Sixty-Seven Public Power Systems Earn Excellence in Public Power Communications Awards

Sixty-seven public power electric utilities and utility organizations earned Excellence in Public Power Communications Awards from the American Public Power Association. The awards were presented this week at APPA’s Customer Connections Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

The annual awards recognize excellence in communications. The entries are judged in three categories: Print & Digital, Web & Social Media, and Video. Awards were given to those that showed ingenuity and creativity in telling their stories through outstanding copy, design, financial data presentation, graphics, social media engagement, video editing, and web layout and interactivity.

This year’s awards were judged by Jakub Konysz, Founder and CEO, Global Navigators; Steven M. Mandurano, Principal: Marketing, Membership & Communications, Association CMO LLC; and Lidia Varesco Racoma, Brand Strategist & Marketing Designer, Lidia Varesco Design.

The winners are:

Class A: Gross revenues of $400 million or more

Print/Digital

• Award of Excellence – Chelan County PUD
• Award of Excellence – ElectriCities of North Carolina
• Award of Excellence – Indiana Municipal Power Agency
• Award of Excellence – Long Island Power Authority
• Award of Excellence – Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
• Award of Excellence – New York Power Authority
• Award of Merit – Huntsville Utilities
• Award of Merit – Knoxville Utilities Board
• Award of Merit – Sacramento Municipal Utility District
• Award of Merit – Tacoma Public Utilities’ Power Division
• Award of Merit – WPPI Energy

Video

• Award of Excellence – Energy Northwest
• Award of Excellence – Long Island Power Authority
• Award of Excellence – Nashville Electric Service
• Award of Excellence – Sacramento Municipal Utility District
• Award of Excellence – Salt River Project
• Award of Merit – Anaheim Public Utilities
• Award of Merit – Chelan County PUD
• Award of Merit – JEA
• Award of Merit – Tennessee Valley Authority

Web/Social Media

• Award of Excellence – American Municipal Power, Inc.
• Award of Excellence – Austin Energy
• Award of Excellence – Huntsville Utilities
• Award of Excellence – Riverside Public Utilities
• Award of Excellence – Sacramento Municipal Utility District
• Award of Excellence – Salt River Project
• Award of Merit – Tennessee Valley Authority
• Award of Merit – Turlock Irrigation District

Class B: Gross revenues of $200 million-$399,999,999

 Print/Digital

• Award of Excellence – Lakeland Electric
• Award of Excellence – Missouri River Energy Services
• Award of Excellence – Platte River Power Authority
• Award of Excellence – San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
• Award of Merit – Guam Power Authority
• Award of Merit – Lansing Board of Water and Light

Video

• Award of Excellence – Eugene Water and Electric Board
• Award of Excellence – Grant County PUD
• Award of Merit – Alabama Municipal Electric Authority
• Award of Merit – Denton Municipal Electric
• Award of Merit – Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority

Web/Social Media

• Award of Excellence – Eugene Water and Electric Board
• Award of Excellence – Kansas City Board of Public Utilities
• Award of Excellence – Silicon Valley Clean Energy, Sunnyvale
• Award of Excellence – Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority
• Award of Merit – Alabama Municipal Electric Authority
• Award of Merit – CDE Lightband
• Award of Merit – Guam Power Authority
• Award of Merit – Kissimmee Utility Authority
• Award of Merit – San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Class C: Gross revenues of $75 million-$199,999,999

Print/Digital

• Award of Excellence – Morristown Utilities
• Award of Excellence – Muscatine Power and Water
• Award of Excellence – Riviera Utilities
• Award of Excellence – Rochester Public Utilities
• Award of Merit – Greenville Utilities Commission
• Award of Merit – Holland Board of Public Works

Video

• Award of Excellence – Franklin Public Utility District

• Award of Merit – GEUS
• Award of Merit – Muscatine Power and Water
• Award of Merit – New Smyrna Beach Utilities
• Award of Merit – Westfield Gas and Electric

Web/Social Media

• Award of Excellence – Franklin Public Utility District
• Award of Excellence – Mason PUD 3
• Award of Excellence – Muscatine Power and Water
• Award of Excellence – Riviera Utilities
• Award of Excellence – Westfield Gas and Electric
• Award of Merit – Braintree Electric Light Department
• Award of Merit – Morristown Utilities
• Award of Merit – New Braunfels Utilities

Class D: Gross revenues of less than $75 million

Print/Digital

• Award of Excellence – Conway Corporation
• Award of Excellence – Heartland Energy
• Award of Excellence – Northwest Public Power Association
• Award of Merit – Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments
• Award of Merit – Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association
• Award of Merit – Nebraska Rural Electric Association
• Award of Merit – Sioux Center Municipal Utilities

Video

• Award of Excellence – Heartland Energy
• Award of Excellence – Kerrville Public Utility Board
• Award of Excellence – Sun Prairie Utilities
• Award of Merit – City of Milford

Web/Social Media

• Award of Excellence – Crawfordsville Electric Light and Power.
• Award of Excellence – City of Lompoc
• Award of Merit – City of Banning Electric Utility
• Award of Merit – Conway Corporation
• Award of Merit – Elk River Municipal Utilities
• Award of Merit – Florida Municipal Electric Association
• Award of Merit – Heartland Energy
• Award of Merit – Kerrville Public Utility Board
• Award of Merit – Moreno Valley Utility
• Award of Merit – SMTX Utilities

Pictured: FMEA Director of Public Affairs & Strategic Communications Nicole Albers (left) receiving the APPA Excellence in Public Power Communications Award of Merit from Huntsville Utilities Director of External Relations and Vice Chair, Customer Connections Section Joe Gehrdes (right).