Haven Safety AI Named Finalist for 2026 Edison Award: Revolutionizing Safety Innovation in the Electric Power Industry
Haven Safety AI, an innovative AI-native safety intelligence platform, has been named a finalist for the prestigious 2026 Edison Award by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), recognizing its leadership and contributions to advancing safety innovation in the electric power and utilities industry. Haven, developed by The AES Corporation and AI Fund, stands out as the only AI-based solution among the finalists. The platform addresses industry challenges by facilitating continuous learning and risk reduction through structured evidence, standardized root cause analysis, and linked corrective actions, leading to faster and more insightful investigations.
Haven has proven its effectiveness at AES, delivering significant benefits such as an 80% reduction in investigation labor effort, shortened investigation timelines from weeks to hours, and enhanced coverage across incidents, near misses, and lower-severity events. The platform's intuitive interface has empowered teams to focus on on-site risk understanding, improve information capture, ensure consistent investigations, and accelerate learning processes.
Joseph Hanna, Co-Founder and CEO of Haven Safety AI, emphasizes the platform's transformative impact on the EHS industry, shifting the focus from documenting the past to preventing incidents proactively. By integrating AI into investigation workflows, Haven enables safety teams to learn faster, take proactive measures, and avert potential incidents before they occur. Haven's platform combines structured evidence capture with advanced causal analysis, empowering organizations to identify systemic risks, standardize investigation quality, and generate contextually grounded corrective actions.
The selection of Haven as an Edison Award finalist underscores the increasing significance of AI-native solutions in enhancing safety performance, bolstering regulatory compliance, and fostering operational resilience within the electric power sector. The winners of the Edison Award will be announced at EEI's Annual Conference in June, highlighting the industry's recognition of Haven's role in driving safety innovation and excellence.
Haven Safety AI, developed by Haven Safety Corporation, offers a cutting-edge AI-native platform for incident investigations, root cause analysis, and proactive risk reduction. By leveraging artificial intelligence and a structured industry knowledge graph, Haven enables organizations to capture frontline insights, analyze systemic causes, and continuously enhance safety performance. To learn more about Haven Safety AI and its transformative capabilities, visit their website or contact [email protected].