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“These award winners earned recognition for developing innovative and transformational solutions to some of today’s most challenging operational issues that have achieved success by demonstrating measurable results.”

The Annual Meeting showcased all the hard work NARUC has done this past year on a wide range of topics from wildfire to data center loads to DER interconnections and much more.

The NARUC 2025 Annual Meeting and Education Conference was held November 9 – 12 in Seattle, with the theme of Let There Be Light. The Annual Meeting is NARUC’s capstone event that featured a year-end summary from NARUC President Tricia Pridemore, with seminal topics across each utility sector, and highlighted the installation of new leadership.

In Atlanta, Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy celebrated its 20th anniversary in October. Through workshops, keynotes, and offsite events, the event embodied WRISE’s vision of creating a transformed energy ecosystem where all people and our planet thrive.

Building for Tomorrow’s Demand

Dentons held its annual US Energy Summit 2025 in September at the Dentons Washington, D.C. Office Conference Center with a focus on modernizing energy infrastructure and addressing national energy challenges.

Featured here are photos of utility company award winners who were celebrated at the historic Willard Hotel during the Fortnightly Top Innovators conference.

Fortnightly Top Innovators 2025 took place at the historic Willard Hotel from October 5–7, this year powered by SEPA. Pictured here are the keynotes, speakers, and panels with utilities companies from across the United States. Be sure to plan to attend in October 2026.

“Being the first to blend hydrogen at this level on an advanced-class turbine is a major innovation. The most significant outcome is that we proved it can be done and we did so while maintaining rigorous safety standards and operational reliability.”

“The idea is simple: rather than turning a plant down during off-peak hours, it keeps operating efficiently, and the excess heat from that unit is stored in the concrete to be utilized later when peaking power is needed on the grid.”