H.G. Chissell is the Founder and CEO of Advanced Energy Group (AEG), a competitive stakeholder mobilization platform for leaders and organizations committed to systemic change on climate, health and equity at the city and regional level. Serving 50+ million people and sponsored by over 65 companies, utilities and organizations, AEG supports public & private leaders across 8 US markets who understand that systemic change is not possible without effective, inclusive collaboration.
H.G. Chissell has designed and led hundreds of Stakeholder Challenges with 5,000+ leaders and 500+ speakers across the US, including Hawaii and Puerto Rico. In 2019, H.G. Chissell developed and facilitated the 2019 Microgrid Cost and Barriers Workshop for the National Renewable Energy Lab. In 2020, the Department of Energy H.G. Chissell was the featured moderator of the DOE US Grand Storage Challenge/MidWest.
From 2009 to 2015, H.G Chissell developed his leadership from Manager to Senior Vice President for Viridity Energy, a software/service firm focused on demand/supply energy optimization. Leading the company’s growth of MWs under management and strategic expansion throughout 15 states, H.G. Chissell delivered the first behind-the-meter frequency regulation battery project in PJM, the first 1MW behind-the-meter battery project at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago and managed a multi-site EV2Grid project with the Pentagon. In 2014, Chissell enrolled over 25 million ft2 of Class A NYC office buildings within 6 months into the DOE Interoperable Smart Grid Demonstration Program.
In 2014 Chissell received the Federal Energy Management Program Award for his work at US Army base, Fort Meade for ancillary market integration of critical assets. In March 2021, H.G. Chissell received the President's Award for Excellence in Leadership from the National Society of Black Engineers Boston Professionals. H.G. Chissell recently served as Advisor to PR100, Board Director for the New England Clean Energy Council and currently serves as Board Director for heet.org, Chair of IEEE PES Grid Edge Innovation Showcase and Founding Director of Puerto Rico Energy Week.
Mr. Chissell graduated from Swarthmore College, studied architecture at Drexel University and lived abroad in Germany and Belgium. Mr. Chissell began his commercial career at RDLA, a healthcare architecture firm in Philadelphia.