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Celebrating the visionary utility teams and individuals who drove the energy industry forward.

2025 Top Innovators

Alphabetical by utility/company.

Nancy Fitzroy Top Innovator in Environment & Safety

Ameren

Team: Brian Martin, Dan Wilkens, Brett Carney, Pam Holley, and Brandon Teel

Edith Clarke Top Innovator in Reliability of Service

Arizona Public Service

Team: Izzy Lawrence, Sarah Noll, Iain Shovelin, Kerri Carnes, Jay Delaney, Blanca Moreno, Val Wynia, and Bruce Brazis

Florence Fogler Top Innovator in Transmission

BGE / Exelon

Team: Robert May, David Outen, and Danilo Policastro

Florence Fogler Top Innovator in Transmission

Centerpoint Energy

Team: Eric Easton, Hong Ablack, Dan Greenwood, Jhonny DiGirolamo, and Adrian Moreno

William Hammer Top Innovator in Electrification

ComEd | Exelon

Team: Cristina Botero, Denise Munoz, Violeta Ryman, Daryl Richardson, Tom Skawski, Jordan Losiak, and Kyriakos Anastasopoulos

William Hammer Top Innovator in Electrification

Con Edison

Team: Britt Reichborn-Kjennerud, Amelia Berman, Jospeh Yanowitz, Kathryn Choi, Kerron Celestine, Chris Russo, Kevon Brown, Andre Douglas, Keegan Edward, and Yen Le

John Beggs Top Innovator in Energy Transition

Duke Energy

Team: Lon Huber

Charles Steinmetz Top Innovator in Grid Operations

Duquesne Light

Team: Josh Gould, Jessica Valentine, and Richard Saporito

Maria Telkes Top Innovator in Distributed Energy

Eversource

Team: Jaryn Vaile, Bin Huang, Koustubh Banerjee, Melanie Bennett, Meiyan Li, and Junhui Zhao

Charles Steinmetz Top Innovator in Grid Operations

ITC Holdings

Team: Ethan Ehrisman, Dan Hutchison, and Adam Cianfarani

Mabel MacFerran Top Innovator in Energy Storage

LUMA Energy

Team: Juan Carlos Patiño Peralta, David Cruz Gonzalez, and Noel Pagán

Nikola Tesla Top Innovator in Artificial Intelligence

National Grid

Team: Paul Wassink and David Roman Ubeda

Maria Telkes Top Innovator in Distributed Energy

Ontario IESO

Team: Mary Bernard

Nikola Tesla Top Innovator in Artificial Intelligence

Portland General Electric

Team: Hema Sundaram, Veda Dharmala, Doug Lazar, Thana Anderson, and Manoj Kumar

Lewis Latimer Top Innovator in Process Design

Rayburn Electric Cooperative

Team: David A. Naylor

George Westinghouse Top Innovator in Leadership

Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Team: Paul Lau

Edith Clarke Top Innovator in Reliability of Service

Salt River Project

Team: Jon Cook

Nancy Fitzroy Top Innovator in Environment & Safety

San Diego Gas & Electric

Team: Brian D’Agostino, Sandeep Aujla, Jonathan Woldemariam, and Thom Porter

Francis Upton Top Innovator in Analytics

Seattle City Light

Team: Anabel Roza, Whit Boutin, and Ruben Diaz

Francis Upton Top Innovator in Analytics

Southern California Edison

Team: Jerome Marr, Lesia Bilitchenko, John Lee, Chandra Gosai, Lawrence Yonathan, Alexey Tronkin, and Nirod Sahoo

Lewis Latimer Top Innovator in Process Design

Southern California Edison

Team: Eric Nunnally

Mabel MacFerran Top Innovator in Energy Storage

Southern Company | Alabama Power

Team: Josh Barron, Scott Machovec, John Poole, Scotty Westbrook; Rob Szmyd, and Christopher Curow

Bertha Lamme Top Innovator in Power Generation

Southern Company | Georgia Power

Team: Joshua Brooks, Charles Coffin, Jeremy Hindman, Bill Hodan, Latonya Johnson, Ryan McKenzie, Matthew Sharman and Drew Uptain; Yvonne Avila, Josh Barill, Jon Glende, Ian Mylenbusch, and Emily Chatham

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