Institute for Energy Studies Speaker Series Presents: Developing Transmission to Support West Coast Clean Energy Resources

Kate Griffith, Speaker

Kate Griffith is a collaborative energy policy strategist, communicator, and facilitator. She has spent more than a decade working at the intersections of sustainable community and policy development, most recently as an energy policy advisor to the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. At the Washington commission, Kate focused on climate and wildfire resiliency, utility resource planning, rate-setting, and the implementation of new Washington’s clean energy laws, which center equity in the clean energy transition. Kate previously worked as a journalist and editor in Washington, D.C., and West Virginia. She earned bachelor’s degrees in journalism, English literature, and French language and literature from West Virginia University and earned a master’s degree in international studies with a focus on energy and climate from the University of Washington.