PUF Top Innovators: An Update

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Fortnightly Top Innovators

Fortnightly Magazine - September 2026

PUF recognizes each year those across the utilities industry who are not content to accept the status quo. Our Fortnightly Top Innovators stand out for ingenuity, resilience, and how they move the industry forward.

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As PUF readies for Top Innovators 2026, we caught up with three 2025 award-winning innovators for a look at how their projects have advanced. These remarkable leaders reflect every dimension of the energy and utility industry’s transformation.

In these conversations, you will learn more about these innovative projects with APS’s Kerri Carnes on Virtual Power Plant Delivering Targeted Grid Support, Eversource’s Meiyan Li on Advancing DER Integration with Automated Model Validation Across Time Domains, and LUMA Energy’s David Cruz on Customer Battery Energy Sharing.

 

Fortnightly Top Innovators conversations at fortnightly.com: