# Steve McBee

> Steve McBee is a San Francisco-based clean energy entrepreneur and investor, founder and CEO of AMPED and Huck Capital, and the founder of McBee Strategic Consulting, the Washington advisory firm later renamed Signal Group. A former congressional aide and NRG Home chief executive, he now works on the political, cultural, and market infrastructure needed to accelerate clean energy adoption.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at AMPED; Founder & CEO at Huck Capital
- **Organizations:** AMPED, Huck Capital, NRG Home (former), McBee Strategic Consulting / Signal Group (founder and former CEO), SEEC Institute (board member), Denny Miller McBee Associates (former)
- **Education:** Western Washington University
- **Known for:** Founded the advisory business that became Signal Group., Became the first president and CEO of NRG Home in December 2014., Founded Huck Capital and helped organize clean energy partnerships and investments, including the Schneider Electric partnership and Uplight transaction.

## Career timeline

- **Early 1990s** — Moved from a college internship to a full-time congressional position with Representative Al Swift; helped on military base closure issues.
- **Before 2002** — Advised Maria Cantwell in the House and spent four years as Norm Dicks’s national security assistant; subsequently served as COO at Denny Miller McBee Associates.
- **2002** — Founded McBee Strategic Consulting.
- **2014** — Sold McBee Strategic to Wiley Rein; appointed first president and CEO of NRG Home, effective December 1.
- **2016** — Resigned from NRG Home in January. His former consulting firm adopted the Signal Group name in October.
- **2019** — Established Huck Capital in late 2019.
- **2020** — Huck and Schneider Electric announced an energy-as-a-service partnership for commercial and industrial buildings.
- **2021** — A Huck-led private equity group joined the Uplight investment consortium in a transaction valuing Uplight at $1.5 billion.
- **2025** — Joined the SEEC Institute board on April 14.
- **2026** — Introduced AMPED and launched its newsletter, focused on clean energy’s political, cultural, and market capabilities.

## Achievements

- Founded the advisory business that became Signal Group.
- Became the first president and CEO of NRG Home in December 2014.
- Founded Huck Capital and helped organize clean energy partnerships and investments, including the Schneider Electric partnership and Uplight transaction.
- Appointed to SEEC Institute’s board in April 2025.
- Founded AMPED to strengthen clean energy’s political and cultural organization.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Published an October 1 video conversation with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about permitting and clean energy’s political organization.
- **2026-09** — Published The Starting Gun on September 30, urging industry support for a bipartisan permitting agreement.
- **2026-09** — Published Building Clean Energy’s Powerbase on September 8 and Paying Our Way on September 10, discussing industry organization and collective funding.
- **2026-07** — Introduced the AMPED newsletter in a July 30 welcome post.
- **2026-05** — Discussed AMPED with David Roberts on Volts on May 29.

## Links

- Website: https://www.amped.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-mcbee-b521a741
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/SteveMcBee_Huck

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Last updated: 2026-10-22