Andrew G. Campbell

Executive Director, Energy Institute at Haas | Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES

Experienced energy professional, spanning private, public, and academic sectors

Areas of Expertise (4)

Public Policy

Private Sector Energy

Public Sector Energy

Public Utilities

About

Andrew Campbell is the Executive Director of the Energy Institute at Berkeley Haas. Campbell focuses on increasing the impact of the Energy Institute's innovative research and forging stronger connections between Berkeley and business and policy communities. Campbell has worked in the energy industry for his entire professional career. Prior to coming to Berkeley, he worked for energy efficiency and demand response company Tendril, and grid management technology provider Sentient Energy. Campbell helped both companies navigate the complex energy regulatory environment and tailor their sales and marketing approaches to meet the utility industry's needs. Previously, he was Energy Advisor to two commissioners at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). While at the CPUC Campbell led successful efforts to develop and adopt policies on Smart Grid investment and data access, electric vehicle charging, demand response and dynamic pricing for utilities. Campbell has also worked as an investment banker in Citigroup's Global Energy Group and as a reservoir engineer with ExxonMobil. He earned a Master in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering and economics from Rice University.

Education (3)

Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University: MPP

Rice University: BS, Chemical Engineering

Rice University: BA, Economics

Links (3)

Selected External Service & Affiliations (1)

2019 -- Present, Board Member, Power Association of Northern California

Positions Held (1)

At Haas since 2014

2014 – present, Executive Director, Energy Institute at Haas
2013 – 2014, Director, Regulatory Affairs & Business Analysis, Sentient Energy
2011 – 2012, Director of State Policy, Tendril
2005 – 2011, Advisor, California Public Utilities Commission
2004, Graduate Intern, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources
2000 – 2003, Associate/Analyst, Global Energy Group, Citigroup
2000, Analyst, Shroders
1997 – 2000, Reservoir Engineer, ExxonMobil

Media Appearances (5)

Marin-based renewable electricity supplier doubles in size with new members

Marin Independent Journal online

2017-07-21

“MCE is very much the statewide leader in community choice aggregation right now,” said Andrew Campbell, executive director of the Energy Institute at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

Balancing Clean Energy Costs and Green Jobs

The Breakthrough online

2017-04-18

What’s more important—creating jobs in the energy sector or creating jobs in the rest of the economy? In some cases, energy transitions can do both, when new energy technology both results in expanding employment within the energy sector and drives economy-wide job growth, as well. But that’s not always the case. In an interesting new post on “green jobs” at the Haas School of Business Energy Institute blog, Andrew Campbell points out that we frequently highlight the jobs created by the growth of clean energy while ignoring those that have been lost.

Will Trump slow California's climate change crusade?

San Diego Union-Tribune online

2016-12-16

"Connecting greenhouse gas-reductions to a specific policy is difficult. Since we don’t yet have a good handle on the effectiveness of the policies California has implemented thus far, it’s hard to plan for the future,” said Andrew Campbell, executive director of UC Berkeley’s Energy Institute at Haas...

Solar companies want more transparency from regulatory group

SNL online

2016-09-02

Andrew Campbell, executive director of the Energy Institute at Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley, said it is probably too early to criticize NARUC for not being more transparent; the organization could publish comments after the filing deadline, he said. The group may not be legally obligated take such action, Campbell added, but there is a "reasonable expectation" it would, given that its members are state officials.

It would be problematic if state officials were using a group like this to avoid transparency requirements they face at home, Campbell said...

SDG&E shareholders and green groups headed for face-off?

The San Diego Union-Tribune online

2016-08-18

“Setting up a CCA in SDG&E’s service territory just got more expensive,” said Andrew Campbell, executive director of UC Berkeley’s Energy Institute at Haas. “Cities and counties that want to set up a CCA will need to budget more for marketing and information campaigns since SDG&E may be marketing against them...