Overview
- Mayor Karen Bass’s office announced the move Wednesday as part of a planned leadership transition.
- The city has not named a successor and said interim leadership will be announced shortly.
- Quiñones has led the nation’s largest publicly owned utility since May 2024 after serving as PG&E’s senior vice president of electric operations.
- Bass credited her tenure with reinforcing grid and water reliability and with strengthening the department’s workforce.
- Her leadership faced scrutiny after the Palisades Fire, and a state review later found pipe flow limits would have constrained pressure even if a key reservoir had been full.