Nominate the most promising of the next generation of leaders in our business.
You all really got into my March 22nd column on the ten most influential in our business since 1990. I received a flood of e-mails from you.
You wanted to add this FERC chairman or that utility executive, this RTO founder or that thought leader. Or subtract someone that was on my initial list.
The column two days later summarized your comments. Did that put an end to the matter? No way. It only egged you on. Another flood of e-mails came in. There was even an organized write-in campaign, it was leaked to me, for a certain RTO founder.
Counting all the ballots, I shall put out a finalized list. CNN hasn't yet called a winner.
But let's make a new list, one that's as vital to our industry and country. Who's the most promising of the next generation of leaders in our business?
Send me your nominations. The utility regulators, managers, lawyers, economists, engineers, entrepreneurs, etc. who will have the greatest influence on the course of our industry over the next fifteen years, through the year 2030 and beyond. E-mail your nominations to me, at mitnick@fortnightly.com.
Some ground rules. Nominate men and women who have already demonstrated leadership potential suggesting they'll go far. And tell me a little about them. Many nominees, as emerging leaders, will be thus far unknown to readers of this column.
Try to stay within the age band of mid-thirties to early fifties. That leaves me out.
When I write a column fifteen years from now, about the most influential since 2016, some of these inspiring young leaders are going to make that list too.
Since 1929, Public Utilities Fortnightly has been a must read for each generation's leaders in utility regulation and policy.
Steve Mitnick, Editor-in-Chief, Public Utilities Fortnightly
E-mail me: mitnick@fortnightly.com
