NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

USG&E was announced the winner of the “Leadership and Integrity Award” at the 8th Energy Marketing Conference in New York City on September 19th 2017. Crius Energy, who just recenty acquired USG&E accepted the award at the luncheon.

The keynote address was given by Mr. Michael Fallquist, CEO of Crius Energy.

600 industry professionals attended the sixth semi-annual Energy Marketing Conference and another 845 others watched the conference via a live streaming – mostly from Texas and Florida (as they were still recovering from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma respectively).

The conference featured 48 exhibitors, 25 industry sponsors, 50 speakers on 4 interactive panels, 9 executive workshops, a networking breakfast, a luncheon and a vibrant networking reception with live music.

The conference was the largest gathering of retail energy professionals in North America. EMC also announced the launch of the EMC Benefits App – providing members with over 500,000 different types of discounts – free for all EMC members, their co-workers and families. Also announced was the newest technology for Customer Retention: EMC’s Customer Retention App that will be provided to Retail Energy Suppliers with no upfront cost.

The conference also featured a fun game of “FASTBALL” as 12 companies pitched their services and products to the industry in 4-minutes or less.

“All six nominees for the Leadership and Integrity Award are exemplary companies of leadership and integrity,” said Jack Doueck, Co-Founder of Advanced Energy Capital, LED Plus and of Energy Marketing Conferences, LLC, “That said, USG&E had made such amazing improvements, that they took home the prize.”

“Kevin McMinn had done a wonderful job leading USG&E, and the company has grown under his leadership. USGE is now part of Crius Energy, a public company with 1.4 million customers. Congratulations to all the nominees,” said Larry Leikin, Co-Founder of EMC and CEO of TrustedTPV.

The next Energy Marketing Conference will take place on March 14th 2018 at the Houston DoubleTree Hotel.