Rick Bolton’s 30 years of experience within the energy and Internet industries have given him a deep understanding of the ways in which innovation, policy, and financing can build new markets and fight climate change.

Since 2019, he has served as the CEO of Compass Energy Platform, a company originally incubated within Navigant Consulting.

Compass is a development and financing platform that uses power purchase agreements, “resilience as a service,” and public private partnerships to provide sustainable and resilient energy to municipalities, government agencies, and commercial & industrial concerns. The company is focused on large-scale microgrids that benefit multiple customers. The company also develops standalone and behind-the-meter municipal solar projects. It is presently engaged by Cuyahoga Green Energy in Ohio, serving as CGE’s Utility Partner to help stand up the first microgrid-focused municipal utility in the US. Through its projects, the Utility aims to enhance community resilience, stimulate commercial activity, and improve the quality of life for local residents. Compass is developing three large-scale microgrid projects for CGE, along with a behind-the-meter solar coop that benefits commercial, industrial, and government facilities.

The company’s approach minimizes risk while producing maximum impact, helping communities foster economic growth while coping with climate change.