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Our leaders are experts in clean energy and transportation and have experience that spans across public, private and nonprofit sectors. They drive CSE toward its mission: Decarbonization.

With experience across a variety of clean energy industries, our board members help us pave the way toward decarbonization.

The traditional means of providing electricity to customers is changing. Rather than only large, central power plants delivering all of our electricity, resources located at consumer premises, called distributed energy resources (DERs), are supplying an increasing amount of energy needs.

As California advances toward its goal of 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045, there is a missing link between smart homes that provide automation with advanced energy devices or distributed energy resources (DERs), such as rooftop solar panels, electric cars and energy storage batteries, and today’s utility smart grid that allows for two-way communication between the utility and these…

The global public health and economic crisis has undoubtedly impacted how we manage our daily lives. While many industries are working to address uncertainty and disruption, health care workers, first responders, farmworkers, delivery drivers, and grocery store clerks continue to provide much needed essential services.

As states grapple with how to swiftly transition to electric vehicles (EV) to reach their clean transportation goals, it’s critical for them to consider the levers that most efficiently move the needle.

Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is emerging as a powerful alternative to the investor-owned utility (IOU) model that has traditionally served the majority of California’s utility customers. A CCA is typically established and overseen by a coalition of local governments, referred to as a Joint Powers Authority, with the objective of providing customers with more affordable electricity.