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Profile: Tom Kuhn, EEI

“It’s not the strongest that survive…it’s the one that adapts to change,” said Tom Kuhn, on surviving as an industry group leader in Washington. It’s certainly been his motto throughout a 32-year career in the energy industry. Since 1975, he’s been a part of the senior leadership of leading energy groups, first starting in government affairs for the American Nuclear Energy Council. Since then he’s weathered the industry’s varied crises, from the Three Mile Island accident in 1979, the California electricity crisis in 2000 and 2001, the Enron meltdown and through major environmental legislation. He’s also survived the wax and wane of partisan politics in Washington,… Read More