Ed has over 12 years experience working as a consultant in the energy and utilities industry. He specializes in various grid planning issues including the integration of renewable energy, energy storage, electric vehicles, and distributed energy resources. He has provided expert testimony on over 27 occasions before 11 state utility commissions on issues including utility resource planning, transmission planning, fuel and power purchase costs, rate design, and electric vehicle programs.
Prior to co-founding Current Energy Group, Ed was a Consulting Partner at Strategen. While at Strategen, Ed also helped launch and served as the inaugural Director for the Vehicle-Grid Integration Council and grew the organization to over 40 member companies.
Ed has also worked as an independent consultant, providing technical support to clients before state utility commissions and legislatures. His technical analyses on demand-side management policies contributed to billions of dollars in new investments in energy efficiency and distributed solar across several states. He began his career working on environmental policy at the Environmental Defense Fund in New York. Ed earned his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Princeton University. He also holds a Master of Science (M.S.) in Sustainability and a Professional Science Master (P.S.M.) of Solar Energy Engineering and Commercialization from Arizona State University.
