AEIC is the one place in electric power where the people who actually run the grid solve its hardest operating problems together. Not a trade group. A working forum, governed by its own members, since 1885.
Most of the major utilities in North America. Membership is held at the parent level and extends to every subsidiary and affiliate, so one membership can cover a dozen operating utilities and thousands of professionals.
Southern Company · Consolidated Edison · Oncor · Ameren · Duquesne Light · Duke Energy · Santee Cooper · Exelon · Arizona Public Service · Fortis · PPL · Sempra · Dominion Energy · OG&E · Xcel Energy · Long Island Power Authority · Salt River Project · Portland General Electric · JEA · Eversource · Orlando Utilities Commission · TVA · PSEG · ALLETE · Tampa Electric · DTE Energy · NextEra / FPL · Cleco, and more.
One membership puts your whole team inside both, with no per-seat limit.
Where your engineers and operators set the specifications, guides, manuals, and peer benchmarks the industry runs on. Eight committees, each with no per-seat limit, plus eight subcommittees under Power Delivery.
Where members work the hardest cross-cutting problems on the grid, like large loads, data, and resilience, before they become everyone's problem. Established in 2024, with Critical Issue Forums supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy.
One membership. Every committee and program. No per-seat limit.
in member-reported, probability-weighted value, captured from 21 executive tables at the 2026 Strategy Summit. A conservative floor, and even a single active representative returns more than the cost of membership.
Quanta Services, Emerson, Stellar Energy, and Siemens Energy back the Center for Operational Excellence.
The 2025 Achievement Awards drew 50+ member submissions; Florida Power & Light took the President's Award.
The Center's Critical Issue Forums are supported in part by the U.S. Department of Energy.
CEO Steve Hauser and a board of sitting utility executives steer the work.
“The true benefit of being a member of AEIC is hearing and learning from our members, how we are all exploring the use of technology together.”
“AEIC doesn’t replace internal expertise, it amplifies it by shortening the learning curve on decisions.”
“If you aren’t already an AEIC member, I ask you to join us.” Steve Hauser, Chief Executive Officer, AEIC
Membership is dues-based and scaled to your organization. One membership covers your whole utility: every committee, every program, no per-seat limit.