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
- California’s power struggle: Balancing cost, climate, and demand, ABC 10, 10/15/2025
- Majority of California’s retail electricity now comes from green sources, KCBS Radio, 07/25/2025
- How tariffs on Canadian energy imports will drive California prices higher, The Mercury News, 03/10/2025
- Californians pay hefty fee for electricity, and rates are likely to keep increasing, KQED, 01/08/2025
- Berkeley climate activists push for carbon tax with Measure GG, but critics warn it could backfire, KQED, 10/17/2024
- Trump, Biden spar over US energy independence, E&E News by Politico, 04/29/2024
- Trump, Haley tell voters: Economic prosperity requires fossil fuels, Eos, 01/24/2024
- California energy players fear isolation, reliability impacts as SPP eyes Western market expansion, Utility Dive, 05/29/2023
- The US produced more electricity from renewable sources than coal in 2022. Clean power still lags well behind climate goals, KCRA, 03/29/2023
- Forecasting our future: Transitioning to regional energy grid could cut costs, carbon emissions in California, KCRA, 03/01/2023
- How wind impacts California’s power grid during storms, KCRW, 02/28/2023
- To get off fossil fuels, Berkeley is going to need a lot more electricians, Berkeleyside, 01/12/2023
- Biden’s terrible, no good, very bad gas price problem, Politico, 10/20/2022
- Both GOP and Dems see vindication in Calif. grid misery, E&E Daily, 09/09/2022
- Fragile power grid leads to Flex Alert extension to Thursday, CBS Sacramento, 08/31/2022