The Energy Optimist · 2023-10-02 · 46 min
Today's guest, Melanie Santiago-Mosier, is an attorney whose career has centered on clean energy policy and regulation. Over the past seven years, she has focused on the field of energy equity and justice. She enjoys working with teams to embed equity principles into their work, with the goal of advancing a just transition to a clean energy future. Currently, she fills that role as the Equitable Energy Transition Advisor for The Nature Conservancy. She has led similar work at organizations like Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, Vote Solar, and others. The episode walks through: What is energy equity and a just transition; How the existing energy system leads to chronically unjust processes and impacts; And key considerations, policies, and principles for supporting an equitable and just clean energy transition, including both procedural and energy regulation solutions.
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