High-powered entrepreneur

Crisis of 2000 led Blue Point Energy founder to design generators that recycle their own heat

During the 2000 California energy crisis, most people just saw high electricity bills.

Guy Archbold saw daylight.

“To me, it was a glimpse of what the future would hold,” he said.

That year, Archbold, a retired investment banker with no experience in the power sector, founded BluePoint Energy.

His idea: Build super-efficient, on-site electrical generators and sell power to businesses like hotels and big-box stores, undercutting the prices offered by utility companies and offering a measure of energy self-sufficiency.

Sacramento Bee