Go Sustainable Energy is an energy consulting company in Columbus, Ohio. With numerous engineers on staff, they have spent time working with various organizations to help them find ways to cut down on energy use and involve sustainable resources. As they have grown, they found a new area that they could help in bringing more sustainable options to Ohio...Policy Analysis.
Join us for a workshop with Founder and Managing Partner of Go Sustainable Energy, John Seryak, and Engineer Peter Worley, as they talk about how they have bridged the gap between their engineering backgrounds and the policy world. Learn how policy memos have evolved, how they are currently structured, how they are similar and different from how people are taught to write policy memos, how they can be used to make change!
Biographies:
John Seryak is the founder and Managing Partner of Go Sustainable Energy. John has led Go's strategy of attracting inquisitive engineering talent to provide accurate, unbiased guidance on sustainable energy, from practical next steps to cutting edge projects. John has built on his deep technical energy engineering expertise to become a leader and visionary on practical design considerations for the changing electrical grid, and societal use of energy. John's strengths of understanding and navigating the technical, economic, policy, and market contexts surrounding energy efficiency and sustainable energy attract a clientele of pioneers and leaders.
John leads the regulatory, policy, and electricity markets team through Go’s subsidiary RunnerStone and has directed Go's investment in pioneering services of energy management, distributed energy resource consulting, and research on customer decision making.
Peter Worley is the leader of Go’s Distributed Energy Resources (DER) team, helping clients navigate the complex world of grid-interactive technologies such as renewable energy, demand response, and energy storage for both on-site and off-site opportunities. Leveraging his knowledge of product design and design innovation, he helps clients develop frameworks and strategic plans. He has consulted on over 150 megawatts (MW) of distributed solar projects, including two of the largest projects in the country.
Peter also contributes to Go Sustainable's energy markets, policy, and regulatory consulting for the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association. He co-authors policy briefs on state policies (e.g. House Bill 6) as well as state and federal regulations (e.g. net-metering, FERC MOPR).
