark)

Guest Speaker: Randy Howard | General Manager | Northern California Power Agency (NCPA)

Topic: NCPA Response to Green Power Initiatives

Guest Speaker: Raphael Villegas and Ben Tanimoto | Program Managers | LADWP

Topic: Operation NEXT Water Supply Program (51:22 minute mark)

Guest Speaker: Andrew Linard and Sabrina Tsui | Director and Program Manager | LADWP

Topic: Water Supply Updates and LADWP Actions (1:40:50 minute mark)

Guest Speaker: Randy Howard | General Manager | Northern California Power Agency (NCPA)   RESCHEDULE TO MARCH 2022 DUE TO FAMILY ILLNESS

Topic: NCPA Response to Green Power Initiatives

Presentation of the Tom McCarthy Service Award

Guest Speaker: Jason Rondou | Director of Resource Planning, Development, & Program

Topic: LADWP Long Term Strategic Resources Plan

Guest Speaker: Mike Webster | Executive Director | Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA)

Topic: Green Energy Intitiatives for SCPPA

Guest Speaker: Andrew Linard | Director of Engineering & Technical Services | LADWP

Topic: Update on San Fernando Basin Groundwater Clean-up

Guest Speaker: Kelly Nguyen | Pasadena Water & Power | AGM for Power Supply

Topic: How Pasadena is dealing with Green Power issues

Guest Speaker: Jack Feldman | Webmaster and Virtual Museum Curator | Water and Power Associates

Topic: Presentation on the History of Water in Early LA 

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Guest Speaker: Delon Kwan | Assistant Director of Water Resources | DWP

Topic: 2021 Urban Water Plan and MWD Issues   

Guest Speakers: Reiko Kerr & Andrew Kendall | Sr. Power System AGM's | DWP

Topic: Update on Power Issues 

·       Bill Barlak talked about the recent power outages in Texas. His talk starts at the 9:00 minute mark of the video.

·       Our main speaker was Deven Upadhyay of MWD who talked about Statewide Water Issues: His talk starts at the 1:00:00 hour mark of the video.

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