Start-up Led By Energy Management, Data Veteran Receives Texas Aggregator License

The Public Utility Commission of Texas granted Stratis Energy Services, LLC an electric aggregator certificate to serve residential, commercial, and industrial customers.

As exclusively reported by EnergyChoiceMatters.com, Stratis Energy Services, a start-up formed in late 2016, is led by Gilbert Velasquez

Velasquez previously held a variety of positions in energy management and energy data management

Velasquez previously worked to develop operation processes and methods for the deployment of a multi-property home energy management system for the military that included smart devices and an internet portal installed in residences to capture appliance power consumption and gas consumption in 15-minute intervals. The data was then loaded to a customer specific portal where customers could see their consumption

Velasquez has also worked on the deployment of smart meters, AMI/AMR network, and meter data management systems and demand response programs by a vendor at the FirstEnergy EDCs in Pennsylvania

Most recently, Velasquez worked with large national retailers to install energy management systems and energy savings technologies, including metering, sub metering (lights, HVAC, refrigeration), VFD applications, LED lighting retrofits, and data collection and analysis

Previously, Velasquez co-founded a broker/online portal for marketing DSL service to customers. Velasquez has also held a variety of roles in the wireless and telecomm industries