Stephen Heins Email and Phone Number

Stephen HeinsPoetry and Civil DiscourseWriter for The Crude LifeSuite 3, 530 Wilson AvenueSheboygan, WI. 53081stephenheins@gmail.com920-918-8098

As The Word Merchant, writes Op-Ed pieces on the EPA, DOE, “cooperative federalism,’ U.S. electrical grid, state utility commissions, fracking and natural gas revolution for the last 20 years.

Steve Heins BioHe has been involved in the energy, energy efficiency, broadband, telecommunications and environmental worlds for 23 years at the highest levels, both in US and EU. His readings in these areas is voluminous and he reads a wide-range of perspectives on every important energy, broadband and environmental news story. Heins is an energy and regulatory consultant for a Wall Street firm. As The Word Merchant, he also writes Op-Ed pieces on the EPA, DOE, “cooperative federalism,’ U.S. electrical grid, state utility commissions, fracking and natural gas revolution. He has been published in Forbes, Energy Central, Fortnightly Spark, Energy Pulse, The Cruthirds Report, Milwaukee Journal, Wisconsin State Journal, Cap Times, Milwaukee Biz Journal, several Gannett newspapers and WisOpinion.Previously, Heins was Vice President of Corporate Communication and Government Affairs for Orion Energy Systems, a leader in innovating energy and lighting systems based in Plymouth, Wis, for almost eight years ending January 2009. Heins promotes energy efficiency and emission reductions at the local, state and national levels. He has published more than 100 articles and op-ed pieces on energy, energy policy, Broadband, Internet, economics, utility industry and environmental issues for newspapers, energy and trade magazines.Prior to joining Orion Energy Systems, Heins was director of marketing for NorthNet, an Internet Service Provider based in Oshkosh, Wis. During his three years, Heins published more than twenty-four articles on telecommunication, broadband and business issues. Previously, Heins was marketing director for Trautman-Kramer mutual fund. Also, Heins did communication for Samuel A. Ramirez, a municipal bond underwriter and broker.Heins studied American poetry at Columbia University in New York City. He also attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, where he studied business and economic coursework. He currently resides in Sheboygan, Wis.