Our Team

Microgrid Institute principals and associates bring a broad range
of experience in the utility, independent power, industrial cogeneration, and distributed energy industries.

Microgrid Institute team members combine expertise in:

• microgrid design, engineering, and deployment
• project finance, grant writing, and structuring
• project management, planning, and owner's representation
• leadership, facilitation, and multi-disciplinary collaboration 
• law, regulation, markets, and technology
• research, analysis, and communications
• green buildings, LEED certification, real estate
• policy studies and expert testimony

Principals and Associates:
Michael T. Burr, Executive Director

Michael J. Zimmer, Washington Counsel

Peter Douglass, Senior Associate

Alyssa Danigelis, Associate