Unique Background Shapes Bronson's Perspectives

Ted Bronson, president of PEA, brings more than twenty years of experience in the power generation industry to the counsel he provides his clients. Prior to founding Power Equipment Associates, Ted Bronson was instrumental in growing the distributed energy and specialty engineering groups at Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and Duke Energy respectively. He began his career in power generation in the U.S. Merchant Marine, becoming one of its youngest chief engineering officers.

One of the leading industry consultants on diesel generators, Bronson leveraged this expertise to build a foundation of knowledge in clean energy markets and technologies. He has supported the US DOE's initiatives in distributed generation, Combined Heat and Power and MicroCHP. Mr. Bronson was instrumental in the development of the Midwest CHP Application Center, DOE's first regional pilot Application Center, and in the design of the regional CHP initiatives. He chaired the Midwest Regional Initiative, the first initiative of its kind, and helped expand these government/industry partnerships across the U.S. In 2003, he was awarded the CHP Champion Award in recognition of his contributions to the CHP Community. He is currently on the executive board of the USCHPA.

In his tenure at GTI, Bronson also served as project director for GTI's Integrated Energy System development projects for the U.S. Department of Energy and Oakridge National Laboratories. He participated in the development of GTI's Distributed Energy Technology Center, and in the testing and evaluation of microturbines, reciprocating engines and CHP systems.

Bronson also has extensive experience in the nuclear power industry. He served as the co-chair of the EPRI EDG Joint Owners Group meetings held in 1997, 2000 and 2004. In this capacity, he worked with over 200 EDG systems engineers and stakeholders to address common industry issues.

Prior to joining GTI, Bronson was Manager for Duke Energy's Specialty Engineering Group that designed cost effective solutions for component and maintenance engineering for commercial power plants. As a founding member of Duke's diesel team, Bronson has served as PM of the ESI-EMD Owners Group since 1995. The team performed hundreds of projects on nuclear plant emergency diesel generators to improve their reliability and availability.

Bronson holds a BS from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point and an MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago.