NLIEC Achievement Award

The NLIEC Achievement Award, the consortium's highest honor, was given to an individual or organization that demonstrated consistent leadership in championing low-income energy issues. Honorees include:

1988 – U.S. Representative Silvio Conte of Massachusetts

1989 – U.S. Representative Pat Williams of Montana

1990 – United States Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania

1991 – Chuck Hill

1992 – Citizens Energy Corporation

1993 – Former Assistant HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo

1994 – U.S. Representative David Obey of Wisconsin

1995 – FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Program

1996 – The Enterprise Foundation; Meg Power

1997 – United States Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota

1998 – Roger Colton

1999 – United States Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania; running back Franco Harris of the Pittsburgh Steelers

2000 – Former California State Assemblywoman Gwen Moore

2001 – Ohio State Senator Priscilla Mead

2002 – Edward M. Meyer of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

2003 – Community Action Partnership

2004 – FERC Commissioner Nora Mead Brownell; Vicky Mroczek (posthumous award)

2005 – Bracy Tucker Brown & Valanzano and David Fox, director of its public relations practice

2006 – AARP

2007 – National Consumer Law Center

2008 – Mitchell Miller, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

2009 – Ken Thiry, Wisconsin Public Service Corp. (Integrys)

2010 – Kay Joslin and Sherry Vogel, National Center for Appropriate Technology’s LIHEAP Clearinghouse

2011 – None presented

2012 – Linda Barnes, Entergy Corporation

2013 -- Cindy Datig, Dollar Energy Fund

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