Advocacy Excellence 

The Advocacy Excellence Award highlights EEI member companies' engagement and activism in public policy advocacy at federal, state, and local levels. This prestigious award recognizes companies that use the full range of advocacy tools, including: direct lobbying, grassroots or grass tops outreach and activation, coalition building, and voter and opinion leader education. 

Nominations

Nominations must include the following:

• Nomination Form (Signed or Approved by a CEO) 
• An executive summary, no more than 150 words.
• A description of the advocacy campaign, no more than three pages.
• Sample materials from the campaign.
• To nominate your company programs, please send the completed nomination form to: Edison Electric Institute, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004, ATTN: J.P. Toner, Manager of External Affairs. All submissions must be received NO LATER THAN October 31, 2009. 

Selection and Judging

Winners will be selected by an independent committee of public affairs professionals. Winners are announced in the following categories:

• Federal Issue
• State/Local Issue
• Employee Involvement
• New Program
• Other 

EEI Staff Contacts

• Morry B. Markowitz
  Senior Director, External Affairs
  mmarkowtiz@eei.org or 202-508-5569
• J.P. Toner
  Manager of External Affairs
  jtoner@eei.org or 202-508-5554