Greg Wikler
Executive Director
As Executive Director, Greg is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Council leading staff, managing Board activities, and connecting with members. In his over 30 years of experience in the energy industry, Greg has addressed a variety of issues related to demand-side resources including energy efficiency, demand response, distributed generation, energy storage and grid modernization programs for the electric and gas industries. Over this time, Greg has directed numerous national, regional and utility-specific market potential and load forecasting studies, technology assessments, integrated demand-side resource program designs, economic assessments, evaluation studies, and extensive stakeholder collaboration and resolution.
Before joining the Council, Greg was a Managing Director at Navigant from 2014 to 2019, where he directed a variety of cutting-edge consulting assignments related to clean energy issues for utility and agency clients in California, Arizona, Hawaii, New York, Canada and Asia. Prior to that, he was Director of Regulatory Affairs at EnerNOC from 2011 to 2014, where he led the company’s energy efficiency and demand response regulatory and policy advocacy efforts in California, Colorado, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Prior to that, he was Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Global Energy Partners from 1995 to 2011, where he led demand-side resource client engagements in California and other US states addressing topics ranging from resource planning, program design, implementation and evaluation.
Greg received his Bachelors degree in Energy Economics from UC Davis and his Masters degrees in Economics and Urban Planning from the University of Oregon.
Please contact Greg at gwikler@cedmc.org.
Serj Berelson
Policy Director
Serj Berelson is CEDMC’s Policy Director, leading core energy efficiency efforts. In over a decade building his career in the energy industry, in both the private and public sectors, Serj has worked on a range of key energy issues, including energy efficiency with a focus on equity program (e.g. limited-income), demand response, and energy storage. During this time he developed a knack for ensuring innovative energy technologies gain full value in regulated markets.
Most recently, Serj spent two years as the Manager of Energy Regulatory Affairs in the Western United States for Google Nest’s thermostat and Google Home products, with a particular focus on limited-income programs. Prior to that he worked on residential energy storage policy across North America as the Manager, Regulatory Strategy for Sunverge. He spent five years at Opower, leading the expansion of the company’s Home Energy Reports into low-income programs throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as developing policy around novel behavioral demand response programs in California. Serj began his career at the California Public Utilities Commission as a Graduate Student Assistant, authoring a white paper on reducing medium-term transportation carbon emissions while learning the complexities of effective energy regulation. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Environmental Economics from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Serj hails from beautiful Northern California, and currently resides in San Francisco.
Please contact Serj at sberelson@cedmc.org.
Mary Dockter
Member Services Manager
With over 30 years of professional expertise in a wide range of business industries covering such disciplines as finance/accounting, HR, marketing/advertising, and office operations/logistics, Mary Dockter has now joined CEDMC as our Member Services Manager. Mary is also a licensed Marriage Family Therapist (LMFT), which adds value to her already distinguished experience.
Please contact Mary at mdockter@cedmc.org.
