For the City of Boulder, a September 2013 flood emphasized the need for energy resilience as critical to providing emergency services. The city partnered with two leading nonprofit services providers to demonstrate how solar+storage systems can reliably support critical loads during an outage.
During a September 2013 flood, residents of Boulder, Colorado faced widespread outages, compromised transportation options, and damaged homes and roadways. Communities had to rely on emergency aid from governmental and nonprofit agencies, but widespread outages meant that critical services were either offline entirely or severely debilitated. Vulnerable populations are already at greater risk during a…
While flash flooding had been commonplace in Boulder County, it was a 100-year flooding event in September 2013 that catalyzed interest in resilient energy infrastructure.
Chief Financial Officer Tony Vargo serves as CFO for CEG and CESA, where his primary responsibilities include strategic planning, organization and project budgeting, financial accounting and grant reporting, audit management, risk management and contract management. In addition, he works with staff in human resource management and benefits design/administration. Previously, he served as a VP/CFO/Treasurer with…
Executive Assistant & Office Manager Meghan Monahan is CEG’s Executive Assistant and Office Manager. She also serves as a project assistant for CESA. Her duties include managing staff schedules, administrative support, research, and event planning. Meghan is a magna cum laude graduate of Champlain College, where she majored in Business Administration. Tel: 802-223-2554 x201 Email:…
Marriele Mango Project Director Marriele Mango is a project director for Clean Energy Group. In that role, Marriele manages technical assistance and capacity building programs to support critical service providers and community-based organizations in their efforts to development resilient power projects that benefit marginalized communities. She also leads CEG’s efforts advocating for resilient power as…
Communications Manager Samantha serves as Communications Manager for Clean Energy Group and Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA). Her responsibilities include coordinating the production of webinars and e-newsletters for both organizations; managing content for CEG and CESA’s social media accounts; developing press releases and other media outreach materials; and assisting with publications and events. Samantha produces…
Clean Energy States Alliance Executive Director Warren Leon is Executive Director of the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA), CEG’s sister organization. (See a full CESA staff list here.) He oversees the organization’s day-to-day operations and leads strategy development. He has written and edited many reports for CESA, including serving as lead author for Returning Champions:…
Senior Project Director Todd works on CEG’s Resilient Power Project in the areas of solar+storage for critical infrastructure energy resiliency, distributed energy storage policy and economics, and is the CEG/CESA lead for state energy storage policy support. He also directs CESA’s Energy Storage and Technology Advancement Partnership (ESTAP) project, which aims to accelerate large scale…
A Plan to Use Federal Recovery Funds for Resilient Power in Puerto Rico
Clean Energy Group proposed that the Puerto Rico government consider a way to use federal recovery funds to seed a solar and storage incentive for new resilient power installations.