December 2025
Member Spotlight
In 2025, we will recognize one member each month, providing an organizational profile and highlighting the member's accomplishments in the smart energy space.
About AESP
Clean energy starts with people. It begins with the individuals and communities who shape, use, produce and rely on energy every day — and who deserve a real voice in building its future. AESP believes the energy transition only succeeds when people, not just technology, lead the conversation. By putting people first, AESP helps turn clean energy goals into real-world solutions that work for everyone.
With a community of more than 6,300 members across North America, AESP is committed to breaking down the obstacles that prevent people from benefiting from, participating in, and working within clean energy. By collaborating across disciplines, expanding access and elevating customer-centered innovation, the organization empowers its members to design programs and strategies that meet the needs of real communities.
AESP brings together the expertise of implementers, utilities, regulators, program designers, marketers, evaluators, researchers and emerging voices to build a cleaner, more inclusive energy future. Together, the organization translates complex industry challenges into practical, people-focused solutions.
What AESP Does
At its core, AESP is about communities, projects and possibilities. It is a dynamic, inclusive organization that supports the people powering the customer-centric energy transition. Through education, professional development, knowledge sharing, and collaboration, AESP helps members take on the toughest industry problems with confidence and clarity.
AESP’s work spans the spectrum of clean energy, including:
- Community engagement and marketing – Supporting trusted, effective outreach that ensures customers can understand, engage with and benefit from clean energy programs.
- Demand flexibility – Advancing load management strategies and technologies that empower customers and support a more resilient, decarbonized grid.
- Energy efficiency – Elevating program design, delivery and evaluation approaches that put customer needs and equity at the center.
- Workforce development – Strengthening the talent pipeline through education, training and pathways that bring more people into clean energy careers.
- DERs and grid insights – Helping members navigate emerging distributed resources, data tools and analytics that drive intelligent, customer-focused grid modernization.
- Energy program management – Supporting practitioners implementing innovative, high-impact programs that meet regulatory, market and community expectations.
The AESP community thrives on the power of shared expertise. Whether through conferences, workshops, peer groups, webinars or collaborative initiatives, AESP provides spaces where energy professionals can learn from one another and push the industry forward.
Mission-Driven Impact
AESP’s mission is rooted in advancing customer-centric, people-focused energy solutions. The organization sees clean energy not just as a technological shift, but as an opportunity to build systems that are more inclusive, more resilient and more responsive to the needs of communities.
AESP’s approach is simple:
- Break down silos among sectors and disciplines.
- Prioritize solutions that expand participation and access.
- Meet emerging challenges with data-driven strategy and real-world practicality.
- Support members in advancing a sustainable, people-first energy future.
By bringing together diverse perspectives and expertise, AESP is helping redefine what energy programs can achieve – and who they can serve. Every training, every collaboration, every shared insight moves us closer to a clean energy future built by and for the people who depend on it.
AESP Annual 2026
At AESP’s Annual Conference, program managers, marketers, evaluators, consultants, policy experts and manufacturers in clean energy and efficiency gather to design to build the future. The program marries diverse perspectives with unrivaled expertise to create a learning experience that can’t be replicated.
We are excited to be a Community Partner for the 2026 Annual Conference and to have SECC’s Deputy Director Jason McGrade speaking on evolving consumer attitudes and behaviors on Tuesday, February 24. Learn more about the event program here and then register using our partner code SECC50 to save $50.
