Executive Director, Energy Institute at Haas
Energy Institute
Experienced energy professional, spanning private, public, and academic sectors
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.
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
- 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