DWP gets a new chief

Veteran energy-industry consultant Ron Nichols was confirmed Tuesday as the DWP's sixth general manager in four years after pledging to try to restore public trust in the utility.
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Nichols, 57, who had been managing director of Seattle-based Navigant Consulting, Inc., was confirmed 11-0 by the City Council, which questioned his experience and his plans for the nation's largest municipal utility.

"When you have challenges, you also have opportunities," said Nichols, who will be paid $345,000 a year. "I think there is a good opportunity to work more proactively with the community and the department.