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ASSING THE TORCH Charles Shreves ..'. ~.tI.~1 . . i--..# ff Henry Legaspi 12 Two top e~ecutives of the liD relinquished their posts during ]994 and passed the torch of leadership to their successors. Charles Shreves' ten-year tenure as General Manager of the liD was highlighted by the historic agreement on water conservation with the Metropolitan Water District. The agreement called for the implementation of water conservation projects and programs to conserve 100,000 acre-feet of waler annually. Funds totaling $233 million are being provided by the MWD, which has the righllo use the conserved water. The agreement has been hailed as a "landmark" in inter-district waler agreements, tra. ditionally a thorny area of dispute in California. The stale is beset alternately by flood and drought and much of Southern California's coastal urban population is dependent for water from the overburdened Colorado River. Shreves served as general manager since 1984. A graduate of both the Army and Naval War Colleges and a registered engineer. he served for 30 years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before joining the 110. Aware of the increasing demand for electric power in the area, Mr. Shreves directed the completion of two hydro-electric power plants on the AlI,American Canal. Also, the acquisition of the Yucca Generating Station in Arizona and a part ownership share of a New Mexico power station. During his tenure, new power operations centers were constructed in both Coachel1a and EI Centro, and the District became the first California utility in the many years to construct new fossil fuel generating capacity when the repowering of Unit 2 of the EI Centro Generating Station was implemented. Expertise in water supply and management enabled Mr. Shreves to serve the District ably as representative on the National Water Resource Association. the Association of California Water Agencies, the Colorado River Board of California and other agencies. During a turbulent decade for water agencies, Mr. Shreves provided leadership in: . Direcl.ing the preparatlon 0{ UD's Waler Consm'ation Plan-/irsl such in the sidle: . Cwdiltdling negotidl.ions which resul!t'd in the hbilolir \\-'ater Consel'Udlion and Transfer Agreement wirhtheMWDofLosAngcles: . WOI"kingwilillileGllifanidrongressionaldelt'gdlionlDpdSSlegisl.llionenablingconslrucliono(a23- mile. roncrell'.IJnedsa:liono{theAII.AmetiCdn wfldL Henry "Hank" Legaspi retired in mid.year after 41 years service with the District, 14 of them as Power Department Manager. They were eventful years. The last ten coincided with Shreves tenure as General Manager. Significant milestones were: . Purchaseofanownership{XJfliono{thePaIoVt'fdeNudl'drGent'fallngStalion . Purr:haseo{anowncrsl1ipjX)fliono(thePaIo\'t'fdeISdnDi~5(K).ktlPJu.'l'rline . Implemenlaliono(dulOOlalicrontroloff-OU'efgcnerdllon . Opening 0{ a mlcrowdllf.linked pou'er operations ren/('/' . Consuuclion 0{ three hydroelecltic PJLLIfT pldnls . Repowering 0('2 unl! 0{ the EJ Centro Steam Generallng Swtlon f()( more efficient pou'fr prcduclion . Conslructioooflul(Im.ljor2JO.kt'polJ.>er1rill15mi.ssionlines One of the latter lines was constructed to move geothermal power from the Salton Sea and East Mesa areas north to customers of Southern California Edison. Legaspi noted that as a youngster he had played around the boiling mud pols of the Niland area - now covered by the Salton Sea - and lived to see the underground power which caused them harnessed to produce electricity.