Nicole Bulgarino

President of Federal Solutions & Utility Infrastructure, Ameresco

"Energy resilience must become as foundational as cybersecurity — and that resilience starts with a dual-track approach: upgrading what we have and building what we need."

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Grid Modernization Microgrids & DERs Federal Energy Solutions AI Power Demand Utility Infrastructure Energy Resilience & Reliability

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Nicole Bulgarino is President of Federal Solutions & Utility Infrastructure at Ameresco, a leading cleantech integrator and renewable energy asset developer. A licensed professional engineer with over 25 years of experience, she has led the development and execution of more than $3 billion in sustainable energy projects — including advanced microgrids, smart building retrofits, and clean generation systems for federal agencies and utilities. Nicole is a leading advocate for upgrading America's aging energy infrastructure through both modernization of existing systems and the build-out of new resilient microgrids and distributed energy resources to support AI's rapidly growing power demands.

Articles by Nicole Bulgarino

July 23, 2025AI Is Changing Everything, Is Your Grid Ready?As AI adoption accelerates across every sector, the digital ambition of enterprise and government is colliding with the physical limits of America's aging energy infrastructure. Nicole Bulgarino lays out a dual-track path forward — modernizing existing grid assets while building new microgrids, on-site renewables, and distributed energy resources — so the power sector can keep pace with the operational future we're building toward.

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