Fireside Chat with Maria Robinson C

Maria Robinson's experience as Director of the Office of Grid Deployment at the DOE involved infrastructure deployment through grants, focusing on transmission, distribution, and resilience. Now CEO of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), she aims to increase its brand recognition and impact on removing regulatory barriers for clean energy adoption at the state and local levels.

Here are three main topics covered:

• Robinson's DOE role focused on grid upgrades and resilience funding.
• The DOE is now an infrastructure deployment agency alongside R&D.‍
• IREC works on regulatory issues to ease clean energy adoption.