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ReliabilityOne® Hall of Fame

Outstanding Contributors to Reliability

Welcome to the ReliabilityOne® Hall of Fame, a tribute to individuals whose leadership and dedication have defined excellence in electric reliability and resiliency. Here, we honor outstanding contributors who have worked to advance utility performance, accelerate innovation, and deliver customer value.

These honorees exemplify the spirit of collaboration and continuous improvement, inspiring others across the industry to raise standards, share best practices, and create lasting, positive impacts for their organizations and communities.

Class of 2025

Michael Trongone
Michael Trongone

General Manager, Electric Operations

Con Edison

Ronald Critelli
Ronald Critelli

Vice President, Grid Transformation & Integration

Florida Power & Light

Public Service Electric & Gas Company
Ron Wharton

Senior Director, Electric System Operation Center

Public Service Electric & Gas Company

Commonwealth Edison
Najwa Abouhassan

Senior Manager, Operational Planning

Commonwealth Edison

Connor Daniel
Connor Daniel

Electric Distribution Operations Team Lead

San Diego Gas & Electric

Mike Szachewicz
Mike Szachewicz

Operations Manager, Electric & Gas Distribution Dispatch

We Energies

Class of 2024

Thomas Brown
Thomas Brown

Engineer

Orange & Rockland Utilities

Ashwini Paranjape
Ashwini Paranjape

Senior Division Operations Manager, Electric T&D Operations Support

Public Service Electric & Gas Company

Richard Condry
Richard Condry

Manager of Construction & Operations

San Diego Gas & Electric

Rob Pettenato
Rob Pettenato

General Manager, Manhattan Electric Operations

Con Edison

Class of 2023

Bayly Tyler
Bayly Tyler

General Manager

Con Edison

Juan Khoury
Juan Khoury

Manager, Customer Response and Resolution

Florida Power & Light

Public Service Electric & Gas Company
Michael Kayes

Managing Director, Transmission and Substation

Public Service Electric & Gas Company

Terence R. Donnelly
Terence R. Donnelly

President & COO

Commonwealth Edison

Jose Cardenas
Jose Cardenas

Associate Engineer

San Diego Gas & Electric

Orange & Rockland Utilities
Wayne Banker

Chief Distribution Engineer

Orange & Rockland Utilities

Gregg Edeson
Gregg Edeson

Partner

PA Consulting

Manny Miranda
Manny Miranda

Executive Vice President, Power Delivery

Florida Power & Light

Class of 2022

John (Jack) Bridges
John (Jack) Bridges

Vice President, Electric Operations

Public Service Electric & Gas Company

Michael Spoor
Michael Spoor

Vice President, Transmission and Substation

Florida Power & Light

Brian Nugent
Brian Nugent

Section Manager

Orange & Rockland Utilities

Kirsten Petersen
Kirsten Petersen

Distribution Strategy Team Lead, System Hardening

San Diego Gas & Electric

Thomas J. Karakatsanis
Thomas J. Karakatsanis

Chief Engineer

Con Edison

Class of 2021

Steven Schott
Steven Schott

Director, System Modernization

Wisconsin Public Service

Joe Suarez
Joe Suarez

Senior Director, Fleet Services

Florida Power & Light

Robert J. Felton
Robert J. Felton

Senior Director, Capital Projects

Public Service Electric & Gas Company

Casey Kirkpatrick
Casey Kirkpatrick

Director, Reliability and Research & Development

National Grid Upstate New York

Christopher Bolton
Christopher Bolton

Manager, System Protection Automation & Control Engineering

San Diego Gas & Electric

Zeffery Frazier
Zeffery Frazier

Department Manager

Con Edison

Danny Ee
Danny Ee

Smart Grid and System Operations Director

Austin Energy

Class of 2020

Con Edison
Lance Becca

Vice President, Electric Operations

Con Edison

San Diego Gas & Electric
David Geier

Senior Vice President of Operations

San Diego Gas & Electric

Florida Power & Light
Bryan Olnick

Vice President, Distribution Operations

Florida Power & Light

Orange & Rockland Utilities
Edward Verbraak

Principal Engineer

Orange & Rockland Utilities

We Energies
Paul Gogan

Director, Electric Distribution Asset Management

We Energies

Southern California Edison
Jonathan Brownstein

Manager, Business Ops Analysis

Southern California Edison

Public Service Electric & Gas Company
Jim Hubertus

Manager, Asset Strategy

Public Service Electric & Gas Company

Class of 2019

San Diego Gas & Electric
Lena Fotland

Manager, Distribution Operations Services

San Diego Gas & Electric

Florida Power & Light
Tom Gwaltney

Senior Director, Emergency Preparedness

Florida Power & Light

We Energies
Duane Miller

Manager, Gas and Electric Distribution Operations

We Energies

Public Service Electric & Gas Company
Paul Toscarelli

Director of Electric T&D Operations and Emergency Preparedness

Public Service Electric & Gas Company

Con Edison
Maria Rodriguez

Department Manager

Con Edison

Class of 2018

San Diego Gas & Electric
Cory Mitsui

Electric Reliability Manager

San Diego Gas & Electric

Florida Power & Light
Pedro Modia

Director, Power Supply

Florida Power & Light

Xcel Energy
Betsy Coppock

Principal Engineer

Xcel Energy

Public Service Electric & Gas Company
Edward Gray

Director, Transmission and Distribution Engineering

Public Service Electric & Gas Company

Atlantic City Electric
Bryan Clark

Director, Utility of the Future

Atlantic City Electric

Class of 2017

We Energies
Val Werner

Principal Engineer

We Energies

Florida Power & Light
John Fischer

Reliability Assurance Center Manager

Florida Power & Light

Indianapolis Power & Light
Paul Broadnax

Distribution Line Worker

Indianapolis Power & Light

Class of 2016

San Diego Gas & Electric
Vic Romero

Director of Technology Solutions & Reliability

San Diego Gas & Electric

Con Edison
Pete Cooney

General Manager

Con Edison

Florida Power & Light
Jim Patterson

General Manager, Nuclear Transmission Switchyards

Florida Power & Light

Public Service Company of New Mexico
Jimmie Curtis

Distribution Line Worker

Public Service Company of New Mexico

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