Tom Bourgeois is the Director for Policy Research at the Land Use Law Center and Director of New York/New Jersey Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Technical Assistance Partnership. He serves as Director of the NY/NJ CHP TAP (2018-2023) and was Co-Director of the Northeast CHP TAP (2008-2017). Tom has authored and co-authored dozens of reports on energy efficiency, renewable energy systems, Combined Heat & Power, microgrids and analyses of benefits and barriers to Distributed Energy Systems of all forms He’s focused on optimizing incentive systems, creating regulatory frameworks to accelerate investment in clean energy technologies, systems, and districts. For more than two decades he has collaborated with large energy users across numerous forums. His recent work includes traditional and hybrid microgrids, community (district) heat pump systems and thermal networks, and controlled environment agriculture (CEA).