Green-e Governance Board

Green-e Energy and Green-e Climate are governed by an independent board called “The Green-e Governance Board” (Board).  The Center for Resource Solutions serves as the program administrator. 

Purpose of the Board

The Board ensures that the Program’s standards and policies are appropriate and necessary to meet its stated goals and objectives, and that certification and verification are handled in a credible and effective manner.  The Board regularly reviews the Program’s standards and will amend them as necessary so that they remain consistent with changing circumstances and evolve with market conditions.  The Board will receive and act on recommendations from the Power Marketers Advisory Committee (PMAC), the Utility Green Pricing Advisory Committee (UGPAC), the Greenhouse Gas Reductions Marketers Advisory Committee (GMAC), and an Advisory Stakeholder Group to ensure the Program is practical and consistent with broader public policies.  Two subcommittees of the Board will also serve to review and make recommendations for Board approval of Green-e applications for utility green pricing programs, and for implementation of and review of applications to the Green-e Climate Standard.

Board Members

Doug DeNio, Chair
Member of the CRS Board
Technical Expert for Sustainability and Renewable Energy

Bud Beebe
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (Ret.)

Audrey Chang
Natural Resource Defense Council

Jesse Jenkins⁺*
Renewable Northwest Project

Rita Kilpatrick
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

Erin Meezan⁺
Interface

Cynthia Mitchell
Energy Economics Inc.

Alan Nogee
Union of Concerned Scientists

Arthur O'Donnell
Center for Resource Solutions

Liam Salter⁺
WWF Hong Kong

Jan Smutny-Jones
Independent Energy Producers Association

Michael Vickerman*
Renew Wisconsin

Virgil Welch⁺
Environmental Defense

Rick Weston*
The Regulatory Assistance Project

Non-voting Member, PMAC Chair
Rob Harmon
Bonneville Environmental Foundation

Non-voting Member, UGPAC Chair
Michael Brown
Santee Cooper


* Utility Green Pricing Sub-Committee Member
+ GHG Sub-Committee Member