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CHARGE Awards North America 2026

CHARGE recognizes the best in class brands that set new benchmarks in reputation, growth, and customer experience.
We celebrate organizations that put people at the center, building trust through authenticity and innovation.


These awards honor those shaping stronger, more connected brands for the future of energy.

Finalists for 2026 are: 

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Retailer Brand of the Year

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Utility Brand of the Year

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Clean Energy Impact Brand of the Year

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The World's Best Employer Brand

Rising Stars In Energy Branding 2026

Lucia Game

Senior Specialist

Con Edison


Kristina Zagame

Show Host, Plugged in Podcast

EnergySage

Maile Resta

Communications Manager

rPlus Energies

Nour Ghandanfar

Chief of Staff

Fervo Energy

Addie Moore Senior Specialist, Web Experience
Solar Energy Industries Association

Kiana Michaan

Clean Energy Advocate

Freelancer

Nour Ghadanfar
Chief of Staff
Fervo Energy

Addie Moore
Senior Manager, Web Experience
Solar Energy Industries Association

What are the major categories for 2021?

The CHARGE Energy Branding Awards 2021 celebrate the best brands and professionals across the global energy market.

World’s Best Energy Brand

For exciting companies that have delivered stand-out brand initiatives through 2020-21 and deserve to be recognized by their peers as brand and marketing trailblazers.

Most importantly for this category, finalists will be able to demonstrate that their brands have delivered a real, tangible impact for their businesses, either as educators or in capitalizing on new growth opportunities.

Nominees will be able to showcase that their brand strategies have been translated into actionable and impactful campaigns over the past twelve months, either internally or externally.

NOTE: Entrants for this award are limited to IPPs, Utilities, Retailers, TSO’s and DSOs.

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B2B Energy Innovators of the Year

This unique category is open to brands right across the energy value chain. Finalists will have taken a unique leadership role in shaping the energy transition, customer experiences and grid digitalization over the past twelve months. Companies that make the final shortlist will be able to show how projects, technologies, and campaigns they have delivered have been impactful, innovative, and have showcased radical new solutions or opportunities for the energy industry.

B2B companies are often overlooked for recognition, but finalists in this award will have the platform to show to the global energy community how they have made a real difference.

We are particularly keen to see new products, solutions and brand campaigns that have shown new ways to think differently and do differently about the future of energy. Successful finalists will be able to show how they have taken leadership roles in shaping the narrative and brand identity of the energy transition.

NOTE: This award is not open for IPPs, Utilities, Retailers, TSO’s or DSO’s. Instead, this award is exclusive to B2B solution/service providers further down the energy value chain. If you have any questions about your eligibility for this, or any category, simply contact awards@charge.events.

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World’s Best Green Brand

finalists for this award will be companies who have achieved or made significant strides towards achieving their sustainability goals. They will have delivered impactful initiatives or campaigns that will be influential through the sustainable energy transition. The winning company may have created new systems, products or solutions to help customers through the sustainable energy transition or have successfully partnered with another company to deliver a value-adding green project worthy of international recognition by their peers.

This category will highlight the value of branding as a critical tool in communicating innovation and the value of green technology or products.

In this category, we want to shine a light on the brands that have thought differently and done differently to communicate better, influence behaviour, and shape attitudes around greening the energy grid this past year. Finalists might have developed compelling green retail products, incentive programs or major infrastructure investments around electrification of transport, heat, industry, and so much more.

NOTE: Entrants for this category must be from companies responding to the generation, distribution or sale of energy to businesses and/or residential consumers. If you have any questions about your eligibility for this, or any category, simply contact awards@charge.events.

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World’s Best Hydrogen Brand

Hydrogen stands to play a major role in the decarbonization not just of transport, but also of industrial heat and processes. That said, the scaling of hydrogen solutions and technologies at the speeds and intensity needed will be difficult if the right policy, investment, and regulatory frameworks are not in place.

Branding, communications, and marketing will be critical to making the case for hydrogen, and this award seeks to recognize the efforts of organizations who are leading the way. 

Finalists in this award will be businesses that are taking responsibility for education, lobbying and infrastructure development in the use of clean hydrogen fuels and technology in the future of the energy grid. We’re keen to highlight transformative projects, pilots and impactful campaigns that have helped to demonstrate the value of clean hydrogen, shaped the policy vision and educated major stakeholders through this critical phase of the energy transition.

NOTE: This category is open to all organizations involved in the clean hydrogen supply chain. Nominees could be technology providers, grid companies, utilities, transport infrastructure companies, PR agencies or more. If you have any questions about your eligibility for this, or any category, simply contact awards@charge.events.

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Energy Advocates of the Year

This award shines a spotlight on the great work of supporting organizations and advocacy groups across of the energy industry. We’re especially interested in showcasing how these organizations have leveraged their influence and reputations to effect invaluable positive change, policy direction or with their members and industries over the past year. 

In this category, we are particularly looking to reward campaigns, projects or efforts by supporting organizations that have helped to build support for grid investment, influenced policy change or delivered impactful public awareness campaigns that will be influential as we progress to the next stage of the global energy transition.

NOTE: This category is open to organizations, associations, advocates, non-profits, and trade bodies that have delivered impactful campaigns and initiatives over the past twelve months. If you have any questions about your eligibility for this, or any category, simply contact awards@charge.events.

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Best Brands Book 2021
We are proud to have won the CHARGE Energy Award in the category "B2B Innovator of the year". For us, this award means that our brand and product strategy is perceived positively in the energy market, that our sector coupling IoT energy platform and products cover the right use cases, create real customer value and that our brand communication stands out from the crowd.
Kristin Schumann, Product Marketing Manager, Kiwigrid Kiwigrid - B2B Innovator of the Year
I believe that when you win an award, you are not only recognized for what you have done, but you’re being encouraged and challenged to do more, and have greater impact. From an EEI perspective, we are certainly honored and will endeavor to continue to create and deliver value to our members and the industry at-large.
Lawrence Jones, VP of International Programs, Edison Electric InstituteEEI - Energy Advocate of the Year
We are honored to be recognized with the World’s Best Green Brand Award. This distinction is a token of our team’s commitment and will to power a more sustainable future. At Atlas, we strive to be at the forefront of our industry while being a force for good and accelerating the clean energy transition responsibly. Thanks to Charge Energy Branding for the recognition and inspiring communicators and brands to foster a greener mindset.
Diana Castellanos, Marketing and Communications Manager, Atlas Renewable EnergyAtlas RE - World’s Best Green Brand
For Ostrom, winning the World's Best Challenger Brand at Charge Awards 2022 is further validation of our approach that the future of energy is not as a commodity, but as a service and an ecosystem that needs to deliver transparency, digitalization and convenience to its customers.
Karl Villanueva, Co-Founder & CMO/CPO, OstromOstrom - World’s Best Challenger Brand
Transitioning to NetZero has to be societies number one priority. Consumers and businesses need to find solutions to make that happen. Choosing partners that they can trust and believe in to deliver these solutions is vital. So building a brand that represents our core values has always been a focus for us. It is fantastic to win the World’s Best Hydrogen Brand award from Charge who are a global leader in energy sector branding.
William Rowe, Founder & CEO, Octopus HydrogenOctopus Hydrogen - World’s Best Hydrogen Brand