An entrepreneur, engineer, and inventor, George Westinghouse competed against his contemporary, Thomas Edison, working to develop and market the use of alternating current for electric power distribution in the early 1880s. Years before that, Westinghouse was just like many of the men and women chronicled in PUF’s new book “Front Lines to Power Lines.” In fact, he was one of the first veterans in energy.

This panel looked toward the future of technology in the energy and utilities industry, bringing together three of our industries' top young minds being celebrated this year.

Leaders from regulatory, reliability, and engineering discuss the path to decarbonization and its calls for renewables and related transmission infrastructure.

Leaders at the DOE’s National Laboratories describe their latest technology projects.

This event focused on R&D in the corporate and government sectors, including national labs and universities.

The awards are especially meaningful given the mission of Keystone Policy Center to empower leaders to overcome national and local policy conflicts previously thought insurmountable.

“OPC will advocate for a market structure that promotes innovative decarbonizing technologies and ensures they are provided cost effectively.”

“The time has come for FERC to forcefully reiterate that investments in transmission infrastructure are a national priority.”

There are generators who want to get projects built, but they don’t know until very late in the process what it’s actually going to cost to upgrade the associated transmission system.