Melissa is an exceptional partner in regional economic development. Her ability to coordinate seamlessly with Alliant Energy ensures that Winnebago and Worth counties are always positioned for growth. She is proactive, deeply knowledgeable, and highly collaborative- bringing her into a project early is a guarantee that things will move forward efficiently and successfully.
— Chad Hansen , Alliant Energy
This Year’s Top Utilities Know When to Move and How Fast
1 Sep 2023
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Utilities are making the power generation, transmission and innovation investments for the transition to clean energy, driven as much by customer demand as by government mandate. In many cases it’s a matter of waiting for slow and cumbersome government permitting to catch up.
In the economic development world, however, no one’s waiting around for permission. In fact, expedited permitting is a calling card, because speed to market is a must.
Each year Site Selection salutes the Top Utilities in Economic Development based on corporate end-user project investment and affiliated job creation in these utilities’ territories the previous calendar year, evaluated on a cumulative and per-capita basis. They are the cream of the crop when it comes to getting things done on behalf of their communities and those communities’ employers.
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