2021 Industry Excellence Awards Winners List
Chairman's Award
Past IE Award Winners
This special award, designated by the conference chairman, honors the one project that is deemed most outstanding of all category winners - the “Best of the Best.” This year’s winner is...

SAFETY CATEGORY

PPL ELECTRIC UTILITIES  
How PPL EU is Increasing Safety Odds  
PPL Distribution Protection, PPL Distribution Automation, Jean Blanc, Thien Hoang,
Mychal Kistler, David Gladey
Chris Menges, Bashar Jarrah, Steven Selkregg, John Bannon

Distribution Category

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT
Hard Rock Stadium
Dmitri Curbelo, Benny Naranjo

Environmental Category

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT
FPL's Cocoa Beach to Patrick 138kV: Rising from the Depths of the Banana River
Elizabeth Lukosiunas, Benny Luedike
Franck LeBlanc, Jeffrey Liles Eddie Freay

Substation Category

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT
Malabar – Midway 3000A Upgrade – Less is More, Reliably
Stephen Harty, Michael Campbell, Chad Whitworth, William Pflug
Deyvis Martinez, Lina Saldarriaga, Jose Gil, Richard Laskey
John Linn, Joe McGlashan

Transmission-Line Category

ENTERGY
Entergy Hurricane Laura Restoration
Jim Schott, Michelle Bourg, Dale Oliver, Charles Long, Chris Burke

Real Estate & Right-of-Way Category

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT
Service Center Hardening Program
Adam Meranda, Kevin Milford, Ray Perez, Jon Rosenthal

Supply Chain Management Category

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT
Automated Bidding Process
Sanu Nair, Jose Oyon, Jonathan Cummins

Customer Service & Billing Category

FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT
Inspection Portal Story
Steven Benyard, Roger Mendoza, Karina Garcia, Alicia Klein
Satheesh Chinnaiyan, Rupa Saripulli, Rae Shaheen
Tracie Bagans, Wheatley Stefan

Training Category

DUKE ENERGY
Standardized Distribution Line Curriculum (SDLC)
Scott Hobson, Janna Stokes, Elizabeth Seward, Maria Killian
Lloyd Bowden, JoAnne Brown, Abbey Kimrey
Tuwana Bias, Steve Godt, Shalon Hawkins Sharpe

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