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Lighting Department/City Light Superintendent
The citizens of Seattle approved a bond issue on March 4, 1902, for development of a lighting plant on the Cedar River. It was completed in 1904 and operated by Seattle Electric Company until January 1905, when it was taken over and operated by the Department of Lighting and Waterworks under the direction of Superintendent Luther B. Young. The Lighting Department was created by a Charter Amendment adopted April 1, 1910.
| 4/1910-3/1911 | R.M. Arms | Removed by Mayor Dilling. |
| 3/1911-3/1931 | James D. Ross | Removed by Mayor Edwards. |
| 3/1931-5/1931 | BPW | The Board of Public Works administered the Lighting Department until a successor to Ross could be appointed. |
| 5/1931-7/1931 | W. Chester Morse | Appointed by Mayor Edwards and confirmed by Council after it had refused to confirm Armand F. Marion, Morse, Edward A. Duffy, Stirling B. Hill and Burton Pierce. |
| 7/1931-3/1939 | James D. Ross | Died March 14, 1939. |
| 3/1939-5/1939 | W.C. McKeen | Appointed as acting Superintendent after the death of Ross. Served until the appointment of a permanent Superintendent. |
| 5/1939-12/1953 | Eugene R. Hoffman | Resigned December 31, 1953. |
| 1/1954-4/1963 | Paul J. Raver | Died April 6, 1963. |
| 4/1963-6/1972 | John M. Nelson | |
| 6/1972-12/1979 | Gordon Vickery | |
| 1/1980-2/1981 | Robert H. Murray | |
| 2/1981-8/1984 | Joseph P. Recchi | |
| 8/1984-9/1992 | Randall W. Hardy | |
| 9/1992-12/1994 | Roberta Palm Bradley | |
| 12/1994-6/2003 | Gary E. Zarker | |
| 2/2004- | Jorge Carrasco |