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Millard E. Carr, PE, CEM

Senior Vice President

Millard E. Carr

Millard Carr is SEA’s Senior Vice President. As one of the most well-known and experienced experts in the Federal energy programs, Mr. Carr can be consulted on virtually any energy-related subject at any level. He is recognized for an innovative and productive career of leadership for the Department of Defense, which operates the largest and most prolific corporate energy efficiency program in the world. He is a recovering Bureaucrat with over 32 years of experience in the Federal Government in utility engineering and procurement, mechanical engineering design and construction, life cycle cost-effective energy supply, and energy efficiency improvement.

As the Head of the Utilities Management and Energy Programs Branch of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (1973-1980), Mr. Carr was responsible for the development, coordination at all levels of Navy management and the implementation of the Navy’s Energy Management Resource Plan to meet the requirements of Executive Order 12902 and the Energy Policy Act. Responsibilities included the review of component program plans and the development of policies to meet program goals and specific project oversight and management of the Navy’s Energy Conservation Investment Program and Utilities Improvement Program, including approximately $70 million of projects per year. In this position, he initiated the use of alternatively financed energy projects for the development of renewable energy resources and shared energy savings contracts which evolved into Energy Savings Performance Contracts.

He retired from Federal service in 1997 as the Director of Energy and Engineering, in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, overseeing energy programs totaling over $1.4 billion. Within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Mr. Carr’s responsibilities included providing guidance and leadership for design standards and construction criteria as well as utility procurement and energy efficiency improvement in the Department of Defense (DoD). As Director of Energy and Engineering, Mr. Carr was responsible for the development of DoD’s policies and field-level implementation procedures. Mr. Carr also served as the DoD’s representative on the Interagency Energy Management Working Group established by Congress, and was an active participant in the development of all National energy legislation including the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and Executive Orders 12759, 12902, and 13123 on Federal energy efficiency. Mr. Carr has received numerous awards from Federal and professional organizations and was inducted into AEE’s “Energy Management Hall of Fame”.

He is dedicated to helping private and public sector clients work together as partners to develop mutually beneficial energy management strategies, and successfully implement related projects. Experience includes: assistance to Federal agencies and their private sector partners in developing energy program implementation strategies, and assistance in the development, training, and implementation of programs for Federal energy and water efficiency, alternative financing of Energy Savings Performance Contracts and Utility Energy Services Contracts, and Renewable Energy Technologies applications. 

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