President
EnerGuidance & Member of MOSEIA
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Steve O’Rourke is an independent consultant, providing support to a variety of clients, including solar design, procurement, grant writing and project development services. After 25 years consulting in marketing and information technologies, Steve transitioned into the renewable energy industry in 2009, working with a variety of commercial, industrial and nonprofit organizations to better manage their energy use, and offset reduced demand with clean, renewable energy. He subsequently focused on O&M to help “deliver on the promise of solar” before being recruited to manage a solar distribution center, leveraging his business, industry, sales and leadership experience.
Steve is a NABCEP-certified PV Technical Sales professional and taught about the business case for solar at St. Louis Community College’s Center for Workforce Innovation. He was elected to the board of the Missouri Solar Energy Industries Association (MOSEIA) in 2015, serving as treasurer through 2018. Steve has been a member of the Missouri Gateway Green Business Council since 2010 and served as chair of the marketing committee before being elected to the board in 2015. He served on the finance committee and was then elected to serve as treasurer, and recently completed a three-year term as officer and chair-elect, chair and past chair for the organization.
Steve is also the Director of Energy and Efficiency for Urban EcoBlock, a startup organization committed to redeveloping our urban core to promote social equity and environmental stewardship. He also served on the board of the Amicus O&M Cooperative, chaired the Sustainability Committee of the Corporate Council for the Missouri Botanical Garden, and served on the Energy and Environment Committee for the St. Louis Regional Chamber. His blog, which includes a variety of published articles and other musings on topics related to energy and sustainability, can be found on EnerGuidance.com.
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State Briefing: Missouri/Kansas
Thursday, November 7, 2024
1:55 PM – 2:20 PM CT