THE UTILITY LEADERS OF THE FUTURE

摘要

The utility market, like so many other industries that rely on technically skilled workers, must develop creative solutions to recruit, train and retain tomorrow's engineering talent today. IF YOU TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE of employees at Oklahoma Gas & Electric (OG&E; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.), the portrait is not unlike many utilities around the country-plenty of experienced engineers in their 50s and 60s, a small group of 40 somethings, an even smaller band of late 20- and 30-year-olds and a handful of recent grads, many of whom were not specifically educated as "power" engineers. This reality makes Terry Henry's position as leader of strategy and electric services at OG&E even more challenging. He knows what these numbers will mean for his workforce sooner than later.