Demand response and energy efficiency consulting for grid operators and utilities
Olivine operates as a services firm for electricity market participants—utilities, system operators, and grid entities—managing demand response programs and energy efficiency portfolios. The tech stack is enterprise-standard (.NET/C#/Azure/SQL/React), paired with finance tools (QuickBooks, Replicon), suggesting a services-delivery model with internal scaling constraints. Active projects span integrating distributed energy resources (batteries, EV chargers, behind-the-meter systems) into California's wholesale market and deploying dynamic pricing and virtual power plant infrastructure—work that maps directly to their service areas and implies deep technical execution beyond pure consulting.
Founded in 2010, Olivine is a 51–200-person consulting firm headquartered in Berkeley, CA. They serve utilities, independent system operators, and other electricity market participants with three main service lines: demand response program design and optimization (strategy, process improvement, technology), energy efficiency program management (portfolio design, analysis, monitoring), and operational support (infrastructure maintenance, administration, training). The firm maintains technical depth—research capabilities, regulatory analysis, and technology requirements definition—alongside program management and advisory work. Current hiring focuses on engineering and operations roles to support growth, with parallel emphasis on scaling internal financial processes and audit readiness.
Enterprise backend (.NET, C#, ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework) on Azure and SQL; React frontend; QuickBooks and Replicon for finance and time tracking; Postman and Selenium for testing and automation.
Yes. Engineering roles (3 posted) dominate the hiring mix, with mid-level and manager-level positions active. Operations and finance roles also open. Hiring velocity is accelerating.
Primary projects include integrating batteries and EV chargers into California's wholesale electricity market, deploying dynamic rate signals and virtual power plants, building market-integrated trading systems, and developing a consumer mobile application for demand response.
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