Bringing Renewable Energy to Wisconsin
Channel: Rock County Progressives
Date: 2021-06-28

Heather Allen, Executive Director of RenewWisconsin 

Jeremy Orr, Emerging Technologies Program Manager, RenewWisconsin 

Andrew Kell, policy analyst,  RenewWisconsin


More information: 

https://www.renewwisconsin.org 

RENEW Wisconsin is a nonprofit organization that promotes renewable energy in Wisconsin. We work on policies and programs that expand solar power, wind power, biogas, local hydropower, geothermal energy, and electric vehicles.  Since 1991 we have been a champion for clean energy solutions in the Badger State. 

Heather leads a team of experienced staff at RENEW Wisconsin to accelerate the Badger State's transformation to  renewable energy through advocacy, education, and collaboration. She works closely with RENEW’s members to grow the solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, electric vehicle, and energy storage marketplace in Wisconsin. 

Jeremy Orr is the Emerging Technology Program Manager at RENEW Wisconsin, where he focuses on electric vehicles and other emerging technologies. Prior to joining RENEW, Jeremy served as the Greater Lansing Area Clean Cities coordinator, where he promoted alternative fuels to diversify the energy market. Jeremy has also led a regional Groundwater Management Board and other water quality policy programs. Jeremy received a B.S. in Political Science from Grand Valley State University, and an Executive Master of Natural Resources from Virginia Tech's Center for Leadership in Global Sustainability." 



Andrew Kell
 
Andrew joined the RENEW team this past March as a policy analyst. His expertise on energy policy comes from his graduate studies at the UW-Madison La Follette School of Public Affairs and 10 years prior experience at the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. At the Commission, Andrew worked on demand-side management programs, energy efficiency (Focus on Energy), renewable programs, MISO wholesale markets, energy emergency planning, and rates analysis. He is also a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, having served as an English Teacher in Kazakhstan. Andrew is excited to join the RENEW team, and is already working on the important investigations, legislation, and utility-proposed new programs and construction cases that will shape renewable energy for decades to come.



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