Ed Burgess

Senior Advisor

Ed is an Independent Consultant who specializes in the evaluation and design of programs and plans to advance the grid integration of renewable energy, energy storage, electric vehicles, and distributed energy resources. 

He was previously a Strategen Partner and Policy Director for the Vehicle-Grid Integration Council. Prior to Strategen, Ed provided technical analysis as an independent consultant to an Arizona-based law firm and supported the firm’s clients in cases before the Arizona Corporation Commission. He also worked at Schlegel & Associates, where his technical analyses on demand-side management policies led to billions of dollars in new energy efficiency investment in Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and several other states. He began his career working on environmental policy at the Environmental Defense Fund in New York.

Ed holds a M.S. in Sustainability and Professional Science Master of Solar Energy, Engineering, and Commercialization from Arizona State University. He also has a B.S. in chemistry from Princeton University.