PUF's Highest Honor to Southern Company's Tom Fanning
Owen Young Award
Conversations with Southern Company CEO Chris Womack, Georgia Power CEO Kim Greene, Southern Company Gas CEO Jim Kerr, and just-retired Southern Company CEO Tom Fanning.
Law & Lawyers
Leading the Largest Public Power Utility
L.A. Water and Power
“In developing resources, we’re doing a lot of stormwater capture that is cost effective; on the other hand, wastewater cleanup is not so cheap, but it’s cheaper than desalinization.”
IRA-IIJA Funding: Phil Moeller
EEI
“As soon as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed, EEI quickly shifted our focus to becoming the central hub where our member companies can learn about and keep track of all the funding opportunities.”
Tom Fanning: Chris Womack
Owen Young Award
“With all the work he’s led with EEI, on physical security issues as well as storm restoration, the work he’s done on cyber, at the same time pulling the Vogtle project through, and with the technology revolution occurring in our business, he’s continued to stay steady, has been a visionary, and brought us through it all to the other side.”
Large Energy User Survey
PwC
“Most C&I leaders want help achieving efficiency or cleaner energy goals. The good news for utilities is they are among the top of the list of providers large energy consumers would trust for support. But in the data we also see other potential providers they might go to for help.”
IRA-IIJA Funding: Whitney Muse
DOE
“GRIP received more than 700 concept papers for the first round of funding. That’s an extraordinary level of interest and signals that the direction we’re going in standing up the Grid Deployment Office and implementing these programs, is resonating with the broader public.”
Tom Fanning: Kim Greene
Georgia Power
“Vogtle is an incredible legacy project for Tom. Southern Company persevered when no other company did. Tom Fanning’s realistic optimism in our ability to get through that project has led us to where we are the only utility in the country bringing online over 2,000 nuclear, clean energy megawatts to serve our customers.”
U.S. Hydrogen Hubs: The Utility's Role
Guidehouse
“Achieving a competitive dispensed price for hydrogen fuel is a challenge – even with IRA support – due to the complex supply chain involved in getting hydrogen fuel to the pump.”
IRA-IIJA Funding: Louise Anne Comeau
Emera
“Although grant funding is speculative, the sums available for eligible projects are significant and that is a driver. A lot of the funding is open to innovative solutions that are on the cusp of commercialization, such as the distributed energy startup we have at Emera called BlockEnergy.”
Tom Fanning: Jim Kerr
Southern Company Gas
“Tom has been our industry’s clear leader in understanding the risks and importance of cybersecurity. Our country has benefited greatly because of his work in this area, and I think Tom will continue to lead in this space.”