About CES

 

Andrew Price serves as both Program Manager and Energy Analyst for CES. His projects include performing "data" based energy audits to identify energy efficiency opportunities, negotiating with natural gas suppliers to secure savings off tariff-based rates, and participation in all aspects of the cogeneration and demand-side management product and services design and implementation process. Mr. Price also performs detailed feasibility studies for combined heat and power systems, advises clients on renewable energy procurement options, and operates the firm's Load Response program. The Load Response Program is an innovative and successful initiative that rewards customers for reducing electrical use during periods of peak demand in New England with minimal customer effort. Mr. Price's credits also include aiding in interventions and writing expert witness testimony in complex PUC and FERC proceedings, including: general rate cases, stranded costs, rate unbundling, asset divestiture, and transmission line loss.

Education:  B.S. in Civil Engineering, Environmental & Water Studies Program (1997 w/Distinction) from Stanford University, B.A. in Physics and Environmental Studies from Bowdoin College (1995, summa cum laude).

 


Peter Bartlett joined CES in 2006 as a Business Development Manager and Account Manager with over 23 years of experience in the Energy business. He currently assists Commercial, Educational and Industrial customers throughout New England with their energy needs.   Prior to joining CES, Mr. Bartlett was a Business Development Manager with Constellation New Energy, where he was responsible for sales and account management for retail electricity clients in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  Before that,  Mr. Bartlett had a 17 year career with Central Maine Power Company, where he served as a Technical Services Advisor, Manager of Service Center Operations and Major Account Manager.  He specialized in providing energy market expertise and procurement strategies to large Commercial and Industrial customers, allowing them to successfully manage, reduce and control energy costs. He also successfully negotiated New Sales and Retention Agreements with large Industrial customers, including those in the Pulp and Paper Industry.

Education: B.S., Marine Engineering, Maine Maritime Academy, Castine, ME   Certified Energy Manager (CEM) Energy Procurement Professional (CEP) as accredited by the Association of Energy Engineers.
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Matt Thayer joined CES in 2005 as a Business Development and Account Manager. Mr. Thayer assists business and institutional clients in the Northeastern U.S. with their energy needs. Prior to joining CES, Mr. Thayer served as Consumer Assistance Director and Communications Director for the Maine Public Utilities Commission. In that capacity, he helped to write many of the consumer protection and supplier licensing rules governing Maine’s competitive electricity market. He also oversaw the Commission's consumer protection and consumer complaint team. As the Communications Director, he designed a series of highly successful energy market seminars and other initiatives to assist business and institutional consumers in understanding and successfully navigating competitive energy markets. Mr. Thayer also served as divisional controller for the machinery and electronics groups of a major international trading company headquartered in New York City and Tokyo, Japan.

Education: M.R.P., Environmental Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,  B.A., Economics, Brown University, Providence, RI
 


Keith Sampson  joined Competitive Energy Services in 2007 as a Business Development and Account Manager. With over 16 years of experience in the power and energy business, he currently assists Commercial, Educational and Industrial customers in New England with their energy needs.  Prior to joining CES, Mr. Sampson was the Northeast Regional Manager for the Water Energy Group at Rochester Midland where he was responsible for business development, operations and account management.  At RMC, Mr. Sampson was recognized for his innovation in helping clients reduce their overall energy costs, specifically implementing and monitoring programs to reduce energy costs in boiler and HVAC operations. Before that, Mr. Sampson served as an Account Manager and Senior Account Manager-Strategic Accounts at GE Betz formerly BetzDearborn.  He specialized in providing consulting expertise and cost reduction strategies to large Commercial, Institutional and Industrial customers, allowing them to successfully manage and control energy costs. He was the two time recipient of the BetzDearborn Chairman’s Award for Energy Reduction.

Education: B.S., Business Management, North Adams State College, N. Adams, MA, CWT (Certified Water Treater), accredited by the Association of Water Treatment