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George L. Phillips

Mr. George Phillips has over 40 years of management, planning, program design, implementation and marketing experience in the energy field. He has been involved in all aspects of serving utility customers his entire career. 

 Mr. Phillips is a Senior Consultant with Morgan Marketing Partners (MMP), providing direct support for the planning, design and implementation of energy efficiency and demand response programs for utility clients. Prior to MMP, Mr. Phillips spent 5 years at Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) managing the planning, detailed design, implementation and evaluation of energy efficiency and demand response programs for all markets. Before KCP&L, he joined MidAmerican Energy Company to plan, design, implement, and evaluate new gas and electric energy efficiency programs for residential, commercial, and industrial customers. He has provided strategic planning to meet substantially expanded energy efficiency commitments. He prepared financial analysis for each program to determine their cost effectiveness and impacts on the utility rate and revenues and utility supply portfolio. Mr. Phillips has directed the development of major energy efficiency initiatives in three states over the past 15 years. He has supported energy efficiency and demand response initiates by presenting case studies at state regulatory forums and national conferences. After writing RFPs and negotiating energy efficiency program implementation contracts, Mr. Phillips managed professional services engagements for planning, implementation and evaluation. He has directed the complete range of energy efficiency management from initial planning to supply integration, from detailed program and marketing design to program launch, from pilot program to full scale deployment, and from evaluation planning to detailed regulatory plan review and evaluation. Mr. Phillips has conducted market research and employee training, determined appropriate customer incentive levels, and developed customer communication strategies and program budgets. has prepared and presented regulatory testimony in support of energy efficiency and demand response programs, responded to data requests and wrote and submitted program and product tariffs. Mr. Phillips has managed collaborative initiatives of multiple stakeholders including utility supply management, customers, trade allies, community leaders, environmental support organizations and regulatory staff and commissions.

He has worked with legislators and regulators in Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Texas, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas.

Throughout the remainder of his career including 22 years with American Electric Power, Mr. Phillips has develop knowledge and experience in competitive electric retail sales, all aspects of customer service and engineering design. He has significant understanding of the electric power supply industry and the opportunities for providing support for supply resources through energy efficiency and demand response programs. 

Mr. Phillips holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, an MBA from Ball State University, is a Register Professional Engineer licensed in Indiana and is a Board of Director for the Association of Energy Services Professionals and is Vice-Chair of the Pricing and Demand Response Committee and on two other committees.