Bright Moves

“Bright Moves thoughtfully describes innovation strategies for today’s environment, mapping key contributors to the energy innovation ecosystem, notably the U.S. government’s support through the National Laboratories and its various innovation funding initiatives.”

—Paul Dabbar, former Under Secretary for Science, DOE

“Innovation comes in many forms and from many directions: new ways to make, store, transmit, and use energy and use or dispose of waste and waste heat. Tom has real-life involvement in doing it all! A tour de force from a true insider.”

—Lane Genatowski, former Director, ARPA-E

“As more companies and countries work to meet clean energy targets, innovation will be key to a reliable, affordable, resilient, and equitable clean energy future. Bright Moves is an insightful and essential read for anyone involved in the clean energy transition.”

—Arshad Mansoor, President and CEO, EPRI

“The future success of the electricity and gas sectors is tied to how innovation enhances the benefits each utility provides to its customers. Bright Moves reinforces this message and charts a course that utilities can follow to take advantage of the cleantech transition.”

—Hans Kobler, Founder and Managing Partner, Energy Impact Partners

“Bright Moves provides an insider’s view of how to be successful at innovation. Utilities can follow this road map and feel confident they are on the right path to the future and avoid missteps that can disrupt progress.”

—Kevin Fitzgerald, Partner and Chief Utility Officer, Energy Impact Partners

“Once again, Tom lets readers tap into his incredible network of energy thought leaders to see that Thomas Edison’s spirit of innovation is alive and well.”

—Tom Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute

“Tom has assembled decades of strategic advice and insight on innovation and our clean energy transition into a single, highly readable volume, which will become required reading for executives, investors, and policymakers in our sector.”

—Richard McMahon, Senior Vice President of Energy Supply and Finance, Edison Electric Institute

“Bright Moves delivers a strategy primer on why utilities are at an inflection point between 120 years of operational excellence and a digital age promising better, faster, cheaper innovation. Tom takes us from the operating floor to the C-suite to share innovation best practices to create value through commercialization.”

—Bob Irvin, Executive Director, Joules

“The electric and gas utility industries have innovated for years to meet rising customer needs and expectations. As Bright Moves describes, innovation will play an even greater role as the industry continues to execute its robust clean energy transition plans reliably and affordably.”

—Warner Baxter, Executive Chairman, Ameren

“Bright Moves chronicles how the utility industry has effectively managed change and brought benefits to customers through innovative projects in generation, the grid, and customer experience. We will continue to make advances in innovation by encouraging customer engagement in driving decarbonization and battling climate change.”

—Mark Fronmuller, Senior Vice President of Strategy, Sustainability, Innovation, and Risk Management, Ameren

“Bright Moves artfully captures the innovation journey the utilities industry has traveled, the challenges and accomplishments along the way, and the vital role innovation plays in charting our transition to clean energy.”

—Scott Morris, Chairman of the Board, Avista

“A deep dive into the utility industry’s history of innovation is long overdue. You don’t have to be an industry insider to find Bright Moves a compelling read. Innovation is the lifeblood of our industry, and Tom captures both its importance and its value to our companies, our customers, and the future of the energy industry.”

—Dennis Vermillion, President and CEO, Avista

“Bright Moves provides an in-depth look at how U.S. utilities are leveraging our innovation capacity to both strengthen our core business and position our companies as vital partners in achieving the cleantech transition.”

—Lynn Good, Chair, President, and CEO, Duke Energy

“Innovation in the utility industry has been taken for granted for some time. Tom’s book highlights the work the industry is doing in this area in a very meaningful way.”

—Brian Savoy, Executive Vice President and CFO, Duke Energy

“With over four decades of experience, Tom has helped many companies find and pursue key opportunities to innovate, shorten the learning curve, and challenge us to be better at what we do, which is deliver for our customers a clean, affordable, resilient, and more equitable energy future.”

—Steve Woerner, President, New England, National Grid

“Innovation in the energy sector has traditionally been slower than in other sectors. We need to marshal forces in almost a moonshot-like fervor to create the innovation that will be required for an efficient transition to a clean energy future. Brought together by our common goal to provide clean, safe, reliable, and affordable energy, Tom and I have worked for decades to discover innovative energy solutions for customers.”

—Tom Fanning, Chairman and CEO, Southern Company

“Innovation across the entire enterprise is now a required element of strategy for electric and gas utilities. Fail to recognize and master this, and you may find your company in the rearview mirror of your peers and competitors. Bright Moves provides an opportunity to see how several leading utilities have made innovation a core part of their corporate strategy. Tom’s experience in advising and helping these companies shape and stand up these efforts offers a worthwhile time investment for anyone desiring to improve their innovation game.”

—Mark Lantrip, former President, Southern Company Services

“As you turn the pages, you will begin to see innovation in a new light. This book is chock-full of real-world examples that will broaden your view of how innovation and progress go hand in hand. Some see innovation as the province of the high-tech world. Bright Moves shatters that myth and illustrates that innovation is at the core of how utilities think about our business.”

—Gale Klappa, Executive Chairman, WEC Energy

“Tom has established himself over decades as one of the most respected—and results-oriented—strategic consultants in the utilities industry. Utilities constantly innovate without much notice. This book provides the history of some of the leading innovators, with insights on the most recent success stories.”

—Dan Krueger, Executive Vice President of Infrastructure and Generation Planning, WEC Energy

“Is there anyone in the utilities industry who has accelerated the innovation movement as much as the author of this book? Though there are several other laudable innovation leaders, I think not.”

—Steve Mitnick, Executive Editor, Public Utilities Fortnightly

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