Dian Grueneich

Dian M. Grueneich (/ˈɡruːnɪk/ GROO-nik[1]) is an American scholar and former public utilities commissioner. She served as a commissioner of the California Public Utilities Commission from 2005 until 2010. She is a senior research scholar at Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy.

Biography

Grueneich earned a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center in 1977 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Biology from Stanford University in 1974.[2]

Grueneich was one of the five commissioners of the California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates utilities and common carriers in California. She was appointed to a six-year term by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in January 2005 and unanimously confirmed by the State Senate in May 2005.[3]

As commissioner she oversaw the implementation of utility energy efficiency programs. She helped to develop incentives that reward energy utilities for energy efficiency efforts as part of climate change action plans for California.[3] She pushed for consumer-friendly cell-phone regulation[4] and tried to force electrical companies to make more use of renewable energy sources.[5]

Prior to her appointment with the CPUC, Grueneich served as a board member of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and is a past president of the California League of Conservation Voters.[3] Since 2014, she has been a senior research scholar at Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy.[6][7]

References
  1. "California and Western Energy Series Introduction | Dian Grueneich". Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. "Dian M. Grueneich, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  3. "Dian M. Grueneich". Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
  4. San Francisco Chronicle, March 2, 2006
  5. NPR, April 29, 2009
  6. Sayler, Zoe; Schwab, Tia (2017-01-20). "Here comes the sun: Successes and drawbacks of Stanford's solar farm and the displacement strategy". The Stanford Daily. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  7. "Dian Grueneich | Energy". energy.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
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