Innovative, Strategically Designed Curriculum

The Energy Executive Course's comprehensive curriculum helps participants build in-depth knowledge, leadership skills, a strategic mind-set, global vision, and professional networks. With over 90 in-class faculty contact hours, a learning platform online, and educational study tours, the coursework offers full immersion in the energy industry. A rigorous evaluation process ensures relevant and timely content.

Fundamentals

• Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution
• Natural Gas Production, Transmission, and Delivery
• Utility Accounting and Financial Reporting: How Utilities Make Money
• Financial Management and Capital Markets
• Regulation and Rate Making
• Fuel Diversity: Integrated Resource Planning

Leadership

• Strategic Leadership in the Natural Gas Industry
• Strategic Human Resources
• Leading Inclusively: Creating a Culture of Belonging
• Mini-versity
• Customer Experience 
• Experience Change: Accelerate and Realize Strategies, Initiatives, and Solutions

Trends

• Managing Advanced Grid Planning and Operations
• Next Generation Technologies
• Trends in Energy Security
• Strategic Trends in Consumer Engagement
• Regulatory Strategy 
• Environmental Collaboration 

Future

• Energy Industry and the Environment--Shaping the Future 
• Effective Stakeholder Engagement
• Strategic Communication
• Experience Innovation: Design Thinking Simulation
• Strategic Sustainability: Integrating Policy, Climate Science, and Resilience
• Climate Impact: Fire and Ice Panel
• CEO Panel: Pathways to the Future

“The EEC experience was exceptional. The course topics reflected the critical and emerging issues we’re dealing with every day and the instructors were clearly leaders in the field.  Just as importantly, the collaboration and networking with the class cohort provided a valuable opportunity to learn from each other’s experiences and expertise. The EEC coursework and cohort experience are must-haves for energy industry professionals.” 

Natasha Siores, Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs, NW Natural