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Achievement Awards

The industry’s best work, recognized by its peers.

Each year AEIC's Achievement Awards honor member projects that move operational excellence forward. Submissions for 2026 are now closed, and we are grateful to every company that put its best work forward. The winners will be celebrated on stage at the 142nd Annual Meeting in Ojai this October, and we cannot wait to see them.

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The best work in the industry, on stage.

2025 recipients

The 2025 recipients.

Recognized for innovative, transformational solutions to the industry's hardest operational problems, with measurable results. Florida Power & Light received the President's Award, AEIC's highest honor. The full roster of recipients is in the official write-up.

Florida Power & Light
NextEra Energy's NERC Information Command Center (NICC)
President's Award · highest honor
Dominion Energy
Data Center Capacity Request Solution
Exelon
POSEIDON: Personalized & Optimized Storm ETR
Eversource Energy
Smart Detection, Safer Grid: AI-Powered HPFF Monitoring
Salt River Project
IBR Operational Readiness
Central Hudson Gas & Electric
Crew on Site Tagging for Safe, Automated Switching
Ameren Illinois
Driving Efficiency: Automating Fleet Invoice Processing with RPA
Arizona Public Service (APS)
Virtual Power Plant for Targeted Grid Support
Southern Company
Three innovations advancing forecasting and operations
Southern Company
Veriforce WorkerPass for contractor safety and qualification

Selected from more than fifty member submissions. The full write-up, published in Public Utilities Fortnightly, is available here.

The 2026 Achievement Awards

This year is closed. The celebration comes next.

Submissions closed July 17. Winners are notified in September and recognized on stage at the 142nd Annual Meeting in Ojai, October 20 to 22, across nine categories. Below is the work this year's cycle honored, and how it comes together.

Apr 1
Nominations open
Jul 17
Submission deadline
Sep 1
Winners notified
Oct 20–22
Presented at the Annual Meeting
Award categories
SafetyGeneration & StorageTransmission & DistributionCustomer ServiceDistributed Energy ResourcesElectrificationData AnalyticsWorkforce DevelopmentOther Corporate Initiatives

Who can nominate

AEIC Board members, member-company executives, and committee, subcommittee, or council chairs.

What to submit

A completed nomination form, a project summary of up to three pages, and a video of five minutes or less highlighting the impact. Up to five nominations per company.

How winners are chosen

Final selection is made by an Awards Review Committee drawn from the AEIC Board of Directors. Nominations must demonstrate measurable results or proven success.

Looking ahead: nominations for the 2027 Achievement Awards open next spring. Watch this page and your member communications for the call, and start thinking now about the work you will put forward.

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