This department supports the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Headquartered at 1155 Market Street, 11th floor, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission has approximately 1700 employees with a combined annual budget of $400 million.

SFPUC is a sub-division of the City & County of San Francisco. The SFPUC provides retail drinking water and sewer services to San Francisco, wholesale water to three other Bay Area Counties, and hydroelectric power to City government operations.

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Ed Harrington is General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), overseeing the regional utility that delivers reliable, high quality drinking water to more than 2.4 million Bay Area customers, collects and treats wastewater and stormwater for the City and County of San Francisco and provides hydroelectric and other renewable power resources for San Francisco municipal customers. Harrington was nominated for the role of General Manager by Mayor Gavin Newsom in January 2008 and was approved unanimously by the members of the SFPUC and sworn into service in March 2008.

From 1991 to 2008, Harrington served as the Controller of the City and County of San Francisco, where he administered San Francisco’s $6.1 billion budget. Harrington’s responsibilities as Controller included receiving and disbursing City funds, estimating the cost of ballot measures, providing payroll services for the City’s 28,000 employees, issuing the City's financial statements and directing performance and financial audits of City activities.

Before becoming Controller, Harrington was the Assistant General Manager and Finance Director of the SFPUC and was responsible for the financial activities for the Muni Railway, Water Department and Hetch Hetchy Water and Power System.

Ed is a Certified Public Accountant. In 2003 he was elected President of the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada, an organization representing 16,000 local, state and provincial finance officials. Until recently, he served as President of the California State Association of County Auditors. Ed was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation which oversees the activities of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB).

Departmental Contacts
NAME	TITLE	PHONE	FAX
Hood, Donna	Executive Assistant to the General Manager	(415) 554-0761	(415) 554-3161
Mabutas, Maria	Executive Secretary to the General Manager	(415) 554-1600	(415) 554-3161
SFPUC Main Number	SFPUC Receptionist	(415) 554-3155	(415) 554-3110