Steven A. Greenberg
Principal, Distributed Energy Strategies

4100 Orchard Canyon Lane
Vacaville , CA 95688
916-799-1560
510-868-8408 fax
steveng@destrategies.com

Curriculum Vitae

Mr. Greenberg is one of the United States ’ leading experts in distributed energy resource (DER) and combined heat and power (CHP). He has devoted his life and career to finding ways to deliver energy to end users in ever cleaner and more efficient methods. His unique blend of entrepreneurial, public utility, private industry, and public policy endeavors have provided a perspective that enables him to bring a true balance to those seeking assistance in energy related matters .

Mr. Greenberg founded Distributed Energy Strategies in October of 2003. Distributed Energy Strategies mission is to provide the energy industry's best assistance and guidance in five key areas: Government Affairs; Engineering, Procurement and Construction; Operations; Business Development; and Sales and Marketing.

Mr. Greenberg resigned from RealEnergy, Inc. in September of 2003 in order to pursue interests on a broad scale in advancing clean distributed generation and combined heat and power as a critical component of the nation’s energy infrastructure.

RealEnergy was founded in January 2000, Mr. Greenberg was one of four founders. RealEnergy, Inc. quickly became the nation’s leading developer, owner, and operator of distributed generation and combined heat and power systems for the commercial sector of the economy. One of RealEnergy’s first accomplishments was the installation and operation of a 330 kilowatt solar power system, the largest non-utility privately owned solar system in the US.

As Senior Energy Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Greenberg was responsible for government and regulatory affairs, during his tenure he was responsible for changing many of the regulations and laws in California that were barriers to the development of the DER industry. The efforts in California continue as have efforts and successes at the federal level and in the Northeastern US. Additionally, he was responsible for the development, design, construction and operation of RealEnergy’s powerplants. He continues to be one of RealEnergy’s largest individual shareholders and consults for the company.

Mr. Greenberg was a co-founder and managing director of Intergy, LLC, a predecessor of RealEnergy. Intergy was founded in 1996 to develop opportunities created by energy industry deregulation. The main achievement of Intergy was the creation of Pleasanton PowerPark, the nation’s first master metered industrial park development.

While managing the work of Intergy, Mr. Greenberg was also a senior consultant with Henwood Energy Services, where he had primary responsibility for the firm’s distributed generation, qualifying facility and new generation, project development practice. At Henwood, he published the Distributed Generation Report, a monthly newsletter devoted to the burgeoning opportunities in the DER industry.

He started his career in the electric energy and utility industry at PG&E in 1985. At PG&E he held a variety of positions in power plant operations, business development, government relations, and power contracts.

His public policy achievements include writing key legislation in California for the DER industry. In 2000 he drafted the language for SB 35X that eventually became known as the “standby charge” exemption clause in SB 5X. This language was passed with support of industry, business, ratepayer advocates and the environmental community. The bill became Section 353 of the CA Public Utilities Code. He also drafted the language for SB 1298, the nation’s first emissions standard legislation for DER. This language added Sections 41514.9 and 41514.10 to the CA Health and Safety Code. As one of the original members of the California Rule 21 working group, he was responsible for shaping many of the interconnection standards in place today. Additional contributions and successes include, but are not limited to interconnection standard development in Massachusetts, development of DER rates with daily demand charges for ConEd in NY, FERC NOPR interconnection standards for small generation, and the establishment of onsite generation as a non-PUHCA enforcement activity at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Mr. Greenberg has extensive experience dealing with government, utility, environmental, ratepayer advocacy, and industry trade groups within the energy sector and can often be found speaking before State and National organizations regarding the restructuring of the utility industry and the advancement of clean DER. Additionally, he has been quoted, interviewed or published in numerous articles in print, online, on radio and TV. He previously served on, the CADER Executive and Steering Committees, Board and Executive Committees of the Distributed Power Coalition of America, and is a current Executive Board Member of the US Combined Heat and Power Association. Mr. Greenberg has a B.S. in Business Administration from California Polytechnic Institute.