Updated 10:12 AM EDT, Wed September 3, 2025
Edith Clarke Top Innovator in the Reliability of Utility Service
- Arizona Public Service: Izzy Lawrence, Sarah Noll, Iain Shovelin, Kerri Carnes, Jay Delaney, Blanca Moreno, Val Wynia, and Bruce Brazis
- Salt River Project: Jon Cook
Lewis Latimer Top Innovator in Technology or Process Design
- Rayburn Electric Cooperative: David Naylor
- Southern California Edison: Eric Nunnally
George Westinghouse Top Innovator in Leadership in Innovation
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District: Paul Lau
Bertha Lamme Top Innovator in Power Generation
- Southern Company | Georgia Power: Joshua Brooks, Charles Coffin, Jeremy Hindman, Bill Hodan, Latonya Johnson, Ryan McKenzie, Matthew Sharman and Drew Uptain; Yvonne Avila, Josh Barill, Jon Glende, Ian Mylenbusch, and Emily Chatham
Charles Steinmetz Top Innovator in Network or Grid Operations
- Duquesne Light: Josh Gould, Jessica Valentine, and Richard Saporito
- ITC Holdings: Ethan Ehrisman, Dan Hutchison, and Adam Cianfarani
Nancy Fitzroy Top Innovator in Environment and Safety
- San Diego Gas & Electric: Brian D’Agostino, Sandeep Aujla, Jonathan Woldemariam, and Thom Porter
- Ameren: Brian Martin, Dan Wilkens, Brett Carney, Pam Holley, and Brandon Teel
Maria Telkes Top Innovator in Distributed Energy
- Ontario IESO: Mary Bernard
- Eversource: Jaryn Vaile, Bin Huang, Koustubh Banerjee, Melanie Bennett, Meiyan Li, and Junhui Zhao
Francis Upton Top Innovator in Analytics for Utility Service
- Southern California Edison: Jerome Marr, Lesia Bilitchenko, John Lee, Chandra Gosai, Lawrence Yonathan, Alexey Tronkin, and Nirod Sahoo
- Seattle City Light: Anabel Roza, Whitman Bouton, and Ruben Diaz
William Hammer Top Innovator in Electrification
- Con Edison: Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud, Amelia Berman, Jospeh Yanowitz, Kathryn Choi, Kerron Celestine, Chris Russo, Kevon Brown, Andre Douglas, Keegan Edward, and Yen Le
- ComEd | Exelon: Cristina Botero, Denise Munoz, Violeta Ryman, Daryl Richardson, Tom Skawski, Jordan Losiak, and Kyriakos Anastasopoulos
John Beggs Top Innovator in the Energy Transition
Mabel MacFerran Top Innovator in Energy Storage
- LUMA Energy: Juan Carlos Patiño Peralta, David Cruz Gonzalez, and Noel Pagán
- Southern Company | Alabama Power: Josh Barron, Scott Machovec, John Poole, Scotty Westbrook; Rob Szmyd, and Christopher Curow
Florence Fogler Top Innovator in Energy Transmission Technologies
- Centerpoint Energy: Eric Easton, Hong Ablack, Dan Greenwood, Jhonny DiGirolamo, and Adrian Moreno
- BGE/Exelon: Robert May, David Outen, and Danilo Policastro
Nikola Tesla Top Innovator in Artificial Intelligence
- Portland General Electric: Hema Sundaram, Veda Dharmala, Doug Lazar, Thana Anderson, and Manoj Kumar
- National Grid: Paul Wassink and David Roman Ubeda
Edison Pioneers Top Innovator Award for Collaboration in Innovation
- Exelon, for AI at the Edge for Drone Autonomous Inspections: Ankush Agarwal, Andrew McCauley, Blake Alexander, Mike Segala, Khalid Behairy, Subhani Syed
