Board of Directors

The board of STEP UP is comprised of industry leaders who are focused on devising and executing strategies that encourage utilities to convert to biodegradable bio-based fluid and practices that help utilities and other users of electricity increase their environmental stewardship, improve public safety, and enhance their financial performance.

Director

Glenn Cannon

Glenn Cannon has spent the last 17 years of his 30-year career in public power as General Manager of Waverly Light and Power™. He began his career in public power with Santee Cooper in South Carolina, following graduation from Clemson University and six years of service in the U.S. Navy as a Naval Aviator. He served 10 years on the American Public Power Association (APPA) Board of Directors, with four years as an officer, including board chair. He has also served several years on the Board of Directors for Public Power, Inc., APPA’s subsidiary working with Hometown Connections™.

Cannon has been a champion for innovation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy in public power. He is an eight-time winner of APPA’s DEED Energy Innovator Award and was the first recipient of the DEED ACE Award. Cannon has received numerous state and national awards, including the Wind Power Pioneer Award from the United States Department of Energy, the Paul Rappaport Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Award from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Iowa Energy Leadership Award, the Sierra Club’s Public Service Award, the American Wind Energy Association’s Utility Leadership Award, and the National Award for Environmental Sustainability from RENEW America. He was awarded the James D. Donovan Individual Award for APPA in 2001.

Cannon has also served on the boards of Trees Forever and the Utility Wind Integration Group (UWIG). He served as Co-chair of APPA’s Task Force on Public Power in the 21st Century and currently serves on the Leadership Group of the Joint United States Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency Action Plan. In 2006, Cannon earned APPA’s Alex Radin Distinguished Service Award, the Association’s highest honor.

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