Bradley
Steele helped to found Energy Federation in 1982, serving as EFI's
President since the organization's inception.
Mr. Steele's involvement in energy issues began in 1979 when he
served as intern for the New England Energy Congress (NEEC) in Boston,
undertaking research for the NEEC Electric Utilities Commission,
evaluating proposed legislation, and writing memos for the New England
Congressional Caucus.
He was hired by the South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC)
in 1980 as an Energy Specialist. In that role he helped organize
the energy cooperative, People's Energy Resource Cooperative (PERC),
becoming its Executive Director in 1982. PERC managed wood and oil
buying co-ops, bulk materials purchases, managed low-interest loan
programs, provided home energy audits, and organizated an annual
alternative energy home show. PERC was a founding member of EFI
in 1982, along with five other similar non-profit organizations.
From 1988 to 1990 Bradley Steele and other members of EFI's Board
of Directors were involved in regulatory proceedings that led to
the adoption of least cost planning, or integrated resource management
(IRM), for electric utilities in New England. This process, labeled
the Collaborative Approach, and the program design that came out
of it, became the model for many demand-side management (DSM) programs
that have been implemented across the United States.
In 1990 Mr. Steele oversaw the merging of PERC with two other energy
nonprofit groups to become Conservation Services Group (CSG), and
has served as a member of CSG's Board of Directors and it's treasurer.
Under Bradley Steele's leadership EFI has designed and operated
some of the most innovative conservation materials distribution
programs in the county. Mr. Steele is currently a member of the
Boards of Directors of CSG and Affordable Comfort Inc. He has previously
served on the Boards of Directors of Community Energy Partnership
and the Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Council.
Mr. Steele is a 1974 A.B. graduate of Harvard University.
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