Celina Bonugli, Clean Energy Innovation Specialist, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Celina Bonugli is a Clean Energy Innovation Associate at World Resources Institute (WRI).  She supports the facilitation of electric utility and large-scale energy buyer collaboration to spur innovative solutions that de-carbonize the electricity sector, increase grid efficiencies and integrate new technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. For the Renewables Accelerator initiative, which provides technical support to U.S. municipal governments as they procure renewable energy, Ms. Bonugli leads the electric utility and regulatory engagement strategy, consultation, and resource development.  Prior to joining the WRI, she contributed to international renewable energy policy for developing countries with the Worldwatch Institute. She also worked with the Green Energy Institute and The Climate Trust in Portland, Oregon where she researched and analyzed relevant laws to develop greenhouse gas emission and climate related policy for the state.  Ms. Bonugli holds a Juris Doctor and a certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources law from Lewis and Clark Law School.

Bruce R. Chapman, Vice President and Senior Economist, Christensen Associates Energy Consulting

Bruce R. Chapman is Vice President and Senior Economist at Christensen Associates Energy Consulting.  He assists clients in the electricity and natural gas industries to improve their costing and pricing capabilities. Mr. Chapman advises clients in such areas of expertise as: cost-of-service analysis and rate design based upon established regulatory and market-based principles; innovative rate design including demand response products, renewables pricing, fixed billing, and other market-based retail pricing products; load forecasting and load research analysis. Additionally, he has supervised the development of software required for the implementation and support of innovative retail products.

Jenny Heeter, Senior Energy Analyst Markets & Policy Group – Strategic Energy Analysis Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Jenny Heeter is a Senior Energy Analyst in the Markets & Policy Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).  She has been on the NREL staff for 11 years.  Her areas of expertise include market analysis, policy analysis and utility regulation analysis.  Ms. Heeter's research interests are voluntary green power markets, renewable energy certificate markets and pricing, solar renewable energy certificate markets as well as renewable energy and carbon accounting.  Before joining NREL, she served as a Utility Analyst at the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, Sustainability Fellow at the Office of the Mayor (Bloomington, Indiana) and Assistant Project Manager for Clean Water Action Alliance of Minnesota.  Ms. Heeter earned a M.P.A. in Environmental Policy & Natural Resource Management at Indiana University and a B.A. in Environmental Studies and Political Science at  Macalester College.

Amanda Mortlock, Vice President – Utility Partnerships, 3Degrees

Amanda Mortlock is Vice President of Utility Partnerships at 3Degrees, a firm specializing in renewable energy, transportation decarbonization, and other climate solutions.  She brings more than 15 years of experience partnering with utilities to design, launch and manage some of the most successful voluntary renewable energy & carbon offset programs in the country.  In her role, Ms. Mortlock supports utilities in designing new products that meet a variety of stakeholder needs in a dynamic market and oversees a team focused on program implementation.

Eric O’Shaughnessy, Energy Analyst, Clean Kilowatts

Eric O’Shaughnessy is an independent renewable energy research consultant. His research areas include distributed solar markets, distributed solar system optimization through storage and load control, community solar, and voluntary green power markets. Dr. O’Shaughnessy received his Ph.D. in Environment and Resources from the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also has an M.P.A. from the LaFollette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.S. in Environmental Economics and Policy from Michigan State University.

Josh Halley, Renewable Power Portfolio Manager, Portland General Electric

Josh Halley is Renewable Power Portfolio Manager at Portland General Electric.  In that capacity over the past seven years, he has overseen the development of the green tariff and other renewable energy initiatives at the utility.  Preceding that, he served in several roles for Green Mountain Energy, supporting that renewable energy retailer’s efforts in Oregon to provide 100% clean energy solutions, backed by the purchase of renewable energy certificates (RECs).

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