Hosted by S&P Global Platts, an independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets, the annual Global Energy Awards recognize the energy industry’s top organizations and individuals for “leadership, innovation and exemplary performance.” Honorable is the only partner in BigLaw, and Reed Smith the only law firm, honored at this year’s international event, whose winners spanned 10 countries, across four continents.
Honorable is a partner in Reed Smith’s Global Energy and Natural Resources Industry Group who heads the firm’s Energy Regulatory team. She further serves as Chair of the Washington, D.C. office's Women's Initiative Network (WINRS), is a Client Inclusion Leader, and a member of the firm’s African American business inclusion group, “Sustaining and Training African American Attorneys at Reed Smith” (STAARS).
Honorable provides essential counsel in high-level matters involving critical energy, commodities, and regulatory issues, such as project development, wholesale market operations, innovation in reliability and resilience, cyber and physical security, renewables integration, energy storage integration ratemaking, and enforcement and compliance matters.
Prior to joining Reed Smith three years ago, Honorable served as a Commissioner at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a term that expired in June 2017. Previously, she was president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, where she focused on pipeline safety, reliability, resilience, fuel diversity, and workforce diversity. Over the last decade, Honorable has testified before Congress on multiple occasions on a range of energy issues.
Today, Honorable is a highly regarded thought leader and practitioner in domestic and international energy sectors. She is a Senior Fellow with the Bipartisan Policy Center, serving on its Global Advisory Board for the Energy Futures Initiative; and she is an Ambassador for the Clean Energy Education and Empowerment Initiative, an effort co-led by the U.S. Department of Energy and the MIT Energy Initiative formed under the auspices of the International Clean Energy Ministerial, among other charges. She further serves on the Board of Southern Company.
Martin Fraenkel, president of S&P Global Platts offered congratulations to Ms. Honorable and Reed Smith for winning the 2020 Rising Star Award for an individual, noting that: “In a year that was so tumultuous, it was particularly impressive and heartening to see how this year’s group of winners re-organized around obstacles, forged ahead on ground-breaking technology, completed transformative deals and maintained focus on long-term energy sustainability. Tonight’s winners, and finalists, alike, are to be congratulated for their individual and collective accomplishments.”
A full list of 2020 Global Energy Awards winners, including the judges’ rationale, can be found on the Global Energy Awards website. Honorable and other winners were also highlighted in a news release, and a full summary of the winners is available via Insight Magazine, including sector-by-sector energy outlook analysis reports.
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