Celebrating the ambition, creativity and determination of utilities as they push the boundaries of innovation. This award recognises successful deployment taking innovation from pilot to business-as-usual, transforming operations, driving efficiency or solving critical problems.  

Eligibility: Entries for this category must either be from a UK utility or in partnership with one. Projects must be complete innovation pilots which have successfully been scaled and deployed to BAU. Pilot innovation project should enter the relevant category (insert link) 

Entries for this award should show evidence of:  

• A clearly articulated challenge (whether for an individual business, the wider industry or a customer or other stakeholder), and evidence of how that challenge has been mitigated  
• Evidence of how the innovation has been, and will continue to be, deployed across the wider business 
• Quantifiable wider benefits, ie to customers, the environment and/or towards meeting decarbonisation goals  

Entry form:  

Section 1: A 100-word headline summary of your entry for publication if you are shortlisted  
Section 2: Outline of work undertaken over the past year or the particular initiative being entered (Max 250 words)  
Section 3: Why your company deserves to win the Innovation  Award, based on success over the past 12 months (Max 500 words)  
Section 4: Key statistics to support your entry (Max 200 words)