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Elizabeth Stein joins the Institute for Policy Integrity as the State Policy Director in March 2023. Elizabeth’s work focuses on utility regulation and environmental and energy policy. Before joining Policy Integrity, Elizabeth was Lead Counsel, Energy Transition, at Environmental Defense Fund. In that role, Elizabeth led EDF’s state utility commission advocacy in support of widespread electrification of trucks and buses, and contributed to relevant research efforts. In previous roles at EDF, Elizabeth’s work also encompassed electric utility business model innovations, leveraging distributed energy resources for improved environmental outcomes, sustainable electric rate design issues, emissions reductions from the buildings sector, and natural gas system regulation. She served on the Technical Advisory Committee for New York City’s Energy Infrastructure Pathways Study in 2019, and was recognized by City & State’s Energy and Environment Power 100 list in 2020 and 2021. She is currently serving as co-chair of the Energy Committee of the NYC Bar Association. She received an A.B., magna cum laude, from Harvard University, and a J.D., magna cum laude, from NYU Law.

Elizabeth is admitted to practice law in New York.

She can be reached at [email protected]