March 20, 2025 2:00 – 3:00 PM ET

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Consumers Energy has an award-winning veterans’ program. As the 2024 Tom Kuhn Veteran Leadership Impact Award winner they are doing something right. Join CEWD and Consumers Energy to understand why they have a veteran’s strategy, how they are recruiting and retaining veterans, and what they are doing to show success year after year with their program and initiatives to attract and retain over 400 veterans. Follow along on this learning journey as we hear about their successes and challenges in implementing and refining the programs, including a Skills Bridge initiative, and how CEWD might be able to support you in building your veterans program.

In response to the growing focus on workforce development within the sector and the need for action-orientation CEWD partnered with Deloitte to create the first ever Workforce Development Maturity Model for the Energy Industry. Download here

This tool overviews recommended areas of workforce development focus and maturity differentiators in eight areas: 

• Integrated Workforce Development Strategy, Structure, and Governance 
• Changing Nature of Skills 
• External Workforce Cultivation 
• Long-term External Workforce Development and Planning 
• External Skill Programming and Development 
• Policy and Industry Engagement 
• Organizational Culture and Brand 
• Internal Training and Development 

The CEWD Forum, taking place May 13-14, offers two days of transformative programming for industry leaders who are focused on cultivating workplaces that mirror the vibrant communities they serve. The re-tooled and re-imagined Forum will convene stakeholders to digest recent changes that are impacting how we address industry priorities and business imperatives including workforce access, inclusion, representation, belonging, corporate culture, systemic change, accessibility, and equity. Through two tracks – one for C-suite executives and the other for directors and managers – attendees will engage with thinking partners and subject-matter experts for open dialogues designed to frame actionable strategies that can be deployed within companies and across the sector.

Join thought leaders like Holly Price (McKinsey), Dr. Sesha Joi Moon (DEI Leader, 117th & 118th Congress), and Janet Stovall (noted change agent, author, and speaker) as they lead dynamic sessions on leadership, industry insights, and C-suite strategies.

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API has become the latest national association to join CEWD, blending broad voices from the sector to collaboratively address strategies to develop a skilled, diverse energy workforce. API’s Allison Weinberg is CEWD’s newest addition to the Board of Director, bringing leadership, vision, and engagement. Learn more here.

CEWD is hosting a Congressional Briefing on Energy Workforce: The People Need to Unleash America’s Energy Dominance. This briefing will educate and inform Congressional leaders on the needs, opportunities, and challenges of the energy workforce. With today’s focus on reliable, diversified, and affordable energy supply and increased power needs, we will continue to see a rise in hiring demand. To ensure this new opportunity creates jobs and economic prosperity for America, the energy industry, policymakers, and Congressional leaders must work together to ensure workforce readiness for the golden age of America’s Energy Dominance. CEWD is working closely with the Workforce Policy Education Group and a select group of leaders. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact [email protected].

The CEWD Workforce Policy Education Group convenes experts and peers to discuss energy and workforce policy priorities and educate those who influence policy, including workforce systems, political leaders at the local, state, and federal level, policy writers, and energy leaders, on the needs of the energy workforce to ensure a skilled, diverse workforce. Note: CEWD does not engage in any lobbying activities. The Group has identified 3 needle-moving goals for 2025:

1. Inform and educate decision-makers on the workforce needs that are required to achieve the golden era of America’s energy dominance. 
2. Promote the adoption of the Energy and Natural Resources Career Cluster and energy curriculum across Career and Technical Education programs in the United States.
3. Effectuate Careers in Energy Week as a nationally recognized program.

If you are interested in learning more about policies that impact the development of the energy workforce, find information from CEWD’s here. If you are a CEWD Member and are interested in staying more engaged with energy workforce policy, join our Energy Workforce Policy Education Group. Please contact [email protected] to join.

The 2025 CEWD Workforce Development Summit will be held November 18-20, in Washington, D.C. As always, the program will reflect the most pressing questions for energy workforce development, bringing together subject matter expertise and peers to learn together and offer reflections, lessons learned, and guidance on how to navigate the world of energy workforce development. We want to hear from you: What questions keep you up at night? What opportunities and challenges do you face that should be brought to the larger audience? Send us an email at [email protected] if you have ideas, questions, or thoughts on what topics we should cover together, this fall.

CEWD is reporting important news and updates through the CEWD Connection to keep readers abreast of energy workforce headlines. If you have any article suggestions, please email [email protected].

How Exelon is Building the Workforce of Tomorrow

February 3, 2025– Exelon is focused on building the workforce of tomorrow, today. This is why there is a strong emphasis on investing in both current and prospective employees through career development and partnerships. In 2024 alone, Exelon invested more than $25 million to support more than 90 industry-leading workforce development programs. These investments enable Exelon to not only develop a talent pool of skilled workers but to also create opportunities and empower communities across its footprint.

Entergy Named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune Magazine

February 3, 2025– Fortune magazine has recognized Entergy among the top utilities on its World’s Most Admired Companies list for 2025. Entergy was recognized by industry peers for its commitment to innovation and social responsibility, its long-term investment value and global competitiveness.

PECO Named Employer of Choice by the City of Philadelphia

February 4, 2025– PECO, Pennsylvania’s largest electric and natural gas energy delivery company, has been named an Employer of Choice by the City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce.

Our Daily Show Interview! Kevin Young Manager Electric Training- Ameren Illinois

February 4, 2025– Kevin Young from Ameren join us to talk about the world of line work. Kevin, Ameren’s Manager of Electric Training and a former line worker, will share insights into what it takes to pursue a career in this field.