Renewable Energy Expert Joins Environmental Defense Fund
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Laura Williamson, Environmental Defense Fund, 512.691.3447-w or 512.828.1690-c or [email protected]
(AUSTIN, TX – September 3, 2008) Colin Meehan has joined Environmental Defense Fund as Renewable Energy Specialist for the Texas Climate and Air program.
Meehan will help to develop projects and policies to promote renewable energy development at the utility, industrial and retail levels in Texas and other regions of the U.S. His role is part of a larger organization-wide, multi-year effort to significantly increase the amount of renewable energy resources deployed throughout the nation.
Previous roles include wholesale power analysis at the Lower Colorado River Authority, economic analysis of renewable energy and energy emissions policies and investment strategies in unregulated and regulated markets for ICF International, and policy development and analysis for the U.S. Coast Guard in Washington, D.C.
Meehan earned a bachelor of arts degree in Math and Economics from the University of Rochester in New York.
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