CHARGE North America 2027 Awards

CHARGE unites forward-thinking energy companies from around the world driving progress, elevating their brands, and redefining communication in the energy industry.

Nominate a company or individual making a real difference.

Why Enter the CHARGE Awards?

  • Free to enter  no fees at any stage

  • Discounted tickets to attend the CHARGE Conference

  • Brand exposure across CHARGE’s website, social media, and event communications

  • Chance to win an iconic CHARGE trophy, carved from Icelandic volcanic rock

  • Support available to help shape your nomination, if needed

Charge North America 2027 Categories

Energy Sector Employer of the Year

This award recognizes organizations that have established themselves as desirable workplaces, attracting top talent with a clear strategy and vision for the future. These employers are celebrated for fostering loyalty and retention through exceptional career development, training, and personal growth opportunities. Their engaged employees act as ambassadors, sharing positive experiences and recommendations that enhance the organization’s reputation as a great place to work.

Retailer Brand of the Year

This award recognizes outstanding electricity retailers that have built strong, distinctive brands through customer loyalty, transparency, and innovation. This category celebrates retailers that understand their customers, deliver meaningful value, and demonstrate a commitment to sustainability through innovative products, services, and business practices.

Utility Brand of the Year

This award recognizes outstanding electricity providers serving residential, commercial, and industrial customers. This category celebrates brands that demonstrate strong overall performance, a commitment to sustainability, exceptional customer experiences, and innovation. It recognizes organizations that build customer loyalty, strengthen community relationships, and deliver long-term value through forward-thinking business practices and solutions.

Clean Energy Impact of the Year

This award recognizes North American energy companies making measurable progress towards a more sustainable future. It celebrates organizations that are driving meaningful change through ambitious sustainability goals, innovative solutions, and partnerships that deliver real-world impact. From developers and utilities to retailers and other energy providers, this category highlights companies using strong branding to build trust, demonstrate the value of clean energy, and advance the energy transition.

Entrants must be companies involved in the generation, distribution, or sale of energy to businesses and/or residential consumers.

Rising Star in Energy Branding

This award celebrates young professionals as vital agents of change and future leaders in the energy sector. It recognises individuals under the age of 35, with fewer than 10 years of industry experience, who demonstrate exceptional talent, strategic thinking, and meaningful contributions to business objectives. The category highlights emerging leaders who show strong potential through innovative problem-solving, collaboration, outstanding performance, and initiatives that positively impact their organisations and the wider energy industry.

The Nomination Process

Recognition by the CHARGE awards involves a simple 6-step process. If you have any questions about the process, timelines or categories, please do not hesitate to contact us directly using sethu@charge.events.

1. Nominations

The first step of our process is to gather nominations from our panel of expert judges and the wider energy industry… remember, we’re looking for the best of the best! Nominations close on 30 November 2027.

2. Screening

After receiving all nominations we will screen and verify all entries to ensure we have the strongest possible line up of nominees in each category. Then, in consultation with our expert judging panel, we will reach out to the shortlisted companies in each category advising them of next steps.

3. Case Study

Once a company has been shortlisted, you will receive support from the CHARGE team to develop your companies complete case study. The case study must be ready for review by the judging panel by 28 January 2027.

4. Brand Evaluation by our Panel

Once we have your case study, we will send it for review by our panel of expert judges. In this stage they will rate submissions based on our academically defined criteria to rank each category entry.

5. Finalists announced

We will combine the scores from our judges to establish the 3-5 finalists in each category and announce who they are, ahead of the main awards event!

6. Winners crowned

The CHARGE Awards Ceremony will take place on 17 March 2027 as a part of the North American CHARGE conference in Houston, Texas. 

Who is on the expert judging panel?

The CHARGE Awards are judged by a highly credible, independent panel of senior energy leaders including past winners, academics, researchers, brand agencies and practitioners from organisations such as BrandActive,Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd., Escalent, Hahn,ERENEWABLE, TigerComm and many more ensuring rigorous, respected and industry-led recognition.