Janea A. Scott
Advisor

Janea Scott has served in several appointed roles during the Obama and Biden administrations and under two California Governors. Most recently, Ms. Scott served as the Senior Counselor to the Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management at the U.S. Department of Interior. In this role, Scott focused on renewable energy and transmission, assisting the Bureau of Land Management in building out its renewable energy program, providing strategic advice to the Assistant Secretary’s and Secretary’s offices, and troubleshooting clean energy project challenges.

Ms. Scott previously served as the Vice Chair of the California Energy Commission, the state’s primary energy policy and planning agency. During her tenure at the Energy Commission, Ms. Scott was lead Commissioner on the Clean Transportation Program, the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program, the Natural Gas Research Program, the Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Group (DACAG), and collaboration within the western interconnection. Ms. Scott also worked on energy siting cases and the Integrated Energy Policy Report.

While at the Energy Commission, Ms. Scott acted as the Chair of the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Body and was a member of the Western Interstate Energy Board and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee. From 2013 to 2019 she supported the California’s transition to zero emission vehicles by serving as Chair of the Plug-In Electric Vehicle Collaborative, as well as on the Public Policy Board of Veloz, a nonprofit founded by public and private sector industry veterans working together to advance the electric car movement, and the California Fuel Cell Partnership.

Prior to joining the Energy Commission, Ms. Scott worked at the U.S. Department of the Interior in the Office of the Secretary as the Deputy Counselor for Renewable Energy and at Environmental Defense Fund as a senior attorney in the climate and air program. She earned her J.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder Law School and her M.S. and B.S. in Earth Systems from Stanford University.