Thomas Tutor

Branch Manager | Solar Design Specialist

Thomas grew up on a small island in Penobscot Bay with a year-round population of about 600 people, where his father was his math teacher. He grew up understanding self-sufficiency as simply part of island life. When he was 16, he got an entirely new perspective on resiliency and community after his family switched places with the math teacher's family in Herschel Village, South Africa, as part of a Fulbright teacher exchange program.

Thomas earned his BS in Economics from the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he was the captain of the soccer team. After graduation, he backpacked through South America, working in a design school for sustainable habitats, an artists' cooperative, and multiple permaculture projects. He lasted 6 months before parasites and days on the road took their toll, but he took many lessons about sustainability with him, not to mention a newfound appreciation for the Incas' stoneworking skills and worship of the sun. Thomas jumped back into the family landscape/gardening/stonemasonry business when he returned to Islesboro and built a solar-powered workshop for Hatch and Son's.

Thomas moved to Portland in 2013 with the goal of getting involved in the renewable energy sector. He became an Energy Advisor at ReVision Heat, tasked with helping Mainers save money on their energy bills and reduce their carbon footprint with practical investments in home heating and energy efficiency. He joined ReVision Energy in 2015 as a solar and heat pump design specialist and began managing the team in 2018. Thomas is now the longest tenured member of the Portland branch management team.

In 2017, Thomas bought his first home in Portland and immediately installed two heat pumps and a heat pump water heater, ripped out the gas boiler, insulated the basement, and air sealed. Thomas achieved a longtime dream of powering his own life with clean energy in 2019, when he installed 24 panels on his roof with help from his incredibly talented friends and co-owners. His 1928-built Cape was then net-zero with no fossil fuels in the house!

Since the transformational 2020s began, Thomas and his wife Abi have switched to driving Chevy Bolts, and they welcomed a daughter in 2023! With that came the use of more electricity, and in 2025, they joined a Member-Owned Community Solar Project to add another 5 kW of solar since the roof was already full. They are now back to producing all of the energy their family uses for their home and transportation!

When not helping Mainers get off of fossil fuels, Thomas surfs, bowhunts, golfs, and explores the outdoors as often as he can by snowboard, ski, boat, bike, and foot.