About Montara

Montara is a small energy consulting firm that provides technical support to public and private clients, with focused expertise in spatial energy planning in California, across the nation, and globally. Current and recent clients include state agencies (CPUC) NGOs (TNC), and research institutions (Princeton), working together to incorporate spatially explicit information to inform energy and climate investment planning.

Our industry experience includes independent engineering for renewable energy project finance (~100 large projects in 5 years), bid reviews and evaluation for procurement (for utilities and for a large private research institution), energy production estimates, contracts, and asset management (10 existing utility-scale solar facilities, primarily in Canada).

Current and recent clients include state agencies (CPUC) NGOs (TNC), and research institutions (Princeton), working together to bring forward land use information to inform energy planning and policy decisions.

Our Principal

Montara’s Principal Emily Leslie has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Energy Engineering from the Mechanical Engineering department at Stanford University. Her graduate research was in Energy Systems, as part of Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project.