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In Memoriam – Kevin B. Jones

Titles

  • Director, Institute for Energy and the Environment
  • Professor of Energy Technology and Policy

Degrees

  • PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Masters, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
  • BS, University of Vermont

Contact

Phone: 802-831-1054

Biography

Kevin B. Jones was the Director of the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law and Graduate School. At the IEE, Kevin led the Smart Grid Project and the Energy Clinic and is co-author of the book from Praeger, “A Smarter, Greener Grid: Forging Environmental Progress through Smart Energy Policies and Technologies.” Kevin was also a Senior Fellow with the New Economy Law Center at Vermont Law School and a Lecturer in the University of Vermont’s Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA program. 

 

Seeking solutions to America’s energy and environmental policy challenges was the focus of Kevin’s career. His areas of expertise included the smart grid, solar PV, and other distributed energy resources. He was at the center of the transformation of the electric power industry in the Northeast as the director of power market policy for the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and as the former director of energy policy for the City of New York. While at LIPA, he collaborated on energy policy with both the Large Public Power Council and the New York Transmission Owners. He also consulted on energy issues as an associate director with Navigant Consulting and Resource Management International.

 

He received a PhD from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Lally School of Management and Technology, a masters from the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin and a BS from the University of Vermont. While at RPI, his doctoral research compared the market-based approach to regulating acid rain in the United States to the command and control approach of the European Union. Kevin also taught the course Sustainable Energy Technology and Policy in the University of Vermont’s new Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA program and has collaborated with other Drive Electric Vermont stakeholders to advance the electrification of our transportation system.

Curriculum Vitae

Expertise

  • Air Pollution
  • Clean Air Act
  • Climate Change
  • Energy Law and Regulation

Departments

  • Environmental Law Center
  • Institute for Energy and the Environment
  • New Economy Law Center