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about us.
AESL Energy Consultants is an alliance of experts in utility regulation and energy policy that helps those in the energy industries successfully manage the challenging and ever-changing energy landscape. While having considerable breadth and depth of experiences, we specialize in state utility regulatory issues and understanding the increasingly important decisions and operations of RTOs and ISOs.
Over the years we have assisted local, regional and national energy entities, be they electric and natural gas utilities and other energy businesses, RTOs, non-governmental organizations, or pipeline companies. We do not represent or advocate or lobby. Rather, we help clients help themselves by monitoring and reporting, offering insights, providing information, giving perspectives and developing strategies.
Our Consulting Alliance.
Edward Garvey founded AESL Consulting in 2008 and named it after a meaningful acronym: Attitude + Effort + Skill + Luck: The Attributes of Success (described here).
At the start of 2016, Brian Rounds linked up with Edward and an alliance was formed! And David Boyd linked into the AESL Energy Consultants alliance in January of 2020.
Megan Decker of Staircase Advisory linked with the AESL Energy Consultants in the fall of 2025, as did Clair Moeller, who joined in an of counsel and mentor role.
Although each of us have separate set-ups and our own clients, we regularly ally under the AESL Energy Consultants banner when our collective expertise, experiences, talents and personal attributes will better serve our clients' needs.
So, are AESL Energy Consultants solo operators? Yes! But AESL Energy Consultants is also an alliance. A team. A network. A constellation of experts who can help you thrive.
Why AESL Energy Consultants?
Selecting the right goals and path to attain them requires numerous strategic inputs. The regulatory and policy environment is one of those inputs and, if not handled well, can hinder success. Our decades of regulatory and policy experience help put that input in the appropriate strategic context. We also offer insights and perspectives that help connect non-obvious “dots,” so you stay on your desired path and successfully attain your goals.
A company’s relationship with their regulators is often an ongoing one. Managing that relationship takes strategy and long-term thinking as well as constant internal and external communication. AESL Consulting has the attributes, experience, and capabilities to help.
AESL Consulting has state, regional and national experience and contacts allowing us to offer wide, deep and insightful assistance.
The regulatory process is paper-driven and what is on that paper matters and affects outcomes. Thus, the thoughtful and strategic framing of issues, using the appropriate tone and mentioning examples that resonate with regulators can make a huge difference on a filing’s outcome. AESL Consulting often reviews and assists in drafting of regulatory filings.
While AESL Consulting specializes in long-term relational client assistance, we often provide targeted, issue- or project-specific help, such as—
- Gathering intelligence on how regulators may feel about a particular issue;
- Writing a strategic long-term plan;
- Serving as an expert witness;
- Conducting a regulatory environment SWOT analysis; or
- Organizing an event or issue “roll-out.”
Where did A.E.S.L come from? Read more about the acronym here.