Allen Dusault

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About Allen Dusault

Allen Dusault has been working in the energy and environmental fields for more than 40 years. He is a recognized national leader in energy program management, including in the commercial and industrial, agricultural and residential sectors. His background encompasses program startup and management, business development, policy and legislative initiatives as well as energy research. At Franklin Energy, he has managed energy efficiency programs for ComEd and Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas (PGL/NSG) in Chicago, Illinois. He also launched the start-up of Louisville Gas and Electric (LG & E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU) commercial/industrial energy efficiency program; in Toronto, Canada, it was the Powerstream refrigeration efficiency program. For ComEd, he pioneered electric heat pumps in low-income housing. He currently leads PGL/NSG R&D and Market Transformation programs collaborating with many companies, universities and research institutes across the U.S. and Canada, including the University of Illinois, Argonne National Labs and the Illinois Institute of Technology. He also spent many years working in California. He was the architect of California's carbon negative electricity generation, was a key contributor to their low carbon fuel standard and led carbon sequestration initiatives with agriculture. A defining feature of Allen’s career has been the cross disciplinary nature of his work. In addition to his extensive work in the energy field, it also encompasses the wastewater industry, agricultural sector, materials recycling, waste management and biofuels. He has been a pioneer in commercial and residential recycling technology introducing at Laidlaw Waste the Blue Bin system of curbside collection into the U.S. and expanding operations throughout East Coast. He also led Massachusetts Depart. of Environmental Protection’s biosolids and composting program, introducing innovative methods of treatment and beneficial reuse. Unusually, Allen has also worked in the coal fields of Appalachia, documenting environmental impacts from shaft, drift and strip mining. He started working on coal plant closures in the 1980s. Much of his work has focused on environmental and social justice issues, setting up programs in New York, Boston and Washington, DC. A sampling of professional recognition includes the “Prime Mover Award” from American Society of Mechanical Engineers and two innovation awards from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Allen holds two Masters degrees and two Bachelor of Science degrees from three different universities.