The Faces of the Industry award
highlights the work of six people who have shown outstanding
achievement within the electricity sector.
OTTAWA,
ON, April 30, 2024 /CNW/ - SaskPower's
Manager of Stakeholder Relations Lara Ludwig has been selected to
receive one of Electricity Canada's first-ever Faces of the
Industry Award for her work leading public engagement on
Saskatchewan's power future.
The Faces of the Industry award highlights the work of six
people who have shown outstanding achievement within the
electricity sector. These individuals have demonstrated innovation
and leadership and come from every part of the industry including
executive leadership, communications, engineering, safety and
public engagement.
Lara brought employees from across SaskPower together to engage
with the public on Saskatchewan's
power future. The Future Supply Plan – 2030 and Beyond engagement
project launched in 2022 with Lara leading the effort to engage
with Saskatchewan residents. In
the first two stages, more than 15,000 people shared their values,
priorities and preferences through surveys, polls, education
events, online and workshops. During the third stage more
opportunities for engagement were added like a take-home workshop
kit, and in-person sessions in six Saskatchewan cities and over 25,000 residents
participated in total. Feedback gathered throughout the engagement
process will help inform SaskPower's Recommendations for our
Power Future scheduled for release this summer.
This level of public engagement has been unprecedented at
SaskPower. Lara championed the idea that an engaged, informed and
understanding public is vital to SaskPower's success as
Saskatchewan transitions to low-or
non-emitting forms of electricity. And Lara is continuing to do
this work, as she oversees engagement tied to small modular reactor
siting, which is another potentially critical piece of SaskPower's
future.
The Faces of the Industry awards were given out at a reception
in Ottawa yesterday evening. The
recipients will be featured in a social media campaign during
National Electricity Month in June.
QUOTES
"Saskatchewan is getting ready
for an electric future, and Lara
Ludwig has been essential to this. To get building we need
an informed public, who understand the challenges ahead—and the
ways those challenges can be solved. That takes a special kind of
insight, and even courage, to press ahead and engage in sometimes
tough conversations. But that's how you move the needle. That's how
you bring about the energy transition—through the leadership of
people like Lara. Electricity Canada is proud to have Lara Ludwig as one of the first recipients of
our Faces of the Industry award.
- Francis
Bradley, President and CEO, Electricity Canada
"Lara is a remarkable leader in this industry. While SaskPower
engages on all its major projects, future supply engagement is the
largest outreach project we have undertaken. In total, Lara and the
team have reached 60,000 Saskatchewan people and engaged them in
meaningful conversations about our shared power future."
- Rupen
Pandya, President and CEO, SaskPower
About Electricity
Canada:
Founded in 1891, Electricity Canada (formerly the Canadian
Electricity Association) is the national forum and voice of the
evolving and innovative electricity business in Canada. The Association supports, through its
advocacy efforts, the regional, national, and international success
of its members. Electricity Canada
members generate, transmit, and distribute electrical energy to
industrial, commercial, residential, and institutional customers
across Canada. Members include
integrated electric utilities, independent power producers,
transmission and distribution companies, power marketers, and
system operators, who together deliver electricity to all
Canadians, in every province and territory.
SOURCE Electricity Canada