Scott Hempling, Esq. is the Executive Director of NRRI. He provides legal and policy advice to public- and private-sector clients involved in regulated industries. His research emphases include mergers and acquisitions, the introduction of competition into formerly monopolistic markets, corporate restructuring, ratemaking, utility investments in nonutility businesses, and state-federal jurisdictional issues. Mr. Hempling received a B.A. cum laude in (1) economics and political science and (2) music from Yale University. He received his J.D. magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center. He has appeared numerous times before committees of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives; and before state legislative committees in Arkansas, California, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia.

Karlynn Cory is the Team Analysis Lead for renewable energy project finance at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Ms. Cory has more than 13 years of experience analyzing renewable energy policies and U.S. electricity markets. She has an in-depth understanding of investor requirements for renewable energy project financing, as well as experience identifying best practices for policies that can be used to encourage increased capital for renewables. Ms. Cory also has extensively evaluated renewable energy certificate (REC) markets for renewable portfolio standards and voluntary green power markets, and, more recently, has examined feed-in tariff policies in the U.S. and Europe in detail. While at the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust, Ms. Cory helped design and implement a program that uses REC purchase and option contracts to assist in the financing of new renewables projects. She also led the development of a sales plan for the Trust’s $30+ million REC assets. She has an M.S. in Technology and Policy from MIT and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University.

Kevin Porter is a Vice President and Principal with Exeter Associates, a consulting firm based in Maryland. He has been active in renewable energy analysis and research since 1984. His scope of work and expertise includes the technical and economic status of renewable energy technologies, design and implementation of state and federal renewable energy policies, transmission access and pricing for renewable energy technologies, and electric power issues in general. He holds a B.S. in Environmental Studies from Lewis & Clark College and an M.A. in Economics from The American University.

Matt Baker was appointed to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission in 2008. Prior to joining the Commission, he served as the Executive Director of Environment Colorado where he was the architect of Colorado’s Renewable Energy ballot initiative, Amendment 37. Commissioner Baker led efforts to double Colorado’s renewable energy goals, implement policies to greatly expand utility energy efficiency programs, and promote state goals to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. In addition, he was a leader on state transportation policy initiatives, including the successful build-out of the Denver metro area’s light rail system. Before joining the Commission, Commissioner Baker served as Vice Chair of the Transit Alliance. He also served on the Colorado Pollution Prevention Partnership and was Vice Chair of the Interwest Energy Alliance. He has a B.A. from Penn State.

Ed McNamara is a staff attorney and environmental analyst at the Vermont Public Service Board. His primary areas of expertise include siting, energy efficiency, climate policy, and renewable energy policy. He served as staff lead in the development of Vermont's Feed-in Tariff program and assisted in the development of the FIT rates. He received a J.D. from Vermont Law School and an M.A. in Environmental Science and Policy from Clark University.