Executive Director, Energy Institute at Haas
Energy Institute
Experienced energy professional, spanning private, public, and academic sectors
About
Andrew Campbell is 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 technology start-ups Tendril and Sentient Energy, helping both companies navigate the energy regulatory environment and develop their sales and marketing strategies. Campbell served as an advisor to commissioners at the California Public Utilities Commission. There he led successful efforts on electric grid modernization, electric vehicle charging, demand response and dynamic pricing. He has also worked as an investment banker in Citigroup’s Global Energy Group and as a reservoir engineer with ExxonMobil. Campbell serves as a Member of the Western Energy Markets Governing Body, setting policies for wholesale power markets that aim to enhance power grid reliability, reduce costs and increase renewable energy production across the Western United States.
Expertise and Research Interests
- Public Policy
- Private Sector Energy
- Public Sector Energy
- Public Utilities
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
- 2022 – present, Governing Body Member, Western Energy Imbalance Market
- 2019 – present, Board Member, Power Association of Northern California
- Fact Check-Which factors determine U.S. ‘energy independence’?, Reuters, 03/23/2022
- As Oil Prices Drop, Bay Area Residents Hope Gas Prices Will Follow, NBC Bay Area, 03/14/2022
- Gas prices hitting new heights in Sonoma County and beyond. Here’s why, The Press Democrat, 03/08/2022
- Will California’s improvements to power grid prevent rolling outages? Experts are hopeful, ABC7, 06/17/2021
- Healdsburg debuts biggest floating solar farm in nation, The North Bay Business Journal, 03/10/2021
- Rolling blackouts: What Oaklanders need to know, and what to expect, The Oaklandside, 08/21/2020
- The true impact of COVID-19, Smart Energy International, 08/04/2020
- PG&E inks deal with governor, opening path out of bankruptcy, EnergyWire, 03/23/2020
- Gas prices have mysteriously stayed high since 2015, Fox 2 KTVU, 10/23/2019
- State To Begin Investigation Into Gas Prices In California, KPIX 5 CBS, 10/22/2019
- Marin-based renewable electricity supplier doubles in size with new members, Marin Independent Journal, 07/21/2017
- Balancing Clean Energy Costs and Green Jobs, The Breakthrough, 04/18/2017
- Will Trump slow California’s climate change crusade?, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12/16/2016
- Solar companies want more transparency from regulatory group, SNL, 09/02/2016
- SDG&E shareholders and green groups headed for face-off?, The San Diego Union-Tribune, 08/18/2016