David Wagman, Chief Editor
David Wagman was named chief editor of Power Engineering magazine in 2006. He is responsible for all editorial issues associated with the magazine, ranging from monthly editorial content to magazine layout and design, as well as the magazine’s electronic editions. He also writes and edits feature articles, contributes the monthly opinion piece and compiles various recurring sections in the magazine. David also serves as conference committee chair for POWER-GEN International, the world’s largest annual trade show in the power generation industry. In this role, he oversees the development of a three-day conference attended by thousands of people every year. He also is co-chairman of Renewable Energy World North America Conference & Expo and serves on the committee for COAL-GEN. David’s career as an energy journalist spans more than 20 years. He has written extensively on many aspects of the energy industry including coal, oil and natural gas production; power generation; finance and business; regulation and legislation; renewable energy; and energy efficiency. He has been senior editor with several industry magazines and newsletters and developed, launched and ran a daily Web based news service for the power industry. Earlier in his career he was a beat reporter for a weekly business newspaper and later was research editor at a university based regulatory think-tank.

Nancy Spring, Senior Editor

Nancy Spring joined Power Engineering magazine as senior editor in 2008 after serving as managing editor of PennWell’s Electric Light & Power magazine and editor of The Executive Digest, a bi-monthly e-newsletter for utility managers and executives. For Power Engineering, Nancy covers a wide range of industry issues and technologies and edits the quarterly e-publication Nuclear Power International. She serves as chairperson for the NUCLEAR POWER International Conference and co-chair of the Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo. Nancy began her career in the energy industry more than 10 years ago as a consultant with UtiliPoint International, working with electric utilities responding to the challenges of a restructuring industry. She was editor of the company’s daily e-newsletter, IssueAlert, and regularly contributed articles on renewable generation technologies. At PennWell, Nancy has written on a broad range of regulatory and financial issues for electric utilities including international electric markets, capital expenditures in the utility industry, climate change legislation, cyber security, power plant operating performance and renewable energy.

 

Steve Blankinship, Associate Editor

Steve Blankinship has been associate editor of Power Engineering magazine since 2000. He writes features and columns on a wide range of power industry issues and technologies. He has also served as program committee chair of COAL-GEN since the event’s inception in 2001. His experience includes more than 25 years in the electric utility industry as a writer, editor, communications manager and company spokesperson and policy analyst. During his utility career, a significant portion of his communication activities focused on the technical side of the power industry, including natural gas and coal-fired generation as well as nuclear energy. He also wrote extensively about surface mining, land reclamation, environmental remediation, alternative energy technologies and legislative and regulatory matters.

 

Jeff Postelwait, Online Editor

Jeff is a graduate of Oklahoma State University’s School of Journalism and Broadcasting and holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism with an emphasis on news editing. While attending college, Jeff served in various capacities at the college newspaper, the Daily O’Collegian, including managing editor, entertainment and features editor and opinion editor. Jeff most recently worked for the Tulsa World newspaper, where he was a business reporter covering small business and retail. Jeff currently manages the Web site for Power Engineering magazine, editing stories for the site as well as putting together the weekly electronic newsletter.