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Achievement Awards
Nominations for the 2023 Annual Achievement Awards are now closed. The winners will be announced at AEIC’s 139th Annual Meeting on October 26th, 2023 in Savannah, GA.
The AEIC Annual Achievement Awards recognize teams and/or individuals from member companies, AEIC committees, and subcommittees who have made significant contributions to advancing operations in the electric utility industry.
Nomination Criteria
The AEIC Achievement Awards is one of the industry’s most prestigious recognition programs for innovation and achievement in all aspects of electric utility operations. These awards are not intended as longevity or volunteer service awards. Nominations must be for projects or initiatives that have been completed or are currently underway and that have demonstrated success and/or achieved measurable results.
Nominations for the awards may be made by any AEIC Board Member, executive of an AEIC Member Company, or Committee/Subcommittee Chair. Nominators may submit one or more nominations in the operational categories below:
- Safety
- Power Generation
- Power Delivery
- Customer Service
- Electrification
- Other Corporate Initiatives
Each nomination must include the following:
- A completed Nomination Form signed by an AEIC Board Member, Executive of an AEIC Member Company, or Committee/Subcommittee Chair.
- A description of the achievement, not to exceed three pages of text, photos, and supporting documents. A link to an external website may be included to provide supplemental information.
Nomination Deadline: All nominations must be submitted by Monday, May 15th, 2023.
Award Selection and Presentation
The final selection of the award recipients shall be determined by an Awards Review Committee comprised of AEIC Board members. Awards will be announced and presented at AEIC’s 2023 Annual Meeting to be held on October 24-26 in Savannah, GA and also featured in Public Utility Fortnightly’s annual Innovation issue.
For questions regarding the 2023 AEIC Achievement Awards Program, please contact AEIC at [email protected].
Past Award Winners
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2017
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Florida Power & Light Company: “Powerful Predictors” Predicting Future Customer Outages |
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Pacific Gas & Electric Company: PG&E Energy Storage for Market Operations |
2018
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Alabama Power Company: Integrated Distribution Management System (IDMS) |
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Commonwealth Edison Company: Edison Bronzeville Community Microgrid |
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Duke Energy: Cardinal Electrical Safety Rules (CESR) |
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Alabama Power Company: FP&L Digital Imaging Machine Learning |
2019
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American Electric Power Company: Byllesby Battery Project |
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Florida Power & Light Company: Intelligent Feeder Assessment Process |
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Hawaiian Electric Company: Schofield Generating Station |
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PPL Electric Utilities: Downed Conductor Safety Process |
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AEIC Power Delivery Storm Team: Fifteen Best Practices |
2020
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Alabama Power Company: Cellular Router, Power Backup, and Per-Phase Outage Notification System |
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Florida Power & Light Company: Loading Monitor System for Aerial Buckets & Power Delivery Resource Optimization Center |
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CenterPoint Energy: Resiliency Model for Electromagnetic Pulse Mitigation |
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Southern California Edison’s: SCE’s Spare Tire Application, the centerpiece of SCE’s Comprehensive Situational Awareness for Transmission (CSAT) Initiative |
2021
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Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd): received an award for being the first utility to deploy an improved passive optical network. They also received a second award for the arc flash simulator developed by its safety, distribution engineering, and smart meter operations teams. |
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Con Edison, Inc.: was recognized for developing the Safety Leadership System (SLS), a dynamic platform designed to improve safety standards and reduce operating errors. |
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Duke Energy: was recognized for creating a concierge service team for its largest builders in the Charlotte, NC area. This was an improved customer service process that resulted in a more efficient experience for builders, developers, and the company. |
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Eversource: was recognized for developing a new tool, Archimedes (ARCHIE), to assist with the detection and analysis of power outages. The tool provides a top level look of electrical networks, making it easier to identify outages, access data from a variety of perspectives, and provide resourceful approaches to solutions. |
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Florida Power & Light Company (FPL): was recognized for creating iSwitch, an app that walks personnel through a step-by-step process and incorporates mandatory safety procedures and job reviews. Since its implementation, iSwitch has addressed safety concerns, reduced outages, and improved customer satisfaction. |
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New York Power Authority (NYPA): was recognized for developing a private Long Term Evolution (LTE) network as a step toward its goal of becoming the nation’s first end-to-end digital utility. This network leverages innovative wireless technology and provides a seamless path to next generation 5G for both its generation and transmission facilities. |
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PPL Electric Utilities (PPL EU): was recognized for developing a rigorous model for vegetation management using residual analysis and data from the utility’s feeders and grid. |
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Tampa Electric Company (TECO): was recognized for working with Emera Technologies to implement BlockEnergy, a rate-based alternative for distributed energy solutions. The program addresses the migration of customers toward behind-the-meter technologies to protect their critical loads. |
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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA): was recognized for developing and implementing a “safety blitz” process. The company’s health and services committee collaborated with generation sites to foster safer workplaces and encourage employees to focus on identifying hazards, reducing risks, and taking pride in safety. |
2022
| Con Edison, Inc.: was recognized for an initiative that improved power delivery through the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). The new smart meters provide more visibility into system conditions, so Con Edison can avoid service problems and respond more quickly to outages that do occur. Con Edison’s customers are able to get more information about their energy usage, allowing them to manage their consumption, save money, and reduce emissions. |
| Eversource: was recognized for its Cape Cod Energy Storage microgrid project. Eversource constructed a 24.9 MW / 38 MWh lithium-ion battery system as a backup power source for the Cape Cod region of Massachusetts. This ground-breaking project is expected to improve reliability for approximately 11,000 customers with automatic power restoration for customers in less than one minute. |
| Florida Power & Light Company (FPL): received two awards recognizing multiple innovative projects. The first award was for enhancements FPL made to its customer self-service platform, including navigation in Spanish. The second award was in recognition of a mobile application that enabled FPL to reduce OSHA-reportable injuries by 24%. |
| PPL Electric Utilities (PPL EU): received the President’s Award for innovations in wood pole inspection. Its novel resistance drill-based inspection method has improved detection of pole failures and decay, and reduced inspection cost and duration.PPL EU received a second award in recognition of its Distribution Protection Analysis Toolkit (DPAT). This tool was developed in partnership with the Electric Power Research Institute, and it allows PPL EU to automate the checking of protection settings as the grid is reconfigured. This eliminates the need for engineers or technicians to undertake the time-consuming process of checking protection settings manually and allows them to instead focus on continuous system improvements. |
| Southern California Edison (SCE): was recognized for the development of FORCE (Faulty Object Recognition through Computer Eyesight).FORCE is a tool designed to scan imagery, identify signs of equipment defects, and be reviewed by qualified electrical workers (QEW) for possible remediation, if necessary, by using aerial image capture. The FORCE program improves the quality of the inspection process by enhancing speed, accuracy, consistency, and time. |