Director of Facilities/Renewable Energy Engineer
New Hampshire Electrical Cooperative
Plymouth, New Hampshire, United States
Gary joined NH Electric Cooperative in 2012. While at NHEC Gary constructed an 18.6 KW DC and 40 KW DC PV array at NHEC District Offices, managed a pilot project that installed six electric vehicle (EV) charging stations and completed construction of a 2.59 MW DC / 2.0 MW AC solar array for NHEC. He was part of the team that tranformed the EV charger program to a regular program. He worked on the team that developed a pilot EV purchase incentive program and a pilot program installing residential battery storage in employee/member homes to understand the pro's and con's of these installations and how they can be utilized in a demand response program. NHEC is still evaluating implementation of a residential battery program. Gary was part of the team that evaluated utility scale battery options. This resulted in the installation of a two-hour 2.44 MW utility battery installation, the largest in NH. Gary managed the installation of the utility battery at the 2.59 MW solar array location. The utility battery is owned by a third party energy company under a long term contract to dispatch the battery approximately 70 times per year offsetting regional demand and transmission charges. Prior to working at NHEC Gary worked for 36 years at an investor owned utility in many engineering and management positions. Gary has 18.4 KW of solar PV installed at his home, three Tesla Powerwalls, a solar hot water system, a heat pump water heater and eight mini-split heat pumps for heating and cooling the home. Gary is the past Chairman of the NRECA Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation Management Advisory Group that represents the interests of approximately 900 electric cooperatives across the US. Gary is a registered PE, NABCEP Certified with a BS in Engineering and an MBA in Management.
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