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Dian Grueneich

Commissioner Emeritus at California Public Utilities Commission
Dian Grueneich

Dian Grueneich is a nationally and internationally recognized energy expert. Her expertise covers energy efficiency, demand response, smart grid, renewable energy resources, transmission, and climate change. She has extensive experience in energy policy and regulation, utilities, market development and innovation, and key factors driving U.S. and global energy investments. Dian served as a Commissioner on the California Public Utilities Commission from 2005-2010 and led its efforts on energy efficiency, developing the California Long-Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan. Dian also streamlined California's transmission siting process and led the successful permitting of three major new transmission lines to carry renewable energy.

In May 2014, Dian began an appointment with Stanford University as a Senior Research Scholar with the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center and the Shultz-Stephenson Energy Policy Task Force, to spearhead an increased focus of Stanford on state and regional energy issues, focusing in particular on regulatory policy governance and the next generation of energy efficiency. She is also assisting in development of Bits & Watts -- Stanford’s new research initiative for the 21st century grid. Dian is a graduate of Stanford University and holds a J.D. from Georgetown University.