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Partner with AEIC

Reach the people who run the grid.

AEIC convenes senior utility operations leaders and the practitioner communities that support them. Partnership here is educational, practitioner-focused, and non-commercial, built to deliver real value to members and to earn trust through credible contribution.

Our partnership posture

Earn trust before selling.

AEIC uses the word partner deliberately. Industry participation should be educational, practitioner-focused, and aligned to member value. The strongest partners bring data, lessons learned, benchmarks, technology insight, or implementation experience.

This is not a pay-to-pitch model. Direct product demonstrations and sales presentations are not appropriate unless AEIC explicitly scopes them as part of a program. Lead with what utility members can learn, and let relationship-building follow from credible contribution.

Two ways to engage

AEIC and the Center for Operational Excellence.

AEICThe 501(c)(6) member association: Annual Meeting, committees, subcommittees, and member programs.
The Ops CenterAEIC's affiliated 501(c)(3): workshops, Critical Issue Forums, working groups, and applied resources.
Either, or bothOpportunities may support association programming, Ops Center educational work, or both.
Reach the right people

Who you connect with.

AEIC convenes senior utility operations leaders and the practitioner communities that support them.

Executives

Senior operations leaders

Senior operational executives and business-unit leaders from member utilities, at the flagship Annual Meeting.

Practitioners

Committee communities

Practitioners across generation, power delivery, metering, customer service, workforce, safety, telecommunications, and analytics.

Ops Center

Operational problem-solvers

Participants focused on grid modernization, data-informed operations, forecasting, technology enablement, and cross-functional execution.

Partnership pathways

Four ways to engage, one ecosystem.

Begin with a defined engagement and build toward broader opportunities over time. This protects member trust and lets partners demonstrate fit through useful contribution.

Protecting member trust

How partner engagement works.

A few shared principles keep AEIC's member-led environment strong and help partner engagement strengthen the utility conversation.

Educational content first

The best partner moments give utilities something to put to work: best practices, lessons learned, data, technology insight, and real implementation experience. We keep the focus there rather than on direct sales.

Editorial review, together

We shape partner participation, speaking roles, materials, branding, and onsite presence together. AEIC carries the final editorial call on agenda placement, program language, and member-facing materials, which is what keeps the environment member-led.

Recognition, not endorsement

Partnership reflects a company's support for AEIC's mission. It is not an endorsement of any product, service, or purchasing decision.

Stage time follows the content

Speaking roles, panels, podcasts, and reports open up when they fit the package and bring something members can use. These spots are limited, so we match them to the content most valuable to utilities.

In good company

The founding circle.

The first organizations to back the AEIC Center for Operational Excellence. Their logos sit at the front of the room, in front of the most senior operators in the industry.

Quanta Services
Emerson
Stellar Energy
Siemens Energy

Founding Donors of the Center for Operational Excellence

U.S. Department of Energy

The Critical Issue Forums are developed with support from the U.S. Department of Energy, AEIC's public partner in the work.

Join the circle

Ready to discuss fit?

Tell us your target audience, the engagement pathway you have in mind, your timing, and the non-commercial value you can bring to AEIC members.

Start the conversation