Energy and Environmental Consulting: Independent energy and environmental consulting (1996-1998; 1999-2001; 2005-present). Research, analysis, communications; energy efficiency and green energy program designs; strategic planning. Select clients: The International Finance Corporation of The World Bank, Massachusetts Electric, Sacramento Municipal Uitlity District, and the Cities of Burbank and Pasadena. Strategic services for E-Source, Snohomish Public Utilities District, NEES, Boston Edison, and Northeast Utilities, and LivingWise. Prior to moving to Los Angeles served as an independent consultant for the Northwest Power Planning Council; the Texas State Energy Conservation Office; the City of Phoenix; the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Washington, DC; the Catalyst Financial Group; E-Source; Xenergy; the Center for Renewable Technology and Sustainable Development; and U.S. Department of Energy. Consulting encompassed research and video, written, and oral presentations featuring competitive utility services, performance contracting, plus green energy, pricing and building.

The Energy Coalition : Managing Director (2001–2005). The Energy Coalition focuses on alternative and effective delivery of energy efficiency services to “underserved” power consumers, notably low-income, single and multi-family residential, senior communities, students and their families and schools, small businesses, and municipal governments. Primary responsibility for utility strategies, external communications, and the PEAK Student Energy Action program that includes an in-depth curriculum, unique simulation software, and interactive web site. The Energy Coalition is the facilitating manager of the Community Energy Partnership, a project that links cities and their constituents with utilities and the State of California to foster smart energy management and community energy responsibility. Also developed the Business Energy Coalition in San Francisco which linked 34 major downtown facilities into a coalition of responsible energy users, responsive through curtailments during peak periods.

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power: Director of Energy Efficiency (1998). Hired by the legendary S. David Freeman to craft a new set of innovative efficiency programs for the Department’s 1.3 million customers. Guided a team of 30 professionals and a $15 million budget towards a comprehensive set of “bill reduction” services for residential, small and large business customers. Projects initiated included low-income direct installation program for energy and water efficiency, new small business efficiency incentives, efficiency financing for all customers, a revised ESCO support services program, internal housekeeping through the planned retrofit of the Department’s main office building, and a reinvigorated corporate recycling program to fulfill the state-mandated 50% diversion rate by the year 2000.

IRT Environment: Director and founder of IRT Environment, Inc. (1986- 1996). An energy and environmental information company focused on publications, presentations, consulting, video productions, and The Results Center discussed next. Editor of The Energy Newsbrief for ten years, a biweekly energy and environmental newsbrief which served utility executives and decision-makers in energy industries throughout the U.S. and Canada with a "timely review of strategic energy and environmental issues facing the world today."

The Results Center: Director (1991-1996). The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and The Energy Foundation supported Ted Flanigan and the development of The Results Center, a project of IRT Environment, to track highly successful energy efficiency programs in North America. The Results Center was used to jump-start effective energy efficiency services and to refine existing programs through the power of positive example. Charter Members included EPRI, Tokyo Electric, Pacific Gas & Electric, Hydro-Quebec, New England Electric System, Conservation Law Foundation, and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The Center published 126, 24-page profiles with over 100 leading utilities and agencies, produced 40+ Program Snapshots, published eight co-authored Special Reports, provided Technical Consulting Support for members, and produced the monthly Energy Efficiency News & Views.

Rocky Mountain Institute: Energy Program Director (1986-1990). Worked closely with Amory and Hunter Lovins on utility strategies and government energy policies. Lectured extensively domestically and abroad on the technical potentials for and the benefits of energy efficiency. Developed and managed C ompetitek (now known as E-Source), the Institute's electric utility consulting service focused on researching advanced techniques for electric efficiency. Interacted with over 170 member organizations located in 40 countries including the U.S., Canada, USSR, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, and China. Responsibilities for hire/fire, research scheduling, marketing, and consulting service coordination which included an annual members' forum held in Aspen, Colorado. Routinely interacted with the press and public on energy issues. Served as Director of the Institute's Water Program in 1988.

New York Power Authority: Assistant Strategic Planner (1985-1986). Worked on the development of strategic planning tools and processes for senior management of this electric utility with annual revenues in the billions of dollars. Tracked its operating budget for its consistency with previously stated planning objectives. Responsible for developing an issues database for the planning division, the Chairman, and management. Research focused on planning within New York State and NYPA's unique opportunity to shape New York's electricity future, Hydro-Quebec power imports, the emerging regulatory trends of least-cost planning, cogeneration, energy efficiency, resource recovery, and plant life extension.

Advisory Roles

Association of Energy Services Professionals: Elected to national trade association's Board of Directors (1994-1996). Attended Board meetings in Houston, Dallas, Phoenix, and Washington to review directions, challenges, finances, and opportunities to advance customer efficiency and value. Contributed feature articles to its Strategies newsletter.

Pace University's Center for Environmental Legal Studies: Served on the Board of Advisors (1989-1994). Provided advice on the Center's role as an intervenor in regulatory proceedings in New York State; specifically DSM, environmental costing, and integrated resource bidding.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Served on the Board of Advisors for the LBNL’s DEEP project (1991-1995). The synergy between DEEP's comprehensive database of DSM programs and The Results Center's select programs was as a strong impetus for collaboration.

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners: Served on NARUC's Staff Subcommittee for Energy Conservation (1985-1990). Meetings in New York, Washington D.C. (5x), San Diego, San Francisco (2x), Phoenix, and related EPRI and LBNL workshops. Organized the first national conference on least-cost planning held in Colorado in April 1988.

Other Advisory Roles: Have also served as a special advisor to the Chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (1986-1990), corporate secretary for Rising Sun Enterprises (an energy service company), a technical advisor to the EarthWays Home demonstration project in St. Louis, an advisory board member of Energy Expo (later known as the National Marketplace for the Environment), board member of the Environmental Rescue Fund in San Francisco, board member for the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies as well as Solar Energy International.

Select Consulting

U.S. Department of Energy: Exploration of the key issues and impacts related to performance contracting of energy services and potentials to overcome shortfalls in utility funding of energy services. Contacted leading energy service companies to compile data regarding project realization rates in various monitoring and verification environments; studied measure and savings persistence over time to increase lender confidence and thus lower capital costs.

International Institute for Energy Conservation / United States Agency for International Development: Worked in collaboration with IIEC under contract for USAID to explore exemplary efficiency programs in Asia. Traveled to Asia to research nine Program Snapshots of programs in The Philippines, Korea, China, Indonesia, Japan, Pakistan, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia. (1995)

Urban CO 2 Reduction Project: Technical advisor to the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives regarding the carbon dioxide reduction strategies of 15 major cities in North America and Europe, including Hannover and Saarbrucken, Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark; Bologna, Italy; and Ankara, Turkey. Traveled to Helsinki and Stockholm to strategize with delegates; Conducted briefings on DSM success stories from North America. (1992-1993)

City of Toronto: Advised the City of Toronto on its potentials for energy efficiency as an alternative to Ontario Hydro's 25-year resource. Assessed technical and economic potentials of efficiency technologies and strategies, and suggested implementation strategies based on U.S. success for each the electric, oil and gas, and transportation sectors.

Pace University Center for Environmental Legal Studies: Reviewed New York investor-owned utilities' first DSM plans to support Pace's position that New York State's investor-owned utilities ought to be required to invest more aggressively in DSM. Along with Pace Professor Ottinger (later Dean Ottinger), developed a "1-2-3-4-5" plan for required savings for the utilities, enforceable through an overall rate of return mechanism.

City of Burlington, Vermont: Evaluated and made recommendations on the demand-side management programs of Burlington Electric, specifically in light of the potential for energy efficiency as responsible alternative to further power imports from the James Bay in Quebec. Voters ultimately approved an $11 million bond to finance energy efficiency in Burlington.

Additional Clients: Pew Charitable Trusts, Pacific Gas & Electric, New England Electric, California Energy Coalition, Conservation Strategies Consortium, Great Lakes Project, TransAlta Utilities, Greenpeace Action, Tellus Institute, Association of Science & Technology Centers, Long Lake Energy Corporation, Urban Consortium, Utility Consumer's Action Network, New York Power Authority, Electric Power Software, Hagler Bailly, Synergic Resources Corp., PSI Energy, Energy Technology Laboratories, City of Austin, Hydro-Quebec.

Select Presentations

Competitive Energy Services and Strategies: A lecture series developed for and produced by the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association presented to utility managers in Atlanta, Georgia; North Carolina; Arkansas; Missouri; and Colorado, Winter 1996-1997.

Third Municipal Leaders Summit on Climate Change in Saitama, Japan: Retained as an international expert for this six-day municipal leaders’ summit in Saitama, Japan. Models for Financing and Implementing Municipal Energy Efficiency Financing, 1995.

City of Toronto, Ontario , Keynote speaker for Green Catalyst's 1994 Design Charette held among key stakeholders to launch a comprehensive, city-wide building energy and water efficiency initiative, Creating "the Prototype" for Municipal Efficiency, 1994.

German Ministry of the Environment and the Organization for the Economic Cooperation and Development , First European Conference on Least-Cost Planning, U.S. Utilities' Experiences with Least-Cost Planning and Energy Efficiency, Saarbrücken, Germany, 1993.

EarthDay 1990 - Chicago . Earth Day in Lincoln Park, downtown Chicago. Center stage between Senator Paul Simon and Mayor Daly. Fifteen-minute address before a ~20,000 person audience. Subsequent workshop on the End-use Approach to Energy Planningtice.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Keynote speaker 1990 Environmental Colloquium with Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature. Also conducted a 2-hour career seminar on socially-responsible energy and environmental career opportunities. Cambridge, 1990.

French Energy Management Agency: Lectured and participated in the First European Conference on Energy Management in Sophia Antipolis, France. The Technical Potentials for Energy Efficiency, 1988.

Alaskan Conference on Affordable Housing and Energy Efficiency: Keynote Speaker, Energy Efficiency, the Environment, and Sustainable Economic Development. Juneau, 1990.

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, Urban CO2 Reduction Project:The Potentials for Energy Efficiency to Mitigate Carbon Emissions in Major North American and Western European Cities, presented in Helsinki, Finland, 1992.

Select Publications

The Energy Newsbrief:The Energy Newsbrief was published weekly from 1985 to 1994, then biweekly in 1995 and 1996. Subscribers received 26 weekly issues, an annual index and binder, and telephone access for further information and contacts. Issues featured "The History of Electric Vehicles" and "Oil at the Midpoint." Supplements included Hydrogen: The Invisible Fire by Ted Flanigan et al.

The Results Center: Launched in 1992, The Results Center produced over three thousand pages of rigorously researched technical documentation. Similarly, staff worked intimately with over three thousand efficiency practitioners and advocates to document 126 Profiles of successful energy efficiency programs including leading energy services from North America and from Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, England, France, and the Philippines.

Energy Efficiency News & Views: In 1995 The Results Center introduced the monthly newsletter, Energy Efficiency News & Views, to present cutting-edge program concepts and to highlight the niche and new opportunities for efficiency in an increasingly competitive utility context. Each issue contained Guest Perspectives, news flashes, as well as Snapshots of promising and controversial programs.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Prepared an assessment of the state of energy management at the nation's 2,000+ publicly-owned electric utilities with a focus on leading municipal utilities’ efforts with energy management. Site visits conducted in Seattle, Sacramento, Austin, Burlington, &d Waverly, Iowa.

Electric Power Research Institute: Published "50 Successful DSM Programs" in 1994 that presented the tabulated results of The Results Center's first 50 profiles and provided insights and perspectives on DSM in North America with a particular focus on those ingredients in program design and financing mechanism that led to these success stories.

Additional articles: Have authored dozens of articles on energy efficiency and the environment in trade and popular journals including The Multinational Monitor, The United Nations Development Forum, Northeast Sun, The Electricity Journal, Solar Today, Solar Age, Northwest Energy News, and Public Utilities Fortnightly. The Results Center, IRT Environment, and Ted Flanigan have also been cited in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, The Utne Reader, Whole Earth Review, The Quad Report, Public Power, Nuclear Energy, IAEEL Newsletter, Home Energy, Global Environmental Change Report, High Country News, The Boston Business Journal, and others.

Video Productions

The Energy Coalition: 1. Catalyzing Responsible Energy Action; 2. Taking it to the Streets; 3. The Energy District Approach; 4. PEAK Student Energy Actions; and 5. The Community Energy Partnership. 12-15-minute documentary videos produced with Versatile Productions explain unique approaches to community energy management, providing diverse perspectives from utility officials, regulators, and program participants, taped in targeted neighborhoods, schools, and local businesses.

Sustainable Building in Texas: A 15-minute video featuring sustainable building practices in Texas public facilities. Developed script and interviewed experts throughout Texas and in Kansas City and Denver. Narrated the video which includes footage of eight facilities ranging from the State Capitol to a school to a maximum security prison in Connally, Texas. Video will be used by the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems to enlighten the Texas architectural community and to train facility managers there about the potentials of green building.

Transportation 2000, Moving Beyond Auto America: A 28.5-minute video coproduced with Versatile Productions, the U.S. EPA, and Transportation-2000 of Boulder, Colorado. On-camera narrator. Interviews with 20 experts including Ralph Nader plus "cutaways" of bullet trains, "mag-levs", advanced aviation, electric vehicles, and light rail systems from around the world. Show distributed nationally; aired on Canadian and British broadcasting corporations. Based on Transportation: The Grand Re*Design, a technical report by Ted Flanigan.

Sustaining America’s Agriculture, High Tech and Horse Sense: Associate Producer of this 28.5-minute video produced for the U.S. EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture with Versatile Productions. Video features concepts and six sustainable farms across the country. Music by the Paul Winter Consort and Jimmy Ibbotson; narration by Raymond Burr.

Negawatts: A 20-minute video that features the technical potentials for energy efficiency in lighting, window glazings, and drivepower situations. Produced for Rocky Mountain Institute. Coproduced with Versatile Productions and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Pollution Prevention Office. Screened at the International Environmental Film Festival, 1991.

Education

University of Vermont: Burlington, VT. Master of Science in Natural Resource Planning (GPA 4.0) with Economics Minor. Emphasis on national energy planning. Thesis titled National Energy Planning: Potentials in Synergistic Interaction. Courses focused on the economics of energy and the social considerations of effective planning.

Humboldt State University: Arcata, California. BS in Natural Resource Planning, Economics Minor. Presented and got approved a comprehensive recycling plan for the City of Arcata. Interned at the New Alchemy Institute (East Falmouth, MA) working in the "Ark," a unique bioshelter incorporating solar design and intensive food and fish production. Undergraduate studies also at the University of Vermont and University of California at San Diego.

Incidental

The Aspen Institute: Participant in the "Series on the Environment in the 21st Century." Seminars brought together utility representatives, oil company executives, government decision-makers, and leading environmental groups to work together to develop a new environmentally-sensitive and cooperative working relationship. Also an observer at The Aspen Institute's Energy Policy sessions intermittently 1987 - 1998.

Moscow Global Forum on Human Survival: Invited as an environmental expert to the Global Forum attended by spiritual and parliamentary leaders from 83 countries. The January 1990, week-long forum in Moscow was a cultural experience and a valuable model for collaboration at many levels especially between religious and political leaders. Mini-forums focused on the potential for energy efficiency worldwide and particularly in the USSR and developing world.