Michael Noble, Executive Director
w: 651-726-7563
c: 612-963-1268
noble@fresh-energy.org
Expertise: oil dependency, renewable energy, energy efficiency, climate change science and policy, electric vehicles, nuclear power, smart grid, clean energy transmission, coal
Ethan Fawley, Transportation Policy Director
w: 651-294-7141
c: 612-964-8902
fawley@fresh-energy.org
Expertise: Complete Streets, walking and biking, Mn/DOT policy, Metropolitan Council policy, transit, city planning, urban development, electric vehicles, school siting and Safe Routes to School, high-speed rail, efficient use of transportation money
J. Drake Hamilton, Science Policy Director
w: 651-726-7562
c: 651-366-7557
hamilton@fresh-energy.org
Expertise: sources of carbon pollution/Minnesota and U.S. emissions inventory, climate science, climate change impacts in Minnesota, climate change adaptation, climate (or carbon) policy, federal/state/regional carbon prices, carbon cap and trade, cap and dividend, carbon markets, low-carbon fuel standards, ethanol, clean cars/fuel efficiency requirements, coal-fired power plants, cleaning up power plants, carbon regulation, creating a low-carbon economy, mercury from power plants, carbon footprints/actions to lower Minnesota’s carbon footprint, Minnesota climate goals/laws, utility green pricing programs
Linda Taylor, Clean Energy Director
w: 651-726-7571
c: 612-819-2463
taylor@fresh-energy.org
Expertise: clean energy economy, energy data (costs, prices, technologies, forecasts), wind power, wind power development siting, solar, renewable energy development fund, smart grid, transmission, energy efficiency, Conservation Improvement Program, building energy codes, energy efficiency businesses, energy utility infrastructure efficiency, utilities, utility rates and ratemaking, utility
resource planning, Minnesota energy decision making, energy policy processes, utility regulation, electricity for electric vehicles
Kate Ellis, Senior Policy Associate
w: 651-294-7143
c: 651-308-9709
ellis@fresh-energy.org
Expertise: clean energy economy, energy data (costs, prices, technologies, forecasts), wind, wind industry and siting, solar, smart grid, energy efficiency, Conservation Improvement Program, energy efficient lighting (CFLs, LEDs, incandescent), building energy codes, energy efficiency businesses, utility resource planning, Minnesota energy decision making, energy policy processes, utility regulation
Erin Stojan Ruccolo, Senior Policy Associate
w: 651-726-7567
c: 651-356-8783
ruccolo@fresh-energy.org
Expertise: clean energy economy, regional clean energy, energy data (costs, prices, technologies, forecasts), wind, wind industry, regional wind and offshore wind, hydropower, smart grid, transmission, energy efficient lighting (CFLs, LEDs, incandescent), energy utility infrastructure efficiency, utility rates and ratemaking, utility resource planning, Minnesota energy decision making, energy policy processes, utility regulation, electricity for electric vehicles
Alison Lindburg, Policy Coordinator
w: 651-294-7140
c: 651-278-2529
lindburg@fresh-energy.org
Expertise: energy efficiency in buildings, green buildings, building codes