Sep 27, 2021 | A Day in the Life Of, Nuclear Energy
When Margarita Villa is at the store with her family shopping in the produce section and they pass by the organic foods, she likes to say that nuclear energy is the organic food of the energy world. “I like to call it organic energy,” says Villa, a mechanical design...
Sep 7, 2021 | A Day in the Life Of, Electric Power
Jeremy Young can remember the exact moment when he knew he wanted to get into the power industry. He was installing floor tiles. Two of his uncles taught him the craft, and he started doing the work part-time in high school. He was installing floor tile for about six...
Sep 3, 2021 | A Day in the Life Of, Renewable Energy
Kiera Nelson’s day literally starts with the sun. As a solar technician for Southern Power, Nelson’s necessary tasks working with solar inverters – the brains of a solar power installation – may start sooner in summer when the sun rises earlier or later in winter when...
Sep 3, 2021 | A Day in the Life Of
Isaiah Wattree started his job as an HR analyst at Evergy in May of 2020 during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. “So I had to start remote,” he says, explaining that Evergy was created in 2018 as a result of a merger between Westar Energy and Kansas City Power &...
Sep 3, 2021 | A Day in the Life Of, DEI, Natural Gas
Sandra Sanchez, a First Responder at New Jersey Natural Gas (NJNG), a gas distribution company that serves over half a million customers in New Jersey, is passionate about her work. She is a diligent and dedicated employee, role model, and advocate for more women to...
Sep 3, 2021 | A Day in the Life Of, Renewable Energy
Vern Cochran believes there are three areas for work that are extremely reliable – no matter what the economy is doing at the time. “People need to eat, people need fuel, and people need power,” he says. Cochran has worked in all three of these areas, but he believes,...
