Sara Baldwin
Director, Electrification
Sara is the Director of Electrification Policy at Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC®, where she leads the firm’s electrification policy practice area to advance economy-wide decarbonization through the electrification of buildings, transportation, and industry. She provides policy analysis and original research to support policymakers at the state, federal, and local levels. Sara has authored and contributed to several reports, including Implementing the Inflation Reduction Act: A Roadmap for State and Federal Transportation Policy, Assessing the Viability of Hydrogen Proposals: Considerations for State Utility Regulators and Policymakers, and Accelerating Clean, Electrified Transportation by 2035: Policy Priorities.
Sara previously served as Vice President of Regulatory for the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and Senior Policy Associate for Utah Clean Energy. In both capacities, she led successful policy, regulatory, and educational efforts to advance renewable energy and energy efficiency. She also served on the Technical Team for the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot Solar Market Pathways Initiative and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Distributed Generation Interconnection Collaborative Advisory Committee. She was named an “Innovator and Influencer” by Solar Power World (2017) and one of “Utah’s Enlightened 50″ by the Community Foundation of Utah (2012).
Sara is a member of GridLab’s advisory board, host of Energy Innovation’s Electrify This! podcast, and former host of the Grid Geeks podcast. She earned her B.S. in environmental studies and a B.A. in Spanish from the University of Utah, graduating with honors.