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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.
Byline: 

Steve Mitnick

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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.
Byline: 

Steve Mitnick

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A Day at the North Dakota PSC

State Commissions

This small but mighty Commission handles a lot in this vast agricultural and ranching state. North Dakota PSC is also in charge of weights and measures, protecting consumers by making sure they get what they pay for. Commissioners in North Dakota are elected and spend a lot of time traveling to hearings held among constituents for the serious business of regulating in the public interest.
Byline: 

Lori Burkhart

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Innovation Imperative

Top Innovators and More

A culture of innovation is an imperative for the utilities industry, if only because the challenges we face, from the threat of climate change to the demand for customer centricity to the complexity of today’s grid to the aging of the legacy infrastructure, and so on and so on, require continuous learning, invention, and integration.
Byline: 

Steve Mitnick

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Undergrounding: Dave Plusquellic

TECO Energy

“The program required a comprehensive look at benefits versus costs, with a focus on extreme weather events, so we conducted a thorough and robust data-driven analysis.”
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Dave Plusquellic

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Fortnightly Top Innovators 2021

Innovation Imperative

Conversations with this year’s Extraordinarily Inspiring Innovators: Arizona Public Service’s Jim Holbrook, Miguel Bravo and Christine Helmuth, California Public Utility Commission’s Commissioner Genevieve Shiroma, Leuwam Tesfai and Forest Kaser, CenterPoint Energy’s Eric Easton and David Mercado, PPL’s Horst Lehmann and Eric Rosenberger, Southern California Gas’ Eric Coene, Matt Gregori and Ron Kent, and Xcel Energy’s Nadia El Mallakh.
Byline: 

PUF

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