Joel Gordes has been involved in energy efficiency and renewable energy for over 40 years. He has worked in research, design and sales of active and passive solar technologies as well as on policy issues such as Connecticut's first climate change legislation in 1990 when he was a State Representative. He has authored numerous papers, studies and articles on distributed generation, including how decentralized energy can be used to provide power for mission-critical, high-value applications for energy security. www.energysecuritysol.com.