Tim Stout Joins E Source as Utility Efficiency Services Director

Boulder, CO, June 20, 2010 --(PR.com)-- E Source announced today that Tim Stout has been hired as the new director of Efficiency Services. He will be responsible for managing three utility-focused services: E Source Efficiency & Demand-Response Programs, Technology Assessment, and Intelligent Grid Services. These membership-based services provide research, best practices, tools, and unbiased analysis of technologies to utilities that are looking to improve their energy-efficiency, demand-side management, and smart grid programs.

“We’re thrilled to have Tim joining E Source. At National Grid, he built and managed one of the longest-running and largest energy-efficiency programs in North America,” said Kenneth Black, executive vice president of Member Services at E Source. “Tim’s insight and market knowledge will be a great resource for our members and E Source staff. He truly understands the challenges that utilities face in meeting ever-growing efficiency goals, and he knows how to develop efficiency programs that get results.”

Stout has more than 25 years of energy-related experience in planning, implementing, and evaluating energy-efficiency and demand-response programs, and in managing regulatory relationships and filings. Most recently, he was vice president of Energy Efficiency: Customer & Markets at National Grid, responsible for overseeing all electric and gas efficiency programs delivered by National Grid in New England and New York. Stout also serves on the Board of Directors of the American Council for an Energy-Efficiency Economy (ACEEE) and has served on the Board of the Northeast Energy-Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) and the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE).

About E Source
E Source has been delivering unbiased, objective energy business intelligence to over 300 utilities and large corporate energy users for more than 20 years. We provide analysis, research, and tools that increase the effectiveness of our clients’ operations, programs, and customer relationships. Our research analysts and consultants supply expertise in energy efficiency, utility customer satisfaction, program design, marketing, energy management, energy procurement, supply management, and carbon management.

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