Equity to Elevate Diverse Innovators
Elevate Future Initiative
“We want to make sure that under-represented founders and entrepreneurs – what I call the underestimated – have the chance to take part in this economy.”
Law & Lawyers
September 4, 1882
Lewis Latimer
A short story on the birth of the electric utilities industry, from the viewpoint of Lewis Latimer, who turned 34 that day.
PUF Latimer Scholars Trevor Melton and Jordana Greaux-Gist
Scholarships
A conversation with two of the six talented high school seniors won PUF Latimer Scholarships, formed in collaboration with AABE and funded by the corporate supporters of Steve Mitnick’s book “Lewis Latimer, the First Hidden Figure,” CPS Energy, Dentons, Energy Impact Partners, FirstEnergy Corp., Guidehouse and Xcel Energy.
Banner Year for State Leadership in Energy Efficiency
Post-Pandemic Job Creation
“Energy efficiency represents the kind of infrastructure investment that will power our economy as we emerge from the throes of the coronavirus pandemic.”
Old Insurance Policies Could Be Worth Their Weight in Gold, Part 1
Environmental Contamination
State environmental agencies continue to discover long-hidden contamination around the country. Contamination may turn up after dredging activities, ground water sampling or new building projects on redeveloped sites. When these discoveries are made, those agencies begin the process of finding the source of pollution, which may require historical research on old uses of the surrounding properties.
'Front Lines to Power Lines' Preview
Veterans
A preview of PUF’s new book on military veterans in the utilities industry.
Challenges of Reviewing Merger Proposals
Issues for State Utility Regulators
“Liberalized conditions complicate the state regulators’ job of evaluating whether a proposal to merge a utility is in the public interest and place the responsibility to protect retail customers almost entirely on regulators.”
Induction Invented, Implemented
Birthdays
Induction is indeed a big deal — James Clerk Maxwell, Nikola Tesla, Charles Steinmetz, and others stood on the shoulders of Faraday.
They're Accustomed to Being in the Front Lines
Industry Veterans
Thirty-five veterans in the new book “Front Lines to Power Lines” stand for the many thousands of vets in our industry. The book shines a light onto the unique qualities that vets bring with them, instinctively, qualities that are so very valuable to utility service.
One of the First Veterans in Energy
George Westinghouse
An entrepreneur, engineer, and inventor, George Westinghouse competed against his contemporary, Thomas Edison, working to develop and market the use of alternating current for electric power distribution in the early 1880s. Years before that, Westinghouse was just like many of the men and women chronicled in PUF’s new book “Front Lines to Power Lines.” In fact, he was one of the first veterans in energy.