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Every 3rd Tuesday, 12:30–1:30pm CT (AWE will host a 20-min talk + 20-min Q&A) Meet our October speaker: Jennifer Loeffler As Director of Natural Resources at Energy Renewal Partners, Jennifer has led complex [...]

As we continue to see challenges throughout the energy sector, we invite you to join AWE as we dive into discussions on how changes and uncertainty are impacting the overall [...]

Job No: 499972 FT/PT: Full-time Regular/Project/Seasonal: Ongoing Location: Austin, TX 78744 Categories: Administrative/Support, Information Technology/Cyber, Hybrid Apply: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/1019/cw/en-us/job/499972/business-systems-analyst-sr-hybrid

Job No: 499914 FT/PT: Full-time Regular/Project/Seasonal: Ongoing Location: Austin, TX 78703 Categories: Accounting/Finance, Hybrid Apply: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/1019/cw/en-us/job/499914/financial-planning-modeling-analyst-sr-hybrid

Join us at the 2024 Power Matters Conference on February 20, 2024.  The Agenda and Conference Details can be found here. Tuesday, February 20, 2024 8am - 4pm Austin Texas [...]

Legislative Update Friday, September 29, 2023 3:00 – 6:30 PM Located at McGinnis Lochridge 1111 W 6th St Bldg B, Ste 400 Austin, Texas Join fellow members of the Association [...]

With 2023 in full swing, there is no shortage of focus on the energy sector. We have seen weather events that have challenged every grid and most utilities across the [...]

Gain additional education in your field to reach your career goals in 2023! This years Annual Power Matters Conference focuses on Challenges in Energy Development with panels on Permitting, Transmission, Supply [...]

AWE is proud to announce the arrival of our newest boardmember, Amber Shaver, the Chief of Staff and Legal Affairs at Stellar Energy. As a brilliant and accomplished legal executive, [...]

The pandemic has caused millions of people, especially women, to rethink their careers. It may have been stimulated by all that time working from home, or the shift to remote work [...]

The Association of Women in Energy’s mission is to provide opportunities for women to meet other energy industry professionals and to enhance their knowledge of issues facing the industry.  We focus [...]

“You know, little girl, I’ve been watching you,” the longtime oilman said to Marsha Hendler. “You get this business; you need to be an operator.” Some women would have taken [...]

We will soon close another great year for AWE.  In 2019 we continued to grow our members and corporate sponsors supporting our mission “to help women in the energy industry [...]

ABJ Staff - Austin Business Journal - Oct. 3, 2019 Imagine in your mind's eye a Central Texas nonprofit — do you think of an electrical utility providing power to [...]

Only 1 in 4 individuals working in the computer and mathematical workforce are female. Additionally, only 1 in 6 people working in architecture and engineering occupations are women. As the [...]

The New York Times noted that “fewer large companies are run by women than by men named John” in an article published in 2015. “The Johns” were in second place [...]

[us_image image="5359"] BY: ERICA ZIMMERER • DIRECTOR OF GRID MODERNIZATION 08/12/2019 SILENT HEROES: The best electric utility distribution employees are those that the customers never know. Utility employees have spent [...]

Entergy creates new approaches to better manage the grid that involve more distributed energy resources. S. Cat Wong, Wade P. Malcolm | May 24, 2019 Today, approximately 120 megawatts of [...]

HOUSTON CHRONICLE | Erin Douglas , May 17, 2019 At a recent Houston conference for women in the oil and gas industry, a keynote speaker, Pamela Beall, the chief financial officer for [...]

AWE is please to welcome three new corporate sponsors. Our corporate sponsors allow us to maintain our membership web site and offer compelling industry events, like our recent Power Matters [...]

Keeping the Lights On: One Volunteer’s Perspective GUEST BLOG POST  |  MAY 17, 2019 By: Katherine Dombrowski As a long-time volunteer with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP), an [...]

Pedernales Electric Cooperative Inc., the Johnson City-based electricity provider that supplies swaths of the Hill Country and Austin suburbs with power, has a new CEO — the first woman to [...]

The oil industry is doing a better job of hiring women. Keeping them remains the challenge, says ConocoPhillips CEO Ryan Lance. Conoco, the world’s biggest independent oil producer, has seen its [...]

This the latest installment of our Boardmember Spotlight. Each installment will have one of our board members answering a few questions about their experience, influences and advice to other women [...]

CEO says utility is investing in renewables and natural gas, and ‘will continue to decarbonize’ Utility executives are navigating a rapidly changing landscape: low prices, weak electricity demand and increasingly [...]

The number of women in the C-suite at U.S. energy companies is still not on par with their male counterparts. Analysis from global advisory firm Korn Ferry reveals that women [...]

Welcome to a new AWE web site feature: Boardmember Spotlight. Each installment will have one of our board members answering a few questions about their experience, influences and advice to [...]

Valero Energy Corp. has elected two women — H. Paulett Eberhart and Kimberly Greene — to its board of directors, both of whom have been CEOs of companies. Valero's (NYSE: VLO) announcement comes on the [...]

One of our esteemed AWE Board Members, Karen R. Johnson, passed away on June 5, 2016.  She was a devoted wife, loving mother, caring mentor, and dear friend to many. [...]

KOKOMO, Ind. — Growing up with a “mad scientist” as a father, Karrie Welker began bucking stereotypes from a young age, falling in love with electricity as girls her age […]

There are nearly 50,000 women working in U.S. solar jobs of all types, the Solar Foundation reports, accounting for nearly a quarter of the workforce in the sector. That’s an […]

KOKOMO, Ind. — Growing up with a “mad scientist” as a father, Karrie Welker began bucking stereotypes from a young age, falling in love with electricity as girls her age […]

EL PASO, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The El Paso Electric Company (EPE) (NYSE:EE) Board of Directors announces that Mary Kipp, President of EPE, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), today, December […]

I recently attended AWE’s Oct. 14  “Power Matters Conference” in Omaha. Nearly 75 women from the energy industry joined me in a quest to expand our knowledge about fuel sources, […]

When someone mentions executives in the energy industry, a female executive is probably not the first image that pops into your mind. That stigma doesn’t ring true in Houston, where […]

When it comes to glass ceilings, there is probably none tougher to crack than the oil and gas industry. For decades the corner office has been the preserve of alpha-male […]

“There are a lot of women in this industry. To have an organization that helps women know what the issues are, introduces them to the people they need to meet and network … I thought, nothing better could I do than give back some of what I’ve learned in 40 years of my professional career in the energy & power industries,” said Becky Motal of her new position as president & Chairman of the Board for the Association of Women in Energy.

Motal has much to share about the growing number of women in the Oil & Gas Industry.

Professional women in energy meet to discuss the value of diverse fuel resources Today’s energy industry is abuzz with debate over how to address climate change, increase the use of […]

AWE Board Member Tricia Berry with Women in Engineering Program – The University of Texas at Austin and Texas Girls Collaborative Project shares why “geek” language hurts efforts to engage girls in STEM.

Women on the Map, a new project of SPARK Movement hosted on Field Trip, a mapping app by Google — submit more names and amazing women to be added! https://www.sparksummit.com/onthemap/

Part of the women-in-energy article series Kathleen Wolf Davis | Jun 18, 2014 Sallie Rainer, president and CEO of Entergy Texas, tells outsiders that her role is all about value. […]

When Becky Motal announced her retirement as general manager of the Lower Colorado River Authority effective at the end of last year, most anybody who knew her likely had the […]

New research center to focus on energy law and business UT Austin will create an innovative new center that combines the expertise and resources associated with three existing research units […]

UT Austin graduate student takes first prize in Pike Powers Research Fellowship Competition UT Austin’s Krystian Perez, a Ph.D. student in chemical engineering, was awarded first place in the Pike […]

John Downey Senior Staff Writer- Charlotte Business Journal A new study on women in the power and utility industry ranks Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE:DUK) first among the 100 largest power […]

A new global survey for TIME shows how attitudes toward conservation may be guided by gender. More women than men worldwide say energy conservation is a “very important” issue, while […]