Our Team
Annette Beitel: President & Founder
Annette is actively involved in client engagements as well as being responsible for our strategic direction and development
Annette has over 30 years of experience providing legal, regulatory, procurement, strategic and management support to energy efficiency and renewable energy programs in California, the Midwest, and internationally. She has deep experience leading and managing large, multi-disciplinary and multi-stakeholder efforts relating to clean energy, including collaboratives, working groups, advisory councils, and non-profit governance boards.
- Provided legal counsel to Pacific Gas & Electric Company Customer Energy Management group
- JD from studies at Harvard University Law School and New York University School of Law
- Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Bachelor of Arts with Honors from Wellesley College.
Key Personnel
Michael Daukoru: Director of Innovation Initiatives
Michael leads emerging opportunities involving new measures, technology transfer, and program innovation.
Michael has more than 15 years of experience in the energy efficiency and utility industry including performance testing, impact estimation, due-diligence review, and technology R&D. For the California Technical Forum (Cal TF), Michael is leading collaborative efforts to source, screen, and develop new measures for California’s eTRM, while supporting streamlining efforts for deemed measures and custom projects. Michael is also leading engagements with California’s publicly owned utilities (POUs) via the California Municipal Utilities Association, including the updated POU Technical Reference Manual (2025).
- Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of California
- Senior Consulting Mechanical Engineer & Acting Supervisor at Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)
- Engineering Manager at Applied Energy Group (now dba ICF)
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University
- Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University
- Master of Science degree in Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis