Utility Ad Awards Contest winners 2020
This is the logo for the 2020 E Source Utility Ad Awards Contest


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An independent group of judges selected the winners based on message, creativity, results, call to action or brand connection, and overall impression. Judges included A.J. Schmitz, Progressive Marketing Group Inc.; Kailie Hartman, Executive Events; Lindsay Sutula, Sutula Marketing; Lucia Riley, SAS Institute; Michelle Goldberg, Chapel of the Flowers; and Mike Swainey, Intelligent Demand. We honored the winners during the online event The winners of the 2020 E Source Utility Ad Awards Contest.

Brand

Energy-efficiency and demand-response programs

Safety and emergency or outage communications

Self-service

Solar, storage, electric vehicles, and electrification

Home energy management and smart home

Crowd-pleaser

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Brand

First place: LG&E and KU

Second place: CenterPoint Energy


Energy-efficiency and demand-response programs

First place: BGE

Second place: Sacramento Municipal Utility District


Safety and emergency or outage communications

First place: WPPI Energy

View the entire book If I Were a Lineworker.

Cover of WPPI Energy's childrens book, titled If I Were a Lineworker

Second place: Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Utilities

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Self-service

First place: Enbridge Gas

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Second place: Puget Sound Energy


Solar, storage, electric vehicles, and electrification

First place: Southern California Gas Co.

Second place: Tennessee Valley Authority

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Home energy management and smart home

First place: Pepco Holdings Inc.

Images of Pepco's ad campaign, showing various pieces of marketing collateral.

Images of Pepco's social media posts on a smartphone.

Second place: Ameren Illinois

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Crowd-pleaser

Alabama Power

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