# Isaac Baker

> Isaac Baker is the Boston-based co-founder and co-CEO of Resonant Energy, an employee-owned solar developer focused on nonprofits, affordable housing, houses of worship, and other customers often underserved by conventional solar finance. After studying Environmental Studies and English at Middlebury College, working on community solar at Co-op Power, and later completing Yale's Financing and Deploying Clean Energy certificate, Baker helped build Resonant from a 2016 startup into a developer reporting 15 MW installed across more than 370 projects by the end of 2025.

- **Role:** Co-CEO and Founder at Resonant Energy
- **Organizations:** Resonant Energy, Co-op Power
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and English, Middlebury College, Certificate in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy, Yale University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Resonant Energy in 2016., Helped build Resonant Energy into an employee-owned solar developer and Certified B Corporation., Led work focused on solar access for nonprofits, affordable housing, houses of worship, and underserved communities.

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Met future co-founder Ben Underwood after both completed undergraduate study in Vermont; they initially explored biogas systems.
- **2015-2016** — Worked at Co-op Power on community solar, including as vice president of community solar, and helped develop its Future of Solar work.
- **2016** — Co-founded Resonant Energy in Boston.
- **2018** — Helped launch the Solar Access Program with Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation and community partners.
- **2020** — Resonant Energy became a Certified B Corporation and established a pathway toward employee ownership.
- **2020-2021** — Completed Yale University's certificate in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy.
- **2024** — Resonant reported its largest installation year to that point and expanded its team with 12 full-time hires.
- **2025** — Resonant reported nearly 15 MW installed to date, more than 370 projects, and $50 million in total solar investment.
- **2026** — Continued leading Resonant as it helped clients navigate federal safe-harbor deadlines and Boston building-emissions compliance.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Resonant Energy in 2016.
- Helped build Resonant Energy into an employee-owned solar developer and Certified B Corporation.
- Led work focused on solar access for nonprofits, affordable housing, houses of worship, and underserved communities.
- Resonant Energy reported nearly 15 MW installed across more than 370 projects by the end of 2025.
- Resonant Energy estimated that its installed projects could save clients as much as $75 million in lifetime electricity costs.
- Participated in Massachusetts solar-policy advocacy, including changes expanding eligibility for low-income properties under SMART 3.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published guidance through Resonant Energy on using on-site solar to help Boston building owners address BERDO compliance.
- **2026-07** — Reported that Resonant had signed 282 projects representing more than $80 million in new solar investment following the 2025 federal phaseout announcement, with projects moving to meet a July 4, 2026 safe-harbor deadline.
- **2026-03** — Resonant published its 2025 impact report, reporting nearly 15 MW installed to date, more than 370 projects, and $50 million in total solar investment.
- **2025-10** — Resonant published an overview of Massachusetts' SMART 3 solar incentive program and noted expanded eligibility for several kinds of low-income property.
- **2024-07** — Joined SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, Senator Ed Markey, and Boston climate officials at the Indigo Block affordable-housing solar installation in Dorchester.

## Links

- Website: https://www.resonant.energy
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacbaker
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Resonant_Energy
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resonant.energy/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/resonantenergyllc/

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Last updated: 2026-08-25