Cisco DeVries

About

I’ve spent nearly three decades building businesses and leading initiatives at the forefront of clean energy and climate solutions. I currently lead business development, strategic partnerships and public policy at Renew Home, the company building the largest virtual power plant in the U.S. Our work is helping millions of people reduce energy costs while stabilizing the increasingly strained grid. Previously, I served as CEO of OhmConnect, a residential virtual power plants pioneer. Under my leadership, OhmConnect dramatically increased revenue and customers while expanding across the U.S. and internationally. In 2024, OhmConnect combined with a spin-out from Google Nest to form Renew Home. Earlier in my career, I created one of the most successful clean energy finance products – Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) – and co-founded Renew Financial, which financed $1.5 billion in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects on homes and businesses across the United States. Prior to my work on clean energy finance, I served as an appointee of President Bill Clinton in the U.S. Department of Energy and as the Chief of Staff to Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates.

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