We launched our current business in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and maintain a commitment to work in the West. But after three decades, we find ourselves working nimbly across half the country, from our home state of Illinois.
Early in her career, Jill was Illinois’ first State Solar Office Coordinator, working to initiate the state’s fledgling solar business networks, standards, and incentives. Subsequently, she managed energy services for a mid-sized municipal electric and water utility in Springfield, Illinois, and she coordinated Energy Services Program efforts for American Public Power Association in Washington, DC. From that post, she spearheaded energy services and renewable energy technical assistance for both public power utilities and electric cooperatives across the West under contract to the Western Area Power Administration. Subsequently, Cliburn worked with industry associations: NRECA, APPA, Edison Electric Institute, the Association for Energy Services Professionals, Solar Electric Power Association (now SEPA). She also supported major consulting firms on specialized projects: Lockheed Martin and CH2M Hill, among others. Cliburn also has contributed dozens of features and technical commentaries to the trade media.
Across a distinctly Western landscape, Jill provided policy support to the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, New Mexico Conference of Churches and state and regional regulatory processes. She also helped to bring MW-scale solar to New Mexico at the Buckman Direct Diversion Project, a city/county water plant. As Principal Investigator for the Community Solar Value Project, a multi-year effort co-funded by the U.S. DOE and Elexity, she worked with partners from Sacramento (California) Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and PNM New Mexico. Cliburn and Associates also led the Solar Plus for Electric Co-ops (SPECs), part of the National Renewable Energy Labs (now called the National Lab of the Rockies) Solar Energy Innovation Network. She remains a technical advisor to the National Community Solar Partnership, through Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Her work spans projects from the upper Midwest to the Texas, to the Rockies and California.
Cliburn has served on the boards of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES), Solar Energy International, and (pertaining to sustainable living, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden. She is an ASES Fellow.
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Early in her career, Jill was Illinois’ first State Solar Office Coordinator, working to initiate the state’s fledgling solar business networks, standards, and incentives. Subsequently, she managed energy services for a mid-sized municipal electric and water utility in Springfield, Illinois, and she coordinated Energy Services Program efforts for American Public Power Association in Washington, DC. From that post, she spearheaded energy services and renewable energy technical assistance for both public power utilities and electric cooperatives across the West under contract to the Western Area Power Administration. Subsequently, Cliburn worked with industry associations: NRECA, APPA, Edison Electric Institute, the Association for Energy Services Professionals, Solar Electric Power Association (now SEPA). She also supported major consulting firms on specialized projects: Lockheed Martin and CH2M Hill, among others. Cliburn also has contributed dozens of features and technical commentaries to the trade media.
Across a distinctly Western landscape, Jill provided policy support to the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, New Mexico Conference of Churches and state and regional regulatory processes. She also helped to bring MW-scale solar to New Mexico at the Buckman Direct Diversion Project, a city/county water plant. As Principal Investigator for the Community Solar Value Project, a multi-year effort co-funded by the U.S. DOE and Elexity, she worked with partners from Sacramento (California) Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and PNM New Mexico. Cliburn and Associates also led the Solar Plus for Electric Co-ops (SPECs), part of the National Renewable Energy Labs (now called the National Lab of the Rockies) Solar Energy Innovation Network. She remains a technical advisor to the National Community Solar Partnership, through Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Her work spans projects from the upper Midwest to the Texas, to the Rockies and California.
Cliburn has served on the boards of the American Solar Energy Society (ASES), Solar Energy International, and (pertaining to sustainable living, the Santa Fe Botanical Garden. She is an ASES Fellow.
For more current news, see updates on our Home Page.