Profiles in Innovation
Sixteen Top Innovators
Conversations with top innovators at four utilities – APS, PPL, PSEG, Southern Co., one vendor, and two from EPRI.
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Fortnightly Foremost Innovators
The Most Outstanding in Ten Categories
Among 43 nominations we selected the most outstanding in ten categories: customer service, distributed resources, energy efficiency, environmental care, infrastructure safety, new technologies, regulatory effectiveness, smart grid, system efficiency, utility culture.
Fortnightly Top Innovators 2019
137 Innovators at 27 Organizations
137 qualifying innovators are presented alphabetically by the name of their organization.
Exelon's Innovation Expo
Thousands of Innovators Gather in D.C.
Panel discussions included innovative leaders like Ryan Popple of Proterra, a company electrifying the nation’s buses, and James Chen of Rivian, a company electrifying the nation’s sport utility vehicles and light trucks. And supporting companies exhibited at the expo too, like ABB, Accenture, Burns & McDonnell, Itron and Oracle.
Picture Energy: Institute for Energy Innovation’s Powering the People, Washington D.C.
September 24
Amazing panels at the Newseum celebrated advances in electric transportation.
Picture Energy: 2019 Veterans in Energy Forum, Washington D.C.
September 11-13
Veterans in Energy met this year in Washington, D.C. to accommodate growing numbers.
Picture Energy: Dentons Smart Cities & Communities Summit
July 31 & August 1
In the nation’s capital on July 31 and August 1, 2019, Dentons hosted many of the globe’s thought leaders on the subject at the Smart Cities & Communities Summit.
Every continent was covered, as were a number or countries and cities, each striving to set the pace in providing smarter services to their public. Five communities were celebrated by Public Utilities Fortnightly as the Fortnightly Smartest Communities 2019: Austin, Columbus, San Antonio, Spokane, and suburban Birmingham.
Picture Energy: Mid-America's Regulators Meet in Des Moines
August 11-14
The Mid-America Regulatory Conference was a huge success with a big turnout and lots of great panels. Iowa Board Member and NARUC President Nick Wagner was seemingly everywhere as Iowa pride was on display.
George Westinghouse, and Greats of England, Italy
Birthdays
Westinghouse became rich and famous for his invention of air brakes for railroads. Shaping the energy industries came next.
Delaware PSC Celebrates 70th Anniversary!
A Day at the Delaware PSC
The PUF team traveled to Dover, Delaware to visit the Public Service Commission, and the timing was perfect. For the PSC turned 70! Having formed in 1949, the PSC held a reception on September 12, attended by former Commissioners, retirees, elected officials, company executives, and dignitaries to celebrate its platinum anniversary. And there is much to celebrate in this small but mighty state.