Abstract
- Why should existing rules-of-the-game for power markets be re-defined based on a “Clean First” perspective?
- How can policymakers and regulators apply a clean-first perspective in practice?
- What happens if they don’t?
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What are some leading policy and regulatory practices that will reinforce both carbon reduction and resource adequacy goals?
Biography
Meg Gottstein is a Principal with the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), a global NGO working with governments and regulators on the development of market incentives, regulations and policies that promote clean energy resources based on international best practices.
Ms. Gottstein comes to RAP with 20 years of experience as an Administrative Law Judge at the California Public Utilities Commission, where she became known as a key architect of the Commission’s energy efficiency and climate change policy decisions. Before joining the Commission, Ms. Gottstein worked as a consultant to the National Governors Association and other clients on renewable energy, energy efficiency and other energy topics. From 1979 to 1981, she served under the Carter administration as a Department of Energy regional program manager for California, Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii. There, she was responsible for scaling up a pilot program to commercialize renewable and energy efficiency technologies to full region-wide implementation.
Ms. Gottstein received a Bachelor of Arts in German and Economics from Tufts University and a Masters of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.