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Thank you to all the Suppliers who submitted a response to the Alliance’s 2019 Supplier Survey via The Sustainability Project (TSP). In 2019, we announced that we would be issuing two awards for the Highest and Most Improved Scores. The criteria for both awards emphasize improvement, ensuring that Suppliers who receive either award set an improvement plan in 2018 and improved within at least one category in 2019. We are excited to announce our inaugural Supplier Survey award winners, congratulating Northgate Tree Care, LLC, receiving the award for Most Improved and Underground Construction Co., winning the award for Highest Overall Score. We want to extend a note of congratulations to all award winners, including those in our additional recognition categories below. The Alliance Utility Members are particularly excited with the improvement made by suppliers this year, with the average score increasing from 65% in 2018 to 73% in 2019. Going forward, Utility Members want to emphasize that Supplier Improvement year-over-year continues to be their focus and goal for engaging with Suppliers via TSP. We encourage suppliers to set goals with targeted dates to achieve them, using the improvement plans they set in our annual survey. Our 2020 Supplier Survey will kick-off again in September, so please continue to work on your improvement plans now. TSP is open year-round, and answers can be updated as improvements are made. We have planted a tree in the name of each of our award winners in recognition of their achievements. Congratulations again to our winners and looking forward to seeing continued improvement in 2020! Criteria not met therefore award not given for the following categories: Services (Highest Score); Medium Business ($100M-$1B revenue) (Highest Score and Most Improved)