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David Smith
Business Development Manager, Power & Utilities
With more than 30 years of diverse energy industry experience, Dave is focused on helping clients navigate the rapidly transforming energy landscape where integrated distributed energy generation and storage resources are enabling cost savings, increased resilience, and carbon reductions. His passion for delivering customized energy solutions in this emerging energy infrastructure, which some refer to as “Grid 2.0”, allows opportunities for his clients to leverage data, communications, new business models, dynamic energy markets, and advanced technologies to achieve their economic, operational, and environmental goals.
Professional Highlights
- "How New Clean Energy Tax Credits Can Benefit Transit Systems," Metro Magazine, January 19, 2023
- "Electric Bus Owners Charge Up with New Service Models", Passenger Transport, March 2021
- “Decarbonizing Your Campus: Planning for Electrification and Resilience”, Society for Campus and Utility Planning 2020
- “Deployment of Electrification, Microgrids, and DERs across the Grid”, New York Power Summit 2020 Workshop
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Dave has collaborated on the following projects
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), Zero-Emission Bus (ZEB) Master Plan
- Lehigh University, Climate Action Strategy, Central Utility Plant Master Plan
- Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), Resilient Microgrid Project Support
- Philadelphia Navy Yard, Energy Planning & Advanced Microgrid Solutions
- Energy Master Planning for Denver International Airport
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