Alternative Energy Systems Consulting, Inc.
AESC is Celebrating 30 Years of Energy Efficiency and Climate Action
A message from Antonio Corradini, President and CEO of AESC
In 1994, AESC was founded with the motto to provide “Energy Solutions for a Changing World”. At that time, we were just beginning to see the first effects of the climate crisis, and the energy efficiency programs we supported for the California IOUs were based on offsetting load growth and the ratepayer impacts of new costly power plants. In the 30 years since, we have seen the intensifying impacts of too much carbon in the atmosphere, a major shift in utility generation, grid loads, and grid needs, and the ever-expanding benefits of DSM programs recognized in both policy and practice. Our original company motto is still as relevant today as it was at our founding, and AESC continues to bring our clients innovative solutions to solve energy challenges in a changing world.
Today’s AESC has evolved into a national company delivering clean energy engineering, turnkey third-party programs, technology research, consulting, and software solutions to more than 120 utilities, governments, and private sector clients to help decrease energy use, fortify the grid, and decarbonize processes and systems. We average over 120 energy and water audits a year and continue to grow that number as we add new services to meet the market needs, including benchmarking and building energy performance compliance and ESG goals.
We have supported and implemented more than 30 utility and municipal energy efficiency programs and are currently implementing programs serving state buildings, prisons, wastewater treatment plants, refineries, and diverse commercial markets. We have expanded our strategic energy management practice to new regions and utilities, and are leading the way in the implementation of innovative new commercial and residential meter-based programs that measure and incent energy efficiency and peak load modification projects based on measured hourly impacts.
Most of these programs are supported by AESC’s in-house cloud-based software Praxis that provides custom tools for energy analytics, modeling, M&V, and client interface that streamline and simplify the process of managing projects and programs.
Our growth has been possible through the diverse and inclusive environment we have created at AESC where people are free to do their best work, and it shows in everything we do. We are doing the right things with the right people at the right time, and I am excited to see where that takes us. Cheers to 30 years of AESC!
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Our growth has been possible through the diverse and inclusive environment we have created at AESC.
1994
Craig Racine and Richard Sterrett incorporate Alternative Energy Systems Consulting, joined by co-founders Ronald Ishii later in 1994 and Gerald Gibson in 1997.
1996
AESC develops the initial spreadsheet-based energy calculators that evolve to become the cornerstone of Praxis, AESC’s comprehensive cloud-based energy software platform for energy project management.
1999
AESC begins performing emerging technology research for CA investor-owned utilities.
2000
AESC launches a suite of CA Standard Performance Contract (SPC) Program calculators to streamline custom project applications.
2001
AESC is contracted as the primary technical consultant for the CA Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP), supporting program design, implementation, and policy support for the Statewide Working Group as well as application reviews and inspections. In 2007 this evolved into the California Solar Initiative.
2005
AESC opens the Oakland, CA office to support Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E) custom energy efficiency program.
2006
AESC provides technical assistance to help integrate intermittent wind resources into the CA transmission system, using advanced controls and battery storage, initiating our smart grid work.
2006
AESC opens the Pasadena, CA office to support Southern California Edison’s (SCE) custom energy efficiency program.
2009
AESC is awarded PG&E Integrated Demand-Side Management (IDSM) contract and multiple SCE contracts to support audits, engineering reviews, field inspections and M&V. During this time AESC is also awarded a statewide contract to develop and maintain the Statewide Customized Offering Manual and calculators for CA IOUs to help determine custom…
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2012
AESC begins supporting Duke Energy with the Smart $aver Custom Performance Incentive Program, leading to numerous and ongoing subsequent program, technical and software support contracts.
2014
AESC opens Charlotte, NC office and launches Praxis software tools to provide calculation, incentive, and application intake support to Duke Energy and its customers.
2014
AESC is contracted by the California Energy Commission (CEC) to perform Level 2 Fleet Charging study, California’s Statewide Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Roadmap and Policy Plan, and a Corridor Direct Current Fast Charging Infrastructure in California study. AESC also performs DC Fast Charger and Workplace Charging study for UC San…
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2015
AESC opens a Portland, OR office to support the expansion of energy engineering and technical study work for Energy Trust of Oregon and Bonneville Power Administration.
2015
AESC begins support for the Energy Trust of Oregon Commercial and Industrial SEM Programs.
2016
AESC is awarded the Program Administrative Manager role for the California Statewide Institutional Partnership Program serving CA state agencies and the CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
2016
2016
2017
AESC is acquired by Energie Valsabbia Spa (EVA), headquartered in Brescia, Italy.
2018
AESC initiates audits for the City of LA to meet Existing Buildings Energy & Water Efficiency (EBEWE) Ordinance requirements.
2018
2020
AESC and partners complete a CEC-funded project investigating distributed energy resources (DER) control technologies, and their ability to shift residential loads through dynamic pricing strategies.
2020
AESC is selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the General Services Administration (GSA) to test Grid-Interactive Efficient Building (GEB) technologies to enable energy efficiency and advanced load control at a State of California public facility in Santa Ana.
2020
AESC launches our first third-party designed and implemented program in CA with the PG&E RAPIDS Wastewater Treatment Optimization Program, designed to help PG&E’s municipal and public agency wastewater customers save energy by eliminating energy waste in the treatment process.
2021
AESC wins and launches the State of CA Energy Strategy and Support (SOC ESS) Program providing support to CA’s 57 state agencies to achieve energy and carbon reduction goals through technical engineering support, project development, incentive management, trade ally support and staff augmentation.
2021
AESC hires staff in Puget Sound, WA region to supporting expanding local utility work.
2021
AESC leads the development of the Affordable Multifamily SEM program for Energy Trust of Oregon.
2022
AESC awarded a contract to serve as a Lead Implementer for PG&E’s Market Access Program (MAP), an innovative meter-based energy efficiency and peak load reduction program delivered by energy efficiency aggregators and measured at the meter.
2022
AESC begins implementing SDG&E Virtual Power Plant Community Microgrid Project in Shelter Valley, CA to improve grid resiliency and power reliability through distributed energy resources (DERs) and technology load control strategies.
2022
AESC joins team awarded CA’s statewide electric emerging technologies research contract (“CalNEXT”) and supports technology roadmaps, project screening, and implementation of market research studies, technology field demonstrations, and pilots across multiple technologies and market sectors.
2024
AESC expands meter-based programs with awards of the PG&E Measured Savings Program for Summer Reliability and Marin Clean Energy meter-based programs, serving commercial and residential markets through aggregators and meter-based savings M&V.