Mr. Kessinger is an emeritus advisor and co-founder of Clearspring Energy Advisors with over thirty years of experience in the gas and electric utility industries. His expertise encompasses all aspects of cost of service analysis, retail rate and tariff design, energy supply chain management, financial planning, C&I energy management, transportation and supply agreements and utility restructuring issues.  

His experience includes rate unbundling and direct access tariff design, negotiating special contract, bypass-avoidance and load management rates, developing and implementing demand response and distributed generation programs, key account management, and analyzing the economic feasibility of capital investments. He has provided expert testimony associated with these activities before four state regulatory commissions and the Oregon State Legislature. He currently consults with Clearspring Energy as a Senior Advisor.