Awards

John D. Dingell Award

The John D. Dingell Award is presented to leaders whose efforts have helped to advance the common objectives of the electric power industry and IBEW Members.

John D. Dingell represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from December 13, 1955, to January 3, 2015.  His 59 years as a Representative marks the longest congressional tenure in U.S. history, and he holds the record for being the longest-serving Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Dingell served as Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee for many years, where he amassed an impressive record of accomplishments on a wide range of issues many of which focused on labor management collaboration

Award Recipients

2023
Senator Maria Cantwell (D/WA)
Senator Shelly Moore Capito (R/WV)

2022
Patricia A. Hoffman, Acting Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity
Anthony Kavanagh, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs of American Electric Power

2021
Senator Joe Manchin (D/WV)
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R/AK)

2020
Congressman Mike Doyle (D/PA-18)
Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R/IL-16) 

2019 
Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R/CA-1)
Congressman Kurt Schrader (D/OR-5)

2018 
Chris Crane, President & CEO, Exelon Corporation
Dean Apple, President & Business Manager of Local Union 15, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

2017
Marvin S. Fertel, President & CEO, Emeritus, Nuclear Energy Institute
James L. Hunter, Utility Director, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
David K. Owens, Executive Vice President, Business Operations Group and Regulatory Affairs, 
Edison Electric Institute

2016
Thomas R. Kuhn, President, Edison Electric Institute 
Edwin D. Hill, International President Emeritus, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
 
2015
Tom Fanning, Chairman, President & CEO, Southern Company
Sean McGarvey, President, North America's Building Trades Unions
 
2014
Senator Ron Wyden (D/OR)
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R/AK) 
 
2013
U.S. Department of Energy
 
2012
Congressman Edward Whitfield (R/KY-01) 
Congressman Steny Hoyer (D/MD-05)
 
2011
Mike Morris, Chairman, President and CEO, American Electric Power
The late Jeff Lohman, former Vice President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
 
2010
Congressman Rick Boucher (D/VA-09) 
Congressman Fred Upton (R/MI-06)
 
2009
Congressman John D. Dingell (D/MI-15)

 

Edwin D. Hill Award

The Edwin D. Hill Award commemorates the life and achievements of the late International President Emeritus of the IBEW. It is given to those who advance state and local initiatives on behalf of the electric power industry and IBEW members. 

Award Recipients

2023
Nick Akins, Executive Chair, American Electric Power
Lonnie Stephenson, International President Emeritus, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

2022
Alabama Power
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers System Council U-19

2021
Tom Dalzell, former Business Manager, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1245 
Tom Householder, former Managing Director of Labor Relations, American Electric Power 

2020
First Energy Corp.
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Fourth District
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 245
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1413 

2019 
NV Energy
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 396
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union1245