The Electric Innovation Awards
The Electric Innovation Awards spotlights innovative leaders and models that can scale -then connects them to partners who help accelerate progress.
Why Apply?
2026 Application Open: April 2 - June 3, 2026
We’re looking for breakthrough projects, policies, tools, and models that accelerate the shift to an all-electric future. Submissions are welcome from individuals, teams, organizations, companies, and coalitions working on innovations large and small across the economy—from transportation fleets to heat pumps, software to manufacturing, and everything in between.
AWARD CATEGORIES
Scale Catalyst Award Winner
For initiatives built to spread—through modular design, smart policy, or powerful partnerships.
Policy Innovation Award Winner
For public sector leaders advancing electrification through bold policies—from building codes and retrofit programs to innovative financing tools.
Power For All Award Winner
For work filling key gaps to expand access to clean energy, healthy homes, and good jobs to those communities often left without them.
Design & Discovery Award Winner
For breakthrough design and electrification solutions that inspire the public and open up new terrain.
What We're Looking For
Eligible projects may span various technologies, scales, and stages of development. For example, submissions might include:
- Technologies such as hardware, software, or infrastructure tools
- Sectors such a transportation, buildings, manufacturing, public fleets, and grid modernization or resilience efforts
- Scales ranging from individual products to citywide or statewide systems
- Stages of development from early pilots and prototypes to mature, widely deployed solutions
Submissions that are replicable, scalable, or help ensure the electrification transition benefits everyone are especially encouraged. A particular focus will be placed on projects that:
- Broaden access to clean energy technologies
- Fill critical gaps in the current transition
- Demonstrate potential to deliver widespread community or climate benefits
We focus exclusively on full electrification solutions.
Projects that include fossil fuel components are not eligible.
Robert Barrosa
CEO
Electrify America
Andrew Beebe
Managing Director
Obvious Ventures
Mike Brune
CEO
Clean Break Fund
Deborah Burke
Program Officer, Sustainable Development
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Andrew Chang
CEO
New Energy Nexus
Caroline Grey
Senior Advisor
California Energy Commission
Eileen Higgins
Mayor
City of Miami, Florida
Weldon Kennedy
Co-Founder and CMO
Cooper
Dylan McDowell
CEO
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (NCEL)
Gene Rodrigues
Former Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity and Energy Reliability
U.S. Department of Energy
Questions?
If you have any questions about the awards please contact us at awards@electricinnovation.org or via our contact page.