Annual MEA Photo Contest, 2024 Winners

Capture Your Industry, Your Way, Through Your Lens

Category: All Around Winner


Selected from the finalists in all categories.

Submitted by: Matt Cullen, WEC Energy Group
A Wisconsin Public Service line electrician works to repair an outage following a severe thunderstorm near Green Bay.

Category: Natural Gas


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

Submitted by: Diana Harmon, Colorado Springs Utilities
Emergency response, making repairs to a gas line that was hit during an excavation. Photo by Jane Zook, Colorado Springs Utilities.

Category: Electric


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

Submitted by: Amy Jahns, We Energies
Restoring power during a winter storm

Category: Renewable Energy


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

Submitted by: Laura Sano, Madison Gas and Electric Company
The sun rises on MGE’s Tyto Solar facility in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, as sheep graze to manage the grass and brush sustainably on a warm September morning.

Category: Day in the Life


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

Submitted by: Jackie Sullivan, SENSIT Technologies
Production of the SENSIT IRED.

Category: Readers’ Choice


Based on the most votes from readers.

Submitted by: Jen Brown, NiSource Inc./Columbia Gas
A team member from Columbia Gas, a subsidiary of NiSource Inc., reviews his work before conducting a service call in Gahanna, Ohio. Feb. 20, 2024. (Jen Brown Photography)

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Honorable Mentions


Submitted by: Krista Boehm, GROEBNER
A day in the life at GROEBNER means continuous learning! Our team training sessions like this one with our Natural Gas veteran, Steve D’Amato, ensures we stay ‘Powered by Experience’ and ready to support the natural gas industry with expertise.

Diana Harmon, Colorado Springs Utilities
A member of the Colorado Springs Utilities Catamount Wildland Fire Team fights the West Monument Creek Fire at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO. Photo by Qaz Ingham, Catamount Wildland Fire team member

Lawrence Markey, DMC POWER
Ease of Trapeze with DMC tooling and connectors.

Emma Nelson, CenterPoint Energy
The CenterPoint Energy team examines gas pipes.

Regan Brilz, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.
North Dakota storm response under the Northern Lights.

Monica Radtke, Alliant Energy
An Alliant Energy Line Lead training a Semi Skilled Worker.

Donna Heroux, Spire
Spire field operations team members strive to provide exceptional service to our customers. Here, Ashley W. checks the meter at a customer’s home.

Nikki Holbrook, Summit Utilities
Peaks Renewables team members walking through the new renewable natural gas digester facility.

*Photos are cropped by the web display.

  2023 Contest Results


  Photo Contest Information