Ted Craver, Phil Harris, Terry Boston, Pat Wood, The Governator, Nora Brownell, Gordon van Welie, etc.
Since January 1, 1990, 26 years ago, much has changed and much is changing. Who drove the changes? Who have been the 10 most influential leaders that shaped our world of utilities? On Tuesday, I asked who you would name? You flooded my inbox with nominations. First, to recap, here are 20 names I put out there:
- Environmentalist Amory Lovins
- Professors Bill Hogan and Alfred Kahn
- EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy
- Utility CEOs Jim Rogers, John Rowe and Tom Fanning
- EEI President Tom Kuhn
- POTUS Barack Obama
- Governors Pete Wilson, Jerry Brown and George Pataki
- Commission Chairs Dan Fessler, Peter Bradford and Audrey Zibelman
- FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff and Betsy Moler
- Enron CEO and COO Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling
- Entrepreneur Elon Musk
And here's an additional eight names most commonly nominated by you since Tuesday:
- Utility CEO Ted Craver
- RTO CEOs Phil Harris, Terry Boston and Gordon van Welie
- FERC Chair Pat Wood and Commissioner Nora Brownell
- Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Andrew Cuomo
That's just great. Now we're up to 28 names for the ten most influential. What do we do now? Who says the magazine for commentary, opinion and debate on utility regulation and policy since 1929, Public Utilities Fortnightly, cannot be fun sometimes? Steve Mitnick, Editor-in-Chief, Public Utilities FortnightlyE-mail me: mitnick@fortnightly.com
