Other awards and recognition


Site Selection Magazine Top Utility in Economic Development 202420232022

Annual list recognizes companies for contributions to local community development and job creation. 

TIME America's Best Midsize Companies 2024

TIME Magazine presented this prestigious award in partnership with Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider, based on employee satisfaction, revenue growth and sustainability transparency. 

VETS Indexes 3-Star Employer 20242023

Award recognizes an organization’s commitment to recruiting, hiring, retaining, developing and supporting veterans and the military-connected community.

Newsweek America’s Most Trustworthy Companies List 202420232022

America's Most Trusted Companies are identified in an independent survey based on a vast sample of U.S. residents who rated companies they know on three touchpoints: Customer trust, investor trust and employee trust.

Business Facilities Magazine Top Utility 2025202420232022

Each year, Business Facilities Magazine salutes the top utilities across the country, recognizing excellence among electric and gas utilities with respect to projects, programs and service initiatives.

Newsweek America's Greatest Workplaces 2024

Newsweek's list of America's Greatest Workplaces identifies leading workplaces based on employee interviews and surveys covering topics like compensation and benefits, training and career progression, work-life balance and company culture. Rankings also considered each company's online mentions, diversity and inclusion ratings and reviews of senior management.

Newsweek America’s Most Responsible Companies List 20232022

The America’s Most Responsible Companies list is based on publicly available key performance indicators from corporate social responsibility reports, sustainability reports and corporate citizenship reports as well as an independent survey of U.S. citizens.

Forbes America’s Best Mid-Size Employers 20232022

Evaluations for this award are based on direct and indirect recommendations from employees, who were asked to rate how likely they would be to recommend their employers. Consumer data company, Statista also asked employees to rate their employers based on factors like working conditions, compensation and development opportunities.

Newsweek World’s Most Trustworthy Companies List 2023 

Evaluations for this award are based on survey results of different companies worldwide. Participants rated companies in terms of three touchpoints: Customer trust, investor trust and employee trust.  

TreeLine USA award from the Arbor Day Foundation since 2007

The TreeLine USA® program recognizes best practices in public and private utility arboriculture, demonstrating how trees and utilities can coexist for the benefit of communities and citizens.

Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) Chairman’s Award for Workforce Development Leadership 2022

CEWD’s highest honor recognizes a company for excellence in general workforce development leadership. Those honored have demonstrated 1) excellence in promotion of 21st century careers in energy, 2) achievements toward diversity, equity and inclusion goals, 3) innovation in approaches to training and upskilling and 4) enhancements to office culture and operations to attract and retain a skilled, diverse workforce.

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