People

“We have a commitment to build a diverse workforce that mirrors the communities we serve.”

“I’ve told our employees, don’t let a perfect conversation get in the way of a good conversation. I might use a word or say something that may not sound right but know my heart is in the right place.”

“From an investment standpoint, within the community, diverse business owners, and diverse suppliers, it’s a game changer. It creates a competitive environment that allows you to have local impact.”

“For every job that becomes available, two things have to happen. You have to present a diverse slate of people to interview for that job and have a diverse interviewing panel.”

His great-grandmother was Lewis Latimer’s sister. Conversation with former National Urban League president Hugh Price, along with Lewis Latimer House Museum executive director Ran Yan.

PUF's annual look at our industry's drive to diversify its workforce and spend, plus a very special conversation on diversity in history.

Highlights of AESP's 31st annual conference.

PUF's Executive Editor Steve Mitnick discussed his book, Lewis Latimer, The First Hidden Figure, with NRRI Director Carl Pechman and an esteemed panel. The book is part of a larger activity to build diversity in the electric industry, with profits helping establish the PUF Latimer Scholarship Fund administered by the American Association of Blacks in Energy.

NYPA’s Susan Craig and PUF’s Steve Mitnick talk about Edith Clarke’s breakthrough enabling the electric industry to engineer lines over 200 miles and ultimately today’s grid.

The USEA hosted an illuminating panel on Cyber Risk Management Through Measurement. This discussion, hosted by Sheila Hollis and moderated by Andy Bochman, picked the brains of some of this industry’s leaders, following the success of USEA’s fifteen-part series on cybersecurity and digitalization.