Red Clay Consulting, an Oracle partner focused exclusively on Oracle Utilities for more than 25 years, has been named the winner of the 2026 Oracle Industry Partner Award in the Utilities category. Oracle announced the award at its Partner Success Summit and will feature Red Clay on the Oracle Partner Awards website.

The Oracle Industry Partner Awards recognize partners that understand the challenges of a specific industry and deliver measurable customer success with Oracle technology. For Red Clay, the recognition reflects decades of work alongside electric, water, wastewater, and gas utilities as they modernize customer, meter, and field operations on Oracle Utilities solutions.

“In a strong group of Partners in the Utilities sector, Red Clay stood out for their credibility, responsiveness, and integrity” said Brad Kitchin, Oracle Utilities Group Vice President. “Our clients consistently remark on the positive experiences they have when calling on Red Clay.”

Red Clay CEO Paul Marnell remarked “We are honored to be recognized as an Oracle Partner of the Year. Our commitment to our clients, our team, our partners and our communities drive us to deliver the highest quality solutions with pride and professionalism.”

Red Clay has completed more than 450 projects and implementations for utilities, including more than 50 full-cycle implementations, with a 100% project success rate. Its work spans the Oracle Utilities portfolio, from Customer Cloud Service and Customer Care and Billing to Meter Data Management, Work and Asset Cloud Service, and Oracle Field Service.