C.H. Guernsey & Co., established in Oklahoma City in 1928, is a diversified professional consulting firm offering engineering, architectural, economic and construction management services to utilities, industries and government agencies throughout the United States and abroad. These services are offered in the fields of electric power, energy systems, security systems, public works, environmental, transportation, industrial process, and architectural planning, design and construction.

Today's energy environment consists of many converging issues that include alternative energy sources, regulatory and legislative concerns and emerging technologies. Smart Energy Source offers opportunities to tap into innovative energy solutions out of reach for each partner - CREC, Oklahoma State University, the City of Stillwater and C.H. Guernsey & Co. - alone. The Smart Energy Source business plan focuses on the goal of achieving sustainability and growth through partnerships. With increased sustainability and growth come financial benefits and savings that will ultimately be passed down to all consumers.

C.H. Guernsey & Co.'s consulting services will be utilized to evaluate each potential project presented to Smart Energy Source and determine how it can potentially impact not only each partner, but also the local economy. Smart Energy Source will utilize the talents of Smart Energy Source board members Michael Moore, President and CEO; David Hedrick, Vice President/Manager for Analytical Solutions; and project manager Phil Dean, P.E., Manager of Power Engineering to determine where opportunities lie for each utility to increase efficiencies and create savings for consumers. 

The Smart Energy Source business model creates an integrated network of initiatives making possible each partner's participation in grid modernization, and C.H. Guernsey & Co. will help guide the utilities to this end-goal.