SusanÌýTierney

  • Unconventional Natural Gas: Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges with America’s New Energy Resource

Sue Tierney, a Managing Principal at Analysis Group in Boston, is an expert on energy economics, regulation and policy, with a focus on the electric and gas industries.Ìý She consults to businesses, government agencies, non-profits, Indian tribes, and others. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. DOE, and held various senior positions in Massachusetts government (Secretary for Environmental Affairs; public utility commissioner; executive director of the Energy Facilities Siting Council).Ìý She co-chaired the DOE Agency Review Team for the Obama/Biden Presidential Transition Team.Ìý She serves on the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (and its Shale Gas Subcommittee); chairs the Advisory Council of the National Renewable Energy Lab; is a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s energy project; and is a director of the World Resources Institute, Clean Air Task Force, Clean Air – Cool Planet, and EnerNOC, Inc.Ìý She previously chaired the Board of Directors of the Energy Foundation, co-chaired the National Commission on Energy Policy, chaired the Policy Subgroup of the National Petroleum Council’s study of the North American natural gas resources, and taught at the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of California at Irvine and at MIT.Ìý She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in regional planning at Cornell ³Ô¹ÏÍø.

The PowerPoint from Susan Tierneys’ talk can be foundÌý.