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Nominate Your Smartest Utility Projects

Nominate your smartest utility projects. These are your most transformative electrification and digitization initiatives that are creating the smartest communities of the future.

We called this the Fortnightly Smartest Communities last year. Austin, Columbus, San Antonio, Spokane and suburban Birmingham distinguished themselves as did their utilities, City of Austin Utilities, American Electric Power, CPS Energy, Avista Utilities and Southern Company.

Wisconsin PSC: Kathy Butzlaff and Alex Hanna

Water Division

“Conventional rate cases, but not simplified rate cases, require public hearings. We hold them at our office and utilities and customers can participate remotely over the telephone.”

Byline:

Kathy Butzlaff and Alex Hanna

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Wisconsin PSC: Jaron McCallum, Alyssa Kenney, Colter Sikora

Broadband

“The biggest grant program is the broadband expansion grants, and the Commission just approved $24 million dollars in grants for FY2020.”

Byline:

Jaron McCallum, Alyssa Kenney, Colter Sikora

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Wisconsin PSC: Martin Day, Kristy Nieto, Denise Schmidt, Eric Esser

Division Administrators

“Everybody’s learning new ways to navigate our online meetings and teleconference calls and figure out how to efficiently move dockets along.”

Byline:

Martin Day, Kristy Nieto, Denise Schmidt, Eric Esser

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Wisconsin PSC: Tyler Huebner

Commissioner

“We need to make sure we continue to have reliable, affordable, and safe utility service, and that we protect our utilities so they can make it through this crisis.”

Byline:

Tyler Huebner

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