Dan Freeman

Interim General Manager
LADWP
S. David Freeman is the Interim General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, formerly the Deputy Mayor of Energy and Environment and President of the Harbor Commission. Under his leadership, the boards of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach adopted the landmark San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action plan in November, 2005. The Clean Air Action Plan provides a comprehensive strategy for reducing air emissions from port operations by nearly 50 percent over a period of five years.
Mr. Freeman was the first person with an energy responsibility in the federal government, appointed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1967. Mr. Freeman has a 30-year record as board member and manager of many of America’s largest publicly owned businesses. President Jimmy Carter appointed him as chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1977, where he cut sulfur oxide emissions in half, stopped construction of eight large nuclear power plants and pioneered a massive energy conservation program. Mr. Freeman then served as general manager of large public power agencies for the next two decades, including the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power from 1997 to 2001.
Mr. Freeman holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech, and an L.L.B. from the University of Tennessee. Mr. Freeman served as a Merchant Marine in World War II, transporting gasoline across the North Atlantic. He authored Energy: The New Era in 1974, and Winning Our Energy Independence: An Energy Insider Shows How in 2007.