Awards Dinner
NERO Annual Awards Dinner
Each year, NERO holds an awards banquet to recognize public servants and organizations that have made significant contributions to the energy field. The Dinner combines casual networking with a formal dinner and the presentation of NERO awards. Prominent players in the Washington energy policy community, Members of Congress, and Executive Branch officials come together to pay tribute to those who have made outstanding contributions to Energy Efficiency, Public Outreach and Innovation. NERO’s most prestigious tribute, the Distinguished Service Award, recognizes long-term leadership, stewardship, and significant achievement.
Previous NERO Annual Dinner Honorees
2023
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers
2022
Melanie Nakagawa, National Security Council
2019
Sen. Tom Udall and Rep. Rob Bishop
2018
Senator Heidi Heitkamp and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise
2017
Senator John Barrasso
2016
Representatives Steny H. Hoyer & Ed Whitfield
2015
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
2014
Senators Tom Carper & James M. Inhofe
2013
Senator Lisa Murkowski
2012
Representative Fred Upton
2011
Senator Jeff Bingaman
2010
Senator Byron Dorgan
2009
Representative John Dingell
2008
Senator Pete Domenici
2007
Senator Blanche Lincoln, Representatives Tammy Baldwin & Judy Biggert, Hon. Paula Dobriansky & Hon. Suedeen Kelly
2006
Senators John Breaux & Mary Landrieu
2005
Senator Larry Craig
2004
Senators Don Nickels & John Breaux
2003
Senator Spencer Abraham
2002
Representative Ralph Hall
2001
Representative Joe Barton
2000
Honorable James Hoecker
1999
Senator Frank Murkowski
1998
Senator Don Nickles
1997
Senator Wendell Ford
1996
Honorable Elizabeth Moler
1995
Representative Bill Archer
1994
Representative Billy Tauzin
1993
Honorable Linda Stuntz
1992
Representive W. Henson Moore
1991
Honorable James Watkins
1990
Representative Phillip Sharp
1989
Senator J. Bennett Johnston
1988
Representative John Dingell
1987
Lloyd Unsell
1986
Honorable Danny Boggs
1985
Honorable Donald Paul Hodel
1984
Robert Anderson & Charles Spahr
1983
Representative Clarence "Bud" Brown
1982
Senator James McClure
1981
Honorable David Stockman
1980
George Lawrence
1979
Gerald Decker & Laurence Moss
1978
Maria Telkes