Pre-Event WS: Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity Procurement Workshop  

Tracy Niro is the Utility Program manager at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). Tracy is a recognized expert in energy policy, federal utility service contracting, and utility energy service contracts. She also oversees electric and natural gas utility acquisitions for DOE sites nationwide and serves as the chair of the Federal Utility Partnership Working Group. Tracy was a 2009 Presidential Management Fellow, has completed detail assignments to the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the International Energy Agency, and was awarded a Fulbright Professional Scholarship to conduct energy research in Australia. Tracy began her career as a staff accountant for an investor-owned utility and has 20 years of experience in the energy industry including past experience leading the DOE FEMP Power Purchase Agreement Program and serving as coordinator for floating offshore wind regulation in Hawaii at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, earned her Juris Doctor from the University of San Diego School of Law.

Nichole Liebov is a program manager at the U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). She leads the Distributed Energy and Energy Procurement program and the Performance Contracting National Resource Center. The Distributed Energy program supports federal agencies in identifying and implementing on-site projects and off-site procurement options by providing technical assistance and trainings and developing tools and resources. She also leads the interagency Renewable Energy Working Group. Prior to her current role, Nichole joined FEMP as a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, where she supported federal agencies' resilience and distributed energy needs. Nichole holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Virginia.

Doug Gagne is a project analyst at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). He currently provides early-stage federal project development support for renewable energy and resilience projects, including techno-economic analyses to identify what mix of generation technologies will most cost-effectively meet a site's power needs. He also supports early-stage resilience project development and brings extensive federal procurement expertise.

Sujata Rajpurohit is a Federation of American Scientists Impact Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). She works to help federal facilities meet carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) goals, including the goal of achieving 50 percent 24/7 carbon pollution-free electricity by 2030, and to support implementation of Justice40 across FEMP's program areas. Prior to this role, she was an Associate with the World Resources Institute's U.S. Climate team, where she modeled impacts of sub-national climate action and policies to decarbonize the economy in ways that promote racial and economic equality. She holds an MPA in Economics and Public Policy from Princeton University, and a B.A. in Public Policy from the University of Chicago.

Jordin Metz is a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), where he supports multiple efforts, including helping federal facilities meet carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) goals, supporting DOE utility acquisitions, and working on the Indian Energy Purchase Preference (IEPP). Before joining FEMP, Jordin served as an AIP/AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he worked on environmental, water, and tribal policy. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Tufts University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Rice University.