Rules and Requirements | See also Criteria

1. No company may be nominated for more than one award on substantially the same basis. Judges will discard entries for multiple awards which broadly replicate other entries. (Thus, as an example, companies should not nominate themselves simultaneously for Commercial Technology of the Year and for the Green Energy Generator of the Year using the success of a single technological innovation as justification for both).

2. Judges reserve the right to move an entry to a different category from the category entered if, in the judges’ opinion, the entry is better suited to that category.

3. In the event that fewer than five entries are qualified as finalists in a particular category, the judges reserve the right not to make the award. The judges reserve this right in the case of awards to individuals regardless of the number of entries.

4. The winners of individual awards (CEO of the Year, Rising Star Award - Individual and Lifetime Achievement Award) are required to attend the Global Energy Awards Dinner to accept their award in person.

5. All nominations must be submitted using the Online Nominating Process. Nominations and supporting materials must be received no later than September 10, 2012. No extensions to this date will be granted and incomplete entries will not be considered.

6. Nominations may be submitted either directly from a company, from an involved individual, or from a third party. In the event that a third party nominates a company or individual, Platts will contact the nominated company or individual and ask the nominee to review the nomination for accuracy and, if necessary, provide any missing documentation. If the company or individual fails to provide the required response by the specified date, the nomination will be excluded from competition.

7. Each nomination MUST be accompanied by a summary, not to exceed 300 words (2-3 paragraphs), that explains the rationale behind the entry. We strongly encourage you to tailor each summary to the individual category for which you are nominating. All dollar amounts and financial statistics MUST be in U.S. dollars. The Nominating Summary should be submitted electronically through the Online Nominating Process.

8. Nominations for the Vision & Leadership and the Operational Excellence sections MUST include a company profile that includes total revenue and profit for the award period described in the overview of each category and size of company. All dollar amounts and financial statistics MUST be in U.S. dollars to be considered. The Company Profile should be submitted electronically through the Online Nominating Process. Nominations for the Outstanding Programs, Premier Projects and Leading Technologies sections MUST include financial details for their submissions in U.S. dollars.

9. Nominations MUST also include additional insight into the nominee's qualifications as it relates to the judging criteria. You will be asked to elaborate on your nomination by providing examples of outstanding accomplishments, the risks involved, significant obstacles that were overcome and any other pertinent information for each of the judging criterion specified in the category descriptions. All dollar amounts and financial statistics MUST be in U.S. dollars. The Nominating Report should be submitted electronically through the Online Nominating Process.

10. Each nomination should include the nominated company's logo. For screen quality, we require images of 300 dpi or above, Illustrator or PhotoShop RGB EPS files. These files can be emailed to globalenergyawards@platts.com

11. Entries for CEO of the Year, Rising Star Award – Individual and Lifetime Achievement Award should be accompanied by a high-resolution color photograph of the individual nominated. These files can be emailed to globalenergyawards@platts.com.

12. Supporting material is not required. Should you choose to send additional materials, please ensure they are supportive of the actual nomination. Supporting materials may include brochures, advertisements, photographs and other documents. Please send all supporting materials via email (preferred) to globalenergyawards@platts.com. You may also courier to:
    

    Platts Global Energy Awards
    10225 Westmoor Dr., Suite 325
    Westminster, CO 80021 USA
    

    We regret that no materials can be returned.

13. Winners will not be notified prior to the Global Energy Awards event; however all nominations must be accompanied by the name of the person who will be the accepting the award if the nominee is chosen as the winner.

14. Each winner is expected to accept their award on stage at the awards ceremony November 29, 2012 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

15. All information submitted through the Online Nominating Process and all supporting materials will be considered confidential and will only be used by Platts and its panel of judges for the purposes of selecting finalists and winners for the 2012 Platts Global Energy Awards.

Questions?

If you have any questions, or would like to submit additional documents, please send to globalenergyawards@platts.com or call +1 720-548-5478.

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