DWP leadership shuffle?

H. David Nahai resigned his post as president of the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners last week, raising speculation that he is positioning himself for the job of general manager of the nation's largest municipal utility.

DWP General Manager Ronald Deaton's contract expires in December, but he has been out on medical disability since suffering heart problems while on vacation in Costa Rica.

Nahai, an attorney appointed to the DWP board by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, is said to be the mayor's pick for the job but the nobody can make a move until Deaton says whether he wants to stay or go.