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Fortnightly Magazine - May 2024

'Equity in Energy' Meets in KC

Utilities, Contractors, Subcontractors Team Up

Inspired by the keynote address’ title, this annual event adopted “Beyond Ordinary” as its theme. That when utilities, their contractors, and subcontractors are thinking about increasing the diversity of the workforce across the companies that help them engineer, construct, modernize, and maintain the nation’s energy infrastructure, that this thinking breaks out and goes beyond the tried and true.
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PUF

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Equity in Energy: Nicor Gas and Entergy

Unique conversations

“It’s about how to have an appreciation of those differences, encourage you to be uniquely you, who you are, and bring your best authentic self into the workplace.”
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Tremese Davis and Taiwan Brown

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Equity in Energy: APC Construction

Unique conversations

“It’s about recruiting and maintaining the right group of people, and I believe we’re the premier transformer contractor in the southeast U.S. Not because of me, but because of the men and women that comprise that group.”
Byline: 

Keith Porta

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Equity in Energy: Blaze Contracting

Unique conversations

“We joint ventured with a competitor to bid the project, because of the city’s requirements, the proposed accelerated schedule, and the city gave an equalization advantage for local businesses.”
Byline: 

Gayl Turk

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Equity in Energy: Trice Construction

Unique conversations

“We were the civil contractor on the rebuild of about 400 manholes in and around St. Louis as they were upgrading the infrastructure. We’ve also been doing other underground distribution work with Ameren Missouri running conduits.”
Byline: 

Stephanie Hickman

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Equity in Energy: EVS Engineering

Unique conversations

“We want to be known as the go-to engineering company. The Minnesota Vikings are the only ones we work for outside of the solar market. We see unique niche engineering specialties within what we do, like SCADA.”
Byline: 

Andy Kim

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Achieving the Long-Standing Promise of Battery Storage

Association of Edison Illuminating Companies

“To achieve integration and widespread adoption of BESS requires a collaborative and multi-pronged approach. In addition to technological innovation, there needs to be regulatory support, financial investment, and cultivation of a skilled workforce adept in managing these new systems.”
Byline: 

Elizabeth Cook

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