About Us
Clean Power Research was originally founded by Thomas Hoff, Ph.D. as a consultancy focused on the economics of renewable energy and has since evolved into a world-class software company serving 10 of the top 10 Fortune 500 utilities and many of the world’s largest renewable energy companies.
Today we’re focused on expanding our impact with new software technologies that help solve the energy industry’s most challenging problems.
WHAT WE DO
For more than 20 years, leading utility and energy enterprises have relied on Clean Power Research to successfully navigate the energy transformation. Our innovative solutions inform, streamline and quantify energy-related decisions and processes. We are best known for building and operating adaptable and efficient cloud software.
OUR SOFTWARE
Energy program digitization and automation
Customer engagement, education & enrollment
Utility DER adoption modeling
Bankable solar irradiance data
Solar benchmarking & performance evaluation
Solar planning & forecasting
WHY WE DO IT
Our vision is a clean-powered planet
Our mission is to power the worldwide energy transformation with trusted, adaptable and efficient solutions
We believe…
…in the advantages of software-as-a-service to affordably bring powerful tools to the broadest audience.
…that new techniques and algorithms must be applied to be real; they can’t languish in a paper or textbook.
…in creating innovative and elegant analytical approaches to simplify the complex.
WHO WE ARE
Clean Power Research is a trusted partner of leading utility and energy enterprises. We are a team of talented, innovative, dedicated people passionate about clean energy and committed to transforming the global energy landscape.
OUR VALUES
Honesty
We strive for honesty and integrity in everything we do
Objectivity
We approach problems and evaluate solutions with objectivity
Excellence
We demand excellence and are always striving for improvement
Ingenuity
We value team members’ ingenuity and commitment to innovation
Jeff Ressler
Chief Executive Officer
Tom Hoff
Founder and Chief Research Officer
Carlos Brito
VP, Engineering
Skip Dise
VP, Product Management
Alan Saunders
VP, Sales & Business Development
OUR HISTORY
Founding the Company
Thomas Hoff, Ph.D., a Stanford graduate with a passion for renewable energy and photovoltaic (PV) economics, founds Clean Power Research as a research consultancy.
From Research to Software
A neighbor asks Tom, “What is the value of solar to me?” To answer, Tom develops Clean Power Estimator® (now PowerBill® API), an online PV calculation tool that is rapidly adopted by utilities and PV manufacturers.
PowerClerk Launches
To alleviate the challenges of paper-based incentive application processes in the face of rapidly growing volumes, Clean Power Research launches PowerClerk®. Designed specifically for utilities, PowerClerk automates and optimizes application workflows, reducing costs and processing time.
Software Services Group Is Formed
PowerClerk’s success leads to the creation of the company’s Software Services Group and marks a new focus on delivering adaptable, scalable and secure cloud software solutions to the energy industry. Jeff Ressler, a 10-plus year veteran of Microsoft, joins the company to run the new team, and the Kirkland, Wash., office opens.
SolarAnywhere Launches
A partnership with the University at Albany (SUNY) and Dr. Richard Perez leads to the development of SolarAnywhere® Data, bankable irradiance data that is at the core of the current suite of solar data and intelligence offerings.
New PV Variability Method
In a paper published in the ISES journal Solar Energy, Clean Power Research shows that the relative power output variability of distributed PV fleets can be quantified. This insight helps in the management of existing PV fleets or designing new ones.
SolarAnywhere FleetView Launches
SolarAnywhere® FleetView® launches to address the need for utilities and ISOs to cost-effectively and reliably integrate distributed PV into the grid. This allows for higher PV penetration and reduces costs for utilities, ratepayers and PV system owners.
PowerClerk Interconnect Launches
Funded by a U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative Incubator award, PowerClerk® Interconnect launches to help reduce solar soft costs by taking formerly paper-intensive interconnection processes online. The new PowerClerk platform provides utilities more control over their interconnection and DER program workflows to streamline processes for everyone involved.
WattPlan Advisor Released
WattPlan® Advisor is developed to enable utilities to cost-effectively engage customers with highly-personalized answers to energy questions such as: “Is solar right for me?” Advisor incorporates newly available information such as interval data from smart meters and innovations like rate optimization to set a new standard for user-facing energy modeling tools.
20th Anniversary
Clean Power Research celebrates 20 years providing innovative, efficient and adaptable software solutions that are helping to solve the energy industry’s most challenging problems.
WattPlan Grid Launches
Clean Power Research and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) form a unique partnership to solve the critical challenge of utility DER planning. WattPlan® Grid is launched, a SaaS solution that addresses a range of challenges including load analysis, rate scenario testing and customer adoption propensity modeling.
Data Visualization in PowerClerk
A new Dashboards feature for PowerClerk launches that enables program administrators to support program transparency with built-in reporting and data visualization capabilities—no export, programming or third-party tools required.
evAPP Launches
The Electric Vehicle Analytics & Program Platform (evAPP™) is launched, giving utilities a new solution to manage EV programs end to end, including: engagement and enrollment, administration and automation, and EV adoption detection and modeling.