Expert market transformation planning and evaluation services

We provide effective research, analysis, and planning to help your energy efficiency and clean energy programs succeed.

KSH Advising helps clients achieve goals through careful listening, rigorous investigation methods, disciplined measurement and analysis, and development of practical solutions and plans.

Our consulting services are informed by more than 20 years of experience in energy efficiency and market transformation program management and evaluation and 20 years of client-side, executive experience.

This expertise means we are adept at understanding problems from a client’s point of view and delivering analyses and solutions that meet client needs.

  • Understand how current policy and trends affect your programs and options for achieving your organization’s goals.

  • KSH Advising assists clients with every aspect of market research: clarifying objectives; designing research that meets objectives and informs optimal decision-making; managing research projects; and delivering actionable insight based on rigorous analysis.

  • Program evaluation and performance measurement comprise a set of tools and practices to ensure you meet your goals and are able to identify and address obstacles in a timely manner. KSH Advising has extensive expertise helping clients with every aspect of evaluation and measurement — from developing evaluation frameworks or policies to planning and implementing program evaluations.

  • KSH Advising helps clients develop organizational and programmatic strategic plans, using tools that include stakeholder listening sessions and facilitated planning sessions.

  • KSH Advising has contributed to leadership of all major market transformation programs in the United States. Karen has extensive experience training staff on market transformation strategy, program management, and evaluation.

  • Do you have a team or program that is struggling to meet goals or work efficiently? KSH Advising offers tried and true approaches to identifying opportunities for process and organizational effectiveness improvement.

Our Services

About KSH Advising

Karen Horkitz is the principal consultant at KSH Advising. She started KSH Advising in 2023, following 30 years of management and consulting experience with companies in the clean energy and technology sectors.

Karen is a nationally-recognized expert in clean energy market transformation program strategy, management, and evaluation and has served as an advisor to state agencies in California, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and New York and as an executive for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance.

Karen holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Emory University and a master of science degree in management from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

When she’s not advising clients, Karen enjoys reading, SCUBA diving in tropical locations, spending time with family, and exploring remote corners of the Pacific Northwest.