Governance in Changing Market Alternative Governance Structures for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

by Baer, Walter; Edelman, Edmund; Ingram, James; Mahnovski, Sergej

• ISBN13: 9780833028419
• ISBN10: 0833028413
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-08
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

Deregulation, competition, and industry restructuring are changing the production and delivery of electric power in the United States, both for investor-owned and municipally owned utilities. The largest U.S. municipal utility, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP), asked RAND to consider possible changes in governance that could improve its decisionmaking and operations while maintaining public ownership. The authors found that the DWP would benefit from simplification and streamlining, whether or not the city's electricity market is opened to competition, which many business, labor, and government stakeholders view as inevitable.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
Tables	p. vii
Summary	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
The Current Dwp Governance Structure	p. 7
Decisionmaking and Operational Problems under the Current Structure	p. 13
Other Governance Models for Municipal Utilities	p. 23
Governance Options for Dwp	p. 35
What Comes Next?	p. 45
Appendix: A Brief History of Dwp	p. 47
Endnotes	p. 57
Bibliography	p. 63
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