Loretta Lynch
Loretta Lynch is a lawyer who served as President of the California Public Utilities Commission during the first California Energy Crisis, fighting deregulation and monopoly utility bailouts. She provides crucial legal insights into NEM court cases and fights for community protections.
Ms. Lynch served on the CPUC from 1999 through 2004, including through California's Energy Crisis 2000 through 2002. She fought deregulation and PG&E's first bankruptcy bailout, and has worked since in many venues for community-based renewable energy. Prior to government service, she was a partner at Keker & Van Nest in San Francisco.
Statewide Call Appearances
Solar Round Up: What’s Happening in the Courts and Our Community
- Key solar-related bills moving through the legislature (featuring Cailey Underhill, Solar Rights Alliance)
- The latest on the Net Energy Metering (NEM) court case (with Loretta Lynch, Lawyer and former CPUC President)
- Public power efforts in San Diego and the push for local solar (from Bill Powers, Energy Engineer in San Diego)
- Community solar updates and on-the-ground lessons from California’s first small, multi-sited project (shared by Genaro Bugarin, Director at a Community Energy Coalition)
Appeal of the PUC’s NEM 3.0 Decision at the California Supreme Court–The Last Chance to Make the PUC follow the law!
Join us for a discussion with Loretta Lynch and Barbara Stebbins as they address the push to appeal the PUC's NEM 3.0 decision at the California Supreme Court—our final opportunity to hold the PUC accountable to the law! This month's...
Pathways: The Empire Strikes Back
Join us for a discussion with Ruth Merino (Chair of San Jose Community Energy Advocates) and Bill Julian (previous Legislative Director of the CPUC) about an ongoing effort at the CAISO (the Pathways Initiative) to revive last year’s AB 538...
Jailbreak: CAISO’s Quest to Shake Off CA Laws & Values
It's July! Each summer we welcome a close observer of California's electricity scene, former CPUC president and long-time activist for progressive energy policy, Loretta Lynch. Her unfettered analysis of wholesale market dynamics, participants and actions always illuminates this mysterious work...
In the Trenches of the Transition: One Step Forward, How Many Steps Backward?
We are pleased to announce that Loretta Lynch will be our July statewide call speaker! She will discuss the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and what challenges she foresees this summer. Loretta is always a crowd-pleasing speaker. As the former...
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