Sixteen Top Innovators
Steve Mitnick is President of Lines Up, Inc., Editor-in-Chief of Public Utilities Fortnightly, author of “Lines Down: How We Pay, Use, Value Grid Electricity Amid the Storm.
Among the forty-six nominations from twenty-seven utilities and other organizations of a hundred and thirty-seven top innovators, we wanted to know, what makes someone a top innovator? Where did they come from in their organization? What caused them to dream up their innovation? And how do they plan to further build on this development?
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So we chose a sample of the forty-six nominations, seven in all, and asked these questions. Their interviews follow. The seven nominations herein came in from six different organizations. Four utilities — APS, PPL, PSEG, Southern Co., one vendor, and two from EPRI. And include sixteen top innovators.
What makes a top innovator tick? Read on.
Fortnightly Top Innovators 2019 articles:
- Fortnightly Top Innovators 2019
- Fortnightly Foremost Innovators 2019
- Profiles in Innovation
- PSEG's Emmanuel Ansah, Will Barnes, Lauren Biernacki, Julie Duncan, Lisa Garcia, Sal Orsino, and Jared Osorio
- PPL Electric Utilities' Patrick Barnett, Mychal Kistler, and Ihab Salet
- Southern Company's Clifton Black
- ABB's Luiz Cheim
- EPRI's Kirk Ellison and Jeffery Preece
- EPRI's Charles Vinsonhaler
- Arizona Public Service's Kim Wagie