Annual MEA Photo Contest, 2023 Winners

Capture Your Industry, Your Way, Through Your Lens

Category: All Around Winner


Selected from the finalists in all categories.

Submitted by: Rick Homuth, ComEd
A ComEd lineworker makes critical repairs at night using a headlamp.

Category: Natural Gas


Pipes, construction, facilities, people, objects, activities, or R&D processes and endeavors.

Submitted by: Adam Derengowski, Miller Pipeline
Miller Pipeline operator moving dirt for a gas project.

Category: Electric


Poles, wires, construction, facilities, people, objects, activities, or R&D processes and endeavors.

Submitted by: Wes Ashton, Black Hills Energy
Lineman on the job.

Category: Renewable Energy


Generation, equipment, people, objects or activities; landscapes related to energy production/distribution; scientific processes and endeavors.

Submitted by: Donna Heroux, Spire
Pipeline upgrades are an essential part in helping us meet our environmental commitment to be carbon neutral by midcentury.

Category: Human Focus


Photographs that tell us what it means to work in energy.

Submitted by: Cori Pagan, ComEd
We welcomed almost 200 interns (our largest cohort ever!) to our Chicago Training Center for a tour. Their visit included information and demonstrations related to electrical safety in the field, technical innovations in the energy industry and more!

Category: Readers’ Choice


Based on the most votes from readers.

Submitted by: Donna Heroux, Spire
Spire construction crew working on pipeline replacement.

Honorable Mentions


Submitted by: Adam Derengowski, Miller Pipeline
Miller Pipeline foreman through a shoring box.

Submitted by: Billy DeMeyer, ML Chartier
ML Chartier Environmental Project Manager, Matt Lawrence, posted in front of frac tanks.

Submitted by: Carter Morrison, Evergy
Storm recovery.

Submitted by: Jim Schramski, Riverside Energy Michigan
Reroute of the 8″ Beaver Creek Pipeline near Loomis, MI. Picture taken from drone operated by Riverside’s Aaron Cline.

Submitted by: Lawrence Markey, DMC POWER
A veteran salesperson helps a new team member learn the intricacies of the DMC Power design process.

Submitted by: Rick Homuth, ComEd
Three lineworkers tackle an intricate repair job simultaneously on a sunny day.

Submitted by: Angelica Covarrubias, CenterPoint Energy
A CenterPoint Energy Welding Technician works on a natural gas line in collaboration with the county flood control district.

Submitted by: Wes Ashton, Black Hills Energy
At the wind farm.

*Photos are cropped by the web display.

  Photo Contest Information


  2022 Contest Results