Carrie is responsible for identifying, assessing and mitigating credit risks related to power procurement activities, including proposing and negotiating credit and collateral provisions. She’s a subject matter expert with interconnection customers to fulfill their collateral requirements and supports Provider of Last Resort proceedings and energy-efficiency contracts. In addition, she’s the subject matter expert for 15-plus systems and tools within her functional area, contributing significantly to ensuring data integrity and minimizing SCE’s exposure to significant credit risk.

She has demonstrated a commitment to improving how we work and serve through various process improvement initiatives. She took the lead in the Credit Reserve tool redesign, which is a component of Fair Market Value reported on the balance sheet that incorporates non-performance risk. She reviewed existing process inputs, calculations and downstream usage, obtained methodology alignment from accounting teams, performed 2023 year-end balance sheet and disclosure impact analysis and implemented the new automated tool with improved logic, consistency checks, version control and process documentation. By streamlining processes and implementing automation, she achieved remarkable efficiencies, such as reducing processing time from 45 minutes by two full-time equivalents (FTE) to just 10 minutes by one FTE monthly, resulting in ~9 times processing time savings

Carrie consistently demonstrates an impeccable work ethic and serves as a role model for Edison values. She fosters an inclusive environment by involving others and welcoming their input when developing process improvements and building synergies across teams. She is a trusted resource for colleagues and executives, exemplifying the values of Edison’s vision. She prioritizes the well-being of her colleagues and encourages creative expression in strategy, idea generation and implementation. She also provides honest feedback and constructive coaching to other employees. Her consistent recognition of others’ contributions and willingness to give credit where it’s due, whether in meetings, projects or daily interactions, reflects her generosity with time and attentiveness to others’ inquiries. Carrie’s dedication strengthens team morale through mutual support, and she consistently seeks the betterment of the group.

Violet is a data analytics and business operations manager in the Environmental department and leads two teams. One team is responsible for digital tool development and data analytics to track and report environmental compliance performance to both department stakeholders and OU operations. The second team is responsible for department business processes including budget, regulatory permit tracking, purchase orders and rate case development. Last October, Violet agreed to lead these two teams as an opportunity to reduce O&M cost pressures by consolidating two leader positions, and she continues to do so today.

She has progressed steadily since joining SCE as an intern 12 years ago, taking on more leadership and responsibility. She understands the work of her team firsthand and helps them solve problems and find improvement opportunities. She implemented several process improvements with the team to reduce administrative burdens and focus on higher-value tasks. She also redesigned the department’s SharePoint site, which received praise from stakeholders. She demonstrated courage and confidence by being the first leader to voice her support for significant changes in the department during a Change Management for Leaders workshop. She also assumed a leadership role in the reorganization and led the development of new high-level department processes. She applied her SOX experience to the Environmental Management System and led a cross-functional compliance team to create a comprehensive environmental screening process to review work activities.

Violet is a role model for SCE’s values, which are rooted in putting people first, especially their safety and well-being. She strives to understand how things work from end to end and to innovate and improve continuously while being inclusive and open to others’ ideas. She showed her commitment to safety when she learned about a contractor safety incident that took place at a substation. She took ownership and led the team in understanding the cause of the incident, ensuring it was thoroughly evaluated with all key stakeholders. She also stopped all similar work at substations and shared the lessons learned with contractors performing similar work. She displayed integrity when she initially declined the offer of a manager position, which she now holds, because she felt accountable for finishing the cause evaluation for the substation safety incident and wanted to ensure it was completed before moving to another role. Her colleagues encouraged her to reconsider and reminded her that her integrity and ownership were the qualities of a leader.

Leyla delivers unparalleled customer service as an energy advisor at the Customer Contact Center. She assists customers with various inquiries, from installment plans and account transitions to billing and rate options. She also guides customers through self-service channels and informs them about SCE programs. Her expertise ensures that every customer interaction is informative, efficient and tailored to meet their individual needs. 

She is well regarded for her patience, understanding and ability to address customer issues, as well as her adherence to quality and efficiency standards in customer service. Her dedication has been acknowledged through repeated invitations to the Customer Hero Award ceremony and her collection of seven 2024 Customer Hero Awards. She is consistently one of the Contact Center’s top performers across all metrics used to gauge a good customer experience. Her excellent record of compliance shows that her customers stay safe and informed, which highlights her as a standout employee who boosts productivity, ensures consistent customer support and exemplifies process adherence. Leyla serves as a powerful voice and advocate for our customers, promptly communicating their feedback to ensure that our internal teams can explore necessary enhancements.

Leyla is a valued member of our team who embodies the company’s core values, especially in her dedication to high-quality work. Her ability to connect with customers has helped us achieve our performance objectives, which is reflected in our improved customer surveys. Leyla’s positive attitude is a key factor in creating an encouraging work environment, which supports our focus on customer satisfaction and superior service. She demonstrates her commitment to the company values by providing clear instructions during electrical emergencies, proactively engaging with internal and external entities, presenting to the Edison board, personalizing interactions, making recommendations for both enhancements and text alerts, and assisting her colleagues.

Matt provides automation solutions across IT Digital Grid Services. He is responsible for developing automated solutions that lead to cost efficiencies and reliability gains. This is particularly unique and difficult since our organization supports mission-critical systems directly related to the operability of the electric grid. This entails integrating multiple complex systems that span multiple departments and disciplines while considering NERC-CIP compliance and cybersecurity impacts. His mastery of many of these systems enables him to successfully implement products that surge productivity, empower organizational synergies, drive cost efficiencies and increase safety.

He is an internal and external expert in data, network and automation technologies. Within the past two years, he reinvented his career and obtained a next-generation digital skill set to help position SCE as a company of innovators. He has completed complex and innovative projects that resulted in significant cost savings and productivity gains. He integrated data sources, applications and data center infrastructure to automatically configure remote devices with his Network Configuration and Service Automation project. This gained significant engineering and operations efficiencies to the tune of net annual savings of $1.8 million. In addition, this breakthrough in technology was recognized as an innovation in the industry and won a UTC Apex award. He presented this solution at multiple national and international forums.

Matt uses our values as a compass and a living testament that, if applied, will have continued success in delivering lasting value to the organization. He has leveraged his digital skill sets and vision to influence teams to adopt cutting-edge technologies. He has also created a psychologically safe and collaborative work environment where he listens, engages and follows up with others. He practices extreme thoughtfulness and care when making important business decisions and acknowledges his mistakes. He sets high expectations and produces results while being a servant technical leader who invests in himself and others. He exhibits an advanced degree of ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness, often creating solutions not done within the telecommunications field.

Jesus “Chuy” is a transmission journeyman lineman in the Metro West Transmission group. He installs, removes, maintains and repairs overhead and underground transmission, distribution and communication systems. He also trains and mentors new groundmen and apprentices and supports engineering projects and emergency work.

He is a hardworking and reliable lineman who takes pride in his craft and his team. He ensures every new transmission groundmen who finishes Chino training spends a week with him in the yard to evaluate their work. If he feels like they are not ready to go with a crew, he will keep them in the yard until the team agrees they are ready for the field. He is always ready to take on any task, no matter how big or small, and he leads by example in the field. He has been instrumental in helping Metro West Transmission bring back more work from contractors and handle complex combo pole work in congested areas. He has also been involved in testing new high-tension/low-sag ACCC conductor with Engineering, providing valuable field insight and feedback.

Chuy is passionate about safety and continuous improvement, and he shares his knowledge and experience with others through his monthly “Chuy's Corner” segment, where he makes safety training fun and engaging. He is honest and transparent, and he always has a plan and a suggestion for improvement. He is respectful and humble, and he treats everyone with dignity and kindness. He strives for excellence in everything he does, and he is always learning and researching new tools, equipment and processes. He is a team player who collaborates with multiple groups and supports emergency work whenever needed.

Angie is a senior legal administrative assistant in the Law department supporting several litigation attorneys. She manages all court filings for the attorneys she supports, ensuring the work product is error-proof, properly formatted, well-drafted and filed on time according to strict court-ordered deadlines. She manages many complex calendars of mandatory deadlines across a portfolio of more than 50 litigation matters. She drafts and reviews court filings and letters to opposing counsel, schedules depositions, assists attorneys in preparing for witness interviews and communicates frequently with opposing counsel and court staff. She also manages exception time reporting, expense reporting, document retention and other administrative tasks for the attorneys she supports.

She has never missed a deadline or made an error in a court filing in her eight years of service. She proactively looks ahead and manages a million tasks at once, making sure all the balls stay in the air. She goes well beyond what is asked of her and creates solutions for problems and gaps. She suggested creating a weekly report of upcoming court deadlines and filings, which has helped the attorneys plan their workflow better. She has worked late to meet strict court-ordered deadlines and has taken on more work from other administrative teams when needed. She communicates with professionalism and exceptional judgment, even in high-stakes, stressful situations. She pays attention to details and produces an impeccable work product. She is constantly learning new skills and has trained with paralegals to support eminent-domain case filings and regulatory filings, which allows the department to save money and create efficiencies. She is a kind, warm and honest person who does her job with joy and pride.

Angelica lives the values by ensuring her psychological safety and those of others by being an effective communicator and checking in with herself and others. She is honest and fair and always does right for the company and others. She maintains an extremely high level of performance and excellence in everything she works on. She is respectful and always assumes the best intentions even in the most trying situations. She is dedicated to continuous improvement and takes on new challenges and responsibilities to expand her skills. She is a team player and willingly supports others with their work, pitching in anytime an extra set of hands is needed. She also supports the overall morale of the department by working on the monthly DEI newsletter and organizing development workshops. She generously shares her knowledge and time and builds up everyone around her.

Sam leads 11 regional security managers who respond to and investigate allegations of criminal misconduct by internal and external parties; remove encampments from Edison property; investigate assault/threats by customers against SCE workers; assist employees with property access challenges; conduct risk and vulnerability assessments; submit physical security recommendations to mitigate security gaps; and provide safety presentations to various OUs. He is also responsible for quarterly cross-OU tabletop exercises, Red Team drills and the development of our workplace violence training and programs.

He demonstrated outstanding performance in reducing the risks to our field employees and increasing the readiness of the company to respond to workplace violence or other security incidents. He developed a program to reduce threats and assaults related to property access by providing tailored training and awareness to T&D employees, resulting in an 80% risk reduction in 2023. He also developed and implemented a mobile patrol program to combat the rise in break-ins and thefts due to the high price of metals, deploying security officers and mobile surveillance units to deter and respond to incidents. Sam’s exceptional problem-solving, communication, planning and coordination abilities have led to significant improvements in security.

Sam is a role model for the entire department, always demonstrating Edison’s values. He consistently leads the way for safety and provides a model example of leading with integrity. Sam prioritizes teamwork across his team of investigators, ensuring their individual experiences across multiple local, state and federal agencies are shared across the team. He has built a network of teams because of the quarterly tabletop exercises he conducts with various OUs, local fire and police and state and federal agencies. He consistently develops his team to ensure an effective and positive work environment where they feel respected and appreciated as individuals and for their work. He has also improved operations, focusing on ways to be more efficient, developing standards and metrics that enable him to be more effective in the safe deployment of security resources in the field.

Ted is principal manager of Public Safety, Loss Control & Wildfire Risk and leads an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) team of senior advisors comprised of operational experts and engineers. They are tasked with evaluating risks related to wildfires and public safety and implementing mitigation strategies to prevent incidents. Additionally, the team oversees loss control and benchmarking and field assessments to pinpoint enhancements that minimize the likelihood of property damage or public injury. Ted is responsible for ensuring his team is engaged with various OUs to provide risk-based guidance, oversight and support as critical decisions are being made about the direction and scope of work.

He has demonstrated exemplary performance in addressing the most complex problems facing the company. He has significant credibility with Edison’s senior-most officers and the EMC. He has also built a new loss-control function within Public Safety. This function relies on ERM’s engineer risk managers to assess facilities for improvements which, in turn, will reduce incidents of property damage and personal injury to the public. He is innovative and proactive in finding and sharing solutions, such as creating detailed summaries and video diaries of circuit segments that should be exempt from PSPS due to low risk. He has also led the effort in calculating the risk reduction achieved through the wildfire mitigation initiatives, resulting in the company’s public announcement that wildfire risk has been reduced by over 85% from pre-2018 levels. Ted is a selfless mentor to his employees, working directly with them to achieve the best outcomes.

Ted lives by each of Edison’s values and has a strong drive to do the right thing. He is a leader in safety, ensuring that his team and others follow the safety protocols and are equipped with the appropriate PPE. He is known for his integrity, speaking the truth and taking accountability for his actions. He strives for excellence, ensuring that his work product is fully vetted and reflects the best analysis of his team. He respects others, listening to their concerns, assuming good intentions and explaining the company’s goals and objectives in a way that aligns everyone. He embraces continuous improvement, learning new topics, finding better ways to do business and challenging his team to think critically. He exemplifies teamwork, collaborating with cross-functional teams, leveraging his professional relationships and bringing together diverse perspectives to solve problems.

Aquanetta is a regulatory case manager for our 2025 General Rate Case, which represents about 50% of the company’s revenues annually. Aquanetta’s responsibilities include leading cross-functional teams through the development and litigation of the GRC proceeding for complex areas such as Results of Operations, interfacing with external stakeholders and preparing witnesses to testify in evidentiary hearings. Her work is critical to securing adequate funding for SCE in the 2025-2028 timeframe to maintain a safe, reliable, affordable and ready grid.

She mastered SCE’s GRC basics and led complex ratemaking areas with veteran skill, all while handling her previous duties. She engages, learns, leads and motivates others, playing a crucial role in regulatory matters and raising the work quality within Regulatory Affairs. Her efforts have not only supported her teammates but have contributed to SCE’s ability to maintain positive working relationships with GRC intervenors by improving our ability to respond quickly and comprehensively to their voluminous data requests. As a result, on average, SCE has maintained an average response time under about nine days for over 12,000 data requests, an unprecedented volume greater than any of SCE’s prior GRCs. As a mentor, she imparts GRC knowledge and skills to colleagues, providing unsolicited training to enhance their capabilities. Her positivity and persistence foster strong collaborations that increase productivity and the standard of GRC contributions, steering the company through significant regulatory components of SCE’s rate case.

Aquanetta is an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual who takes it upon herself to create new opportunities, welcomes challenges and genuinely cares about helping those around her. She proudly embodies SCE’s values, not only in how she chooses to hold herself accountable, but in her approach to our work and her interactions with colleagues. Seeing the positive impact Aquanetta has on the team’s culture and growth has been humbling to witness. She prioritizes health and safety, ensures mental well-being and mitigates stress within the team. She has enhanced her skill set through various regulatory projects and consistently achieves commendable outcomes by establishing strong teamwork. She sets an example by swiftly completing tasks, assisting colleagues, taking on extra work and exuding positivity.

Diana is a senior manager in HR Talent Management. She and her team are responsible for the Talent Planning program, the Performance Development Process (PDPs) and promoting the development of leaders and other employees. The team contributes to educating and preparing OU leaders on how to support their employees/teams to enhance their performance and growth. They establish succession planning practices, talent management, development programs and effective performance cycles to unleash the full potential of leaders and other employees.

She is a high-performing leader who built a new team from scratch to successfully implement and execute significant changes to the Talent Planning and PDP processes. She is a role model who performs at high levels even when under pressure to meet difficult deliverables and deadlines. She is a subject matter expert in her field who strives for excellence in her work and her team’s work, proactively handles complex problems and obtains win-win outcomes. She has established a positive and open environment where her team can provide input on creative ideas for continuous improvement without feeling judged. She develops strong partnerships with OUs and stakeholders to support collaboration that has added significant value.

Diana embodies Edison’s values and guiding behaviors in her leadership and interactions. She has created a psychologically safe environment where each team member is heard and valued. She always shows empathy and adaptability to her teams’ needs in both work and life situations. She empowers her team to take ownership of their work and demonstrate initiative. With the support, feedback and recognition she provides, her team works hard and exceeds expectations. Diana handles challenging situations by staying calm, cool and respectful. She is aware of how her words and actions can impact others and adjusts her communication style and actions to fit the situation. She is dedicated to fulfilling her commitments. She takes responsibility for her mistakes and quickly course corrects. She encourages continuous improvement and innovation by seeking feedback, collaborating with others and implementing best practices. She is a champion for diversity, equity and inclusion.

Keith installs, maintains, troubleshoots and repairs all instrumentation, control systems and electrical systems that support operation and maintenance of SCE’s Mountainview and Peaker power generation plants. He performs work on a variety of electrical equipment, ranging in voltages from 220 kV down to 24 VAC, as well as DC systems. He possesses in-depth knowledge and abilities on multiple control system platforms essential to the safe and efficient operation of the plants. He also services and maintains a vast array of instrumentation, including vibration, temperature, pressure and flow monitoring, as well as the controls necessary to operate pneumatic, hydraulic and motor-operated valves.

He conducts himself with professionalism, ethics and dignity in all interactions. He is always willing to help others when he can. He is an exemplary ICE tech who delivers high-quality work, meets project deadlines, sets a high standard, excels in his tasks and leads by example. He continually goes beyond his assigned tasks, making additional repairs and upgrades to equipment, inspecting all equipment nearby for additional needs, finding ways to improve processes, enhancing safety measures and reducing risk exposure for all employees. He adapts his thought processes effectively, offers his expertise to others and develops innovative solutions. He is the subject matter expert for the GE MARK VIe controls and devised a process to test control loops that saved labor days and ensured better accuracy than the GE contractor’s proposal.

Keith exemplifies the company’s principles. He prioritizes safety, tackles assignments with curiosity and ensures safe operations. He lives by the company’s values, commits to ethical practices and engages professionally. He sets high standards and motivates his peers. He appreciates colleagues’ insights and treats them with respect. Keith looks for inventive ideas and applies innovative solutions. He takes into consideration the effects of decisions on his fellow colleagues. When he sees technicians struggling, he offers support. He values diversity, embraces change and considers the impact of decisions on his fellow employees.

Art is a technical specialist advisor for the Substation Apparatus & Maintenance group. Art is responsible for providing his field service and expertise to a multitude of SCE and external stakeholders. Art’s most critical and valuable function is helping and leading the substation field crews, many of whom are newer electricians and he is entrusted with their safety and quality work guidance. Art’s back-office assistance is also critical since he is the eyes and ears for multiple stakeholders, relaying field conditions to leadership. His job is challenging since he covers and supports the entire SCE substation service area, and he is boots on the ground (crushed rock to be specific) in the elements leading inexperienced employees toward safe and successful outcomes.

His performance is outstanding, earning him a record number of nominations within the Edison Award program. Art is an invaluable asset to the organization, possessing extensive knowledge and expertise in substations. Always ready to address technical inquiries, he goes above and beyond to find solutions, showcasing his unwavering commitment to excellence. His remarkable patience and adept teaching skills benefit both seasoned journeymen and apprentices, reflecting a dedication that exceeds expectations. Having worked in various areas of the company, Art’s comprehensive understanding of the craft is unparalleled, making him a valuable resource for advice and direction. Art’s contributions to substation electricians are numerous, including SF6 training, developing manuals and ensuring crews have the latest tools. He consistently captures the root causes of issues, engages manufacturers for solutions and communicates effectively between crafts and departments. His contributions ensure the safety and efficiency of work, fostering a culture of mutual growth and achievement within the team.

Art’s commitment to our values is evident in his daily work, where he ensures both physical and psychological safety for employees. His dedication to equipment setup and maintenance not only showcases technical precision, but also a deep respect for the community’s well-being. Art’s leadership goes beyond guiding electricians; he fosters a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning, uplifting the workforce. His innovative approach to quality control and technology integration enhances customer experiences, ensuring grid reliability and smart solutions. His expertise in regulatory compliance instills public trust by exceeding safety and legal requirements. Art’s embodiment of SCE’s values inspires colleagues to strive for excellence, reliability and foresight, empowering not just power stations, but the lives of coworkers.

Heather is a meteorologist in Business Resiliency’s Fire Science workgroup. She supports operational functions including coordinating directly with the Grid Control Center and IMT personnel regarding fuel conditions and running fire simulations to support SCE’s field fire managers. Heather also project manages Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) initiatives including fuel modeling, writes testimony for the GRC, WMP and Vegetation Management. During PSPS events, Heather conducts weather briefings for the IMT and for state and county agencies.

She has demonstrated outstanding performance in various projects and tasks that benefit SCE’s reliability and safety. She has worked weekends to provide Grid Operations with a go/no-go decision on improving fast-curve relay settings, which reduce the risk of sparks or wire downs. She earned the trust and respect of senior leaders in Grid Operations, Engineering and PSPS Operations by making sound and articulate decisions and recommendations. Heather also took her own initiative to identify and resolve discrepancies in our systems, which could have resulted in customer impacts.

Heather is a role model for living all of SCE’s values and prioritizing the safety and well-being of herself and her coworkers. She is a champion for safety and has been an active member of BR’s culture team, where she produced fun ideas to improve ergonomics and psychological safety. She performs her work with integrity and honesty and is quick to admit and correct any mistakes she makes. She delivers high-quality work with excellence and strives to exceed expectations. She treats everyone with respect and recognizes the value of different perspectives and opinions. She collaborates effectively and recognizes the need to involve others to improve product quality. She is committed to proactively seeking opportunities to learn, grow and improve her work products that ultimately benefit our customers and the communities we serve. Heather also received a 2023 Horton Humanitarian Award for caring for a person who had a seizure in a shopping mall.

As an integral member of our European Energy Supply Advisory Team, Azra plays a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy and efficiency of our invoice validation and budget forecasting platform. She oversees the Data and Settlement Services Division, and her responsibilities span various critical areas such as billing accuracy and discrepancy resolution, budget forecasting and financial insights, process improvement and team development, and pre-sales support and subject matter expertise. Together, with her team, she ensures the accuracy of data related to energy consumption and cost records within our systems, analyzes and validates both commodity and non-commodity charges across different countries.

She has represented Trio while managing multiple projects to address data quality and integrity issues in the European energy market. In one project, she developed linked calculation sheets for 26 European countries, creating a robust invoice validation tool. In another project, she developed data upload templates for various Energy Data Management platforms, demonstrating her innovative approach to complex problems. She has gained the respect of the internal and external stakeholders and built a new level of understanding between Trio staff and the customers. As a nontraditional head of Data and Settlement Services, Azra volunteered to take on unassigned customers applying for Assure, a compliance auditing system. What really sets Azra apart is that this task was not assigned by management, she willingly took it upon herself and drove many of these applications to successful customer outcomes.

Azra is a role model in how to be self-driven, take initiative, have incredible drive, be coachable, humble, respectful, understand formal and informal social collaboration and not be too prideful to ask for help. She embodies our values in so many ways and her contributions will have lasting impacts on both the organization and the industry. She prioritizes safety by ensuring the accuracy of energy data, demonstrates integrity by resolving any data discrepancies and she pursues excellence by creating innovative tools like the savings tracker. She fosters a respectful work environment by valuing diverse perspectives, seeks continuous improvement by standardizing and synchronizing services, and excels in teamwork by collaborating effectively with colleagues across departments.

Nate supervises up to five crew members and performs work associated with maintenance and construction of roads, buildings, boat docks, fences, powerhouses and water and wastewater systems. He operates a variety of equipment — e.g., loader, mini-excavator, skid steer, manlift, vac-trailer. He assists in compiling information to prepare estimates for civil-related work, instructs and coaches his crew in job duties and safety practices and provides on-the-job training. He also prepares and maintains required records of maintenance and construction activities and schedules/assigns daily work assignments. He maintains accountability for used materials, tools and equipment and assists in planning future jobs.

He demonstrates outstanding performance in solving problems and helping others. He takes pride in his work as a building mechanic on the Big Creek Hydroelectric Project. He has responded to several emergencies and prevented potential disasters, such as a broken wastewater lift station, a sewage spill, a vehicle accident in a snowstorm and a fire at the work camp. Nate’s work doesn’t depend on praise, nor does he look for accolades. He has collaborated with multiple internal and external stakeholders to complete projects and meet deadlines. He has gained the respect and trust of his peers, managers and customers with his work ethic and dedication. He is authentic — being true to his own personality, values and spirit, regardless of the pressure he is under. Nate is passionate about Big Creek, the history of the company and the work he does.

Nate embodies SCE values in many ways. He is committed to safety and leads the CRE team in daily safety tailboards. He follows through on his commitments and sets high standards for his work. He respects the opinions of others and listens to their feedback. He strives for excellence and continuously improves his skills and knowledge. He updates old plans and trains others on the emergency fire system. He also preserves the heritage of Big Creek and the company by collecting and restoring historical artifacts. He is a team player and works well with other organizations.

Brian’s team manages engineering standards, technology transfer and arc flash engineering. He oversees the development and maintenance of reference documents that define the design, installation, operation and maintenance of electrical grid equipment. He also ensures that new commercially available equipment can be adapted to fit SCE’s existing grid and publishes the arc flash values for field worker safety.

He is the type of person who consistently goes above and beyond his normal job responsibilities by focusing on the broader needs of SCE and our customers. He has shown exceptional performance by handling urgent tasks beyond his normal duties. He and his team led the correction of numerous arc flash values to enhance the safety of our field crews — devoting countless hours to expedite. Additionally, he has gone above and beyond to address construction quality issues introducing methods to prioritize replacement work to ensure high standards and significantly benefiting public safety and system reliability. He also developed an app to improve access to this information.

Brian demonstrates our values day in and day out. He is the type of person who will always selflessly volunteer to take on work that is in the best interest of SCE and our customers. He is dedicated, honest, trustworthy and thoughtful in everything he does. He delivers on commitments, no matter what effort is required and stands up for what is right even in the face of criticism. He is open to feedback and looks for opportunities that will have a long-term impact. He respects and values the diversity and input of others and communicates transparently and constructively. He elevates those around him, exemplifies our values and creates the type of work environment that SCE envisions.

Amy is a senior advisor in the Customer Engagement Division. She’s a trusted advisor to numerous high-profile cities in the SCE service area, including Corona, Ontario, Palm Springs, San Bernardino and the Native American tribes in those areas. As an account manager, she regularly promotes key company initiatives: transportation electrification, energy efficiency, demand response and digital transformation/self-service enrollment. Amy strategically collaborates with California IOUs to lead efforts that shape statewide policy regarding to tribal nations. Her expertise is sought out by other agencies and policymaking groups to review and advise on tribal matters.

She has been pivotal in guiding tribal nations toward energy sovereignty, especially with the support of federal and state agencies. Her leadership ensures that tribal nations can navigate and explore the path successfully. She delivers results, is cool under pressure, always knows the end game and finds solutions that everyone can work with regardless of the situation. She has helped in restoring SCE’s relationship with the city of Corona by resolving their utility issues and preventing a major community disruption during a flood. She has helped launch the Tribal Mini Grant, which combined different programs to serve tribal communities, showcasing SCE’s commitment to diversity and leadership. She also devised a strategy for collecting customer information using GIS technology, helping SCE meet PSPS portal requirements and providing reliable data for grants and tax audits. She secured endorsement letters from two tribal communities for SCE’s internal team’s bid for a IIJA DOE grant. Her proactive nature, eagerness to embrace challenges and her knack for turning potential conflicts into collaborative successes is a testament to her strategic thinking and problem-solving prowess.

Amy’s role as a model employee is well deserved and is emulated within the organization to drive success. Committed to safety, she actively engages in emergency management efforts and fosters communication during critical events. Amy upholds integrity, seeks guidance on complex issues, and is constantly pursuing process enhancements for better customer service. As a mentor and leader, she motivates her team to excel. She is instrumental in helping guide tribal nations to energy sovereignty. Recognizing Amy’s efforts not only honors her achievements but also sets a benchmark for what can be accomplished through hard work and a collaborative spirit.

As the company’s lead volunteer coordinator, Erika lives the Edison values in the way that our communities are served. Every day, she works with our nonprofit partners to find opportunities in our service area for the Edison team to give back. Erika doesn’t just support these efforts; she creates and helps promote these activities with the Edison team. She also leads the annual Season of Service volunteer program, working with the company’s business resource groups on volunteer activities with organizations that align with our DE&I goals. Her actions have cultivated a robust culture of volunteering that aligns with Edison’s core values, inspiring her colleagues from across the enterprise to initiate and participate in volunteer activities, thereby, fostering a strong service culture within the company.

She has embraced her new role in a way that has enriched the company’s involvement in the community. Before this role, Erika was tasked with administrative and logistical planning, all in a support function, but Erika was clear that she wanted to lead the company’s volunteer program. Erika’s determination and motivation were attributes that made management confident she would be successful in this stretch assignment. Three years later, Erika is flourishing in her role — always willing to propose innovative ideas to better the volunteer program and is always the first person to raise her hand to do more. In 2023, she organized over 117 volunteer events, nearly doubling the number from 2022. She also increased the volunteer hours to 58,000, demonstrating the value and commitment of Edison team members to the community. She has established strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, earning respect and trust from colleagues, nonprofit partners and elected officials. She has also leveraged her communication and people skills to pitch new ideas and programs to company officers, reinforcing the company's brand as a caring and responsible corporate citizen.

Erika lives the company values in all that she does and how she carries herself. She lives them genuinely and in a way that is not self-promoting — that is just who Erika is. Erika lets her work and passion for the job speak for itself. She is an authentic leader without a leader title. She understands how to appeal to others for positive engagement while being sincere. Erika is open and receptive to new ideas and new partnerships among colleagues. She fosters a positive environment and takes tremendous pride in her work for the good of the communities we serve. She coaches others who wish to take on more responsibilities, encourages leadership among employees with great ideas and is an overall quality employee.

Tamara is a Resource Optimization advisor in Energy Procurement & Management, a role that requires technical, analytical and communication skills to optimize the value of SCE’s portfolio of utility-owned, contracted and demand response generation resources in the CAISO market. By developing, implementing and improving resource bidding strategies, performing market analysis and adhering to compliance obligations, Tamara’s work is essential to helping SCE achieve its affordability goals by keeping fuel and purchase-power costs low for customers and minimizing the risk of disallowance for SCE’s shareholders. Tamara is also a demonstrated safety leader and continuous improvement champion.

She has made many outstanding contributions to the company. She project managed the Least Cost Dispatch chapter of SCE’s ERRA Review testimony, delivering high-quality testimony and workpapers within all internal deadlines. She also drove a process of preemptively reviewing SCE’s submitted bids for potential errors each month, reducing SCE’s disallowance risk. Evidence of this can be seen from SCE’s 2022 record-year filing in which no disallowance was recommended related to SCE’s least cost dispatch performance in over a billion in net generation revenues. Tamara project managed the transition of SCE’s demand response registration and performance/meter data submission processes in the CAISO market to a third-party vendor resulting in exceptional operations and double the forecasted benefits. Tamara also built a clear, easy-to-use, carefully scoped, thoroughly tested User Developed Application that allowed SCE to develop and submit compliant bids to the market on very short notice, creating savings for ratepayers and reducing the strain on IT’s budget.

Tamara perfectly embodies SCE's commitment to excellence and responsibility. She has taken on extra work and effectively trained new staff with compassion and proficiency. Her efforts were pivotal in reshaping the Resource Optimization team and sustaining core operations with low compliance risk during times of change. Tamara’s supportive and safety-focused mindset, complemented by her consistent push for improvement and adeptness at cross-departmental collaboration, ensures that operations are compliant, systems receive timely updates, processes are enhanced and all stakeholders are aligned with business goals.

Andre leads the efforts for SCE’s Foodservice Technology Center to improve electric food service efficiency, increase food service electrification and increase profit margins for food service customers throughout the SCE service area and beyond. He oversees the ongoing equipment testing efforts to establish new performance standards and add additional food service equipment to qualified national and state product lists. He also provides valuable guidance to customers and industry partners on the benefits and best practices of using high-efficiency electric food service equipment.

He has represented SCE as a technical SME and a national leader in food service technologies. He has influenced customers, equipment manufacturers, design consultants, policymakers, industry associations and regulatory agencies to increase the awareness, understanding and use of electric food service equipment, supporting SCE’s Pathway 2045 vision for sustainable electrification. Through Andre’s guidance, important energy-efficient electric equipment purchasing decisions have been made by various sectors, such as universities, schools, restaurants, grocery stores and corporate cafeterias. Andre has also championed a partnership with the California Restaurant Foundation to develop the future food service workforce and entrepreneurs in the communities we serve. He has conducted hands-on workshops for school students and visited culinary programs in disadvantaged schools to introduce them to clean energy electric food service equipment.

Andre sets an example in proactivity, adaptability, passion, collaboration and respect. He lives our values through impactful work for both the organization and industry. Andre is a standout performer and valued team member, fostering key tech partnerships with manufacturers and industry allies. He shares his extensive knowledge and listens to others with consideration. Safety and well-being are his top priorities during team interactions and through stringent adherence to kitchen and electrical safety standards. Contributing to public safety in his role on the PSPS IMT, he helps customers and staff with electric food service issues. Andre spearheaded the no-cost induction cooktop lending program and trained tenants in the use of new induction ranges, enhancing SCE’s commitment to consumer satisfaction.