Sara has over two decades of experience advancing pragmatic policy and regulatory solutions for an affordable, carbon-free, and electrified energy economy. She is a published researcher and thought leader on clean transportation, efficient electric buildings, electrified industry, and reliable, renewable electricity. Over the course of her career, Sara has worked with policymakers, regulators, utilities, research institutions, non-profits, philanthropic stakeholders, and community organizations to identify and implement best practices for an equitable clean energy transition.
She has testified before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Utah Legislature, and she has engaged with dozens of state public service commissions. Sara was a faculty member for the Center for a New Energy Economy’s Clean Energy Legislative Academy, a contributor to the Charged Initiative, an e-Lab Accelerator participant, a Reg Lab faculty member, an adjunct faculty member at the Salt Lake Community College, a Grid Lab advisory board member, and Chair of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office Peer Review for the Strategic Analysis and Institutional Support Track.
Prior to serving as CEO to UCE, Sara served as the Senior Director of Electrification Policy at Energy Innovation, the Vice President of Regulatory for the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), and Senior Policy and Regulatory Associate for UCE. She is the former host of Energy Innovation’s Electrify This! podcast and the Grid Geeks podcast. She was named an “Innovator and Influencer” by Solar Power World (2017) and one of “Utah’s Enlightened 50″ by the Community Foundation of Utah (2012).
She has presented at various events, including those convened by the National Governors Association, National Council on Electricity Policy, the National Academies of Sciences, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, the G20 Transportation Task Force, the University of Utah, American University, and Northwestern University, among many others. Sara has been featured in Forbes, Salt Lake Tribune, Deseret News, Utility Dive, The Daily Herald, Automotive News, Vox, Family Handyman, New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, Politico, Bloomberg, Canary Media, and Grist, among others.
She holds an Honors B.S. in environmental studies and a B.A. in Spanish from the University of Utah, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. She has studied, lived, worked and volunteered in Ecuador and Spain. She also earned a Certificate in Power and Influence for Positive Impact from the Harvard Business School Online Program.
Sara enjoys hiking, running, standup paddle boarding, camping, tennis, golf, making art, growing plants, reading, and exploring the beautiful outdoors with her family and friends.
We would like to clarify that Utah Clean Energy is not a solar company. We are a nonprofit organization that advocates for solar and other clean energy technologies, but we do not install or sell solar in any way.