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.