Policy Panelists' Biographies

Sue Kateley Executive Director California Solar Energy Industries Association

Sue Kateley is Executive Director of CALSEIA, a position she returned to in 2007, following a 20 years at the California Energy Commission. From 1983 to 1986, Sue served as Executive Director of CALSEIA. Sue’s first job in the solar industry was as a purchasing agent for a solar company located in the Sacramento area, where she worked from 1978 until 1981, when she started working for CALSEIA as Technical Advisor.

CALSEIA is the California Solar Energy Industries Association, founded in 1977. CALSEIA is the largest solar industry association and represents all market segments solar industry: solar thermal, solar electric, concentrating solar power, manufacturers, distributors, installation companies, designers and consultants.

Barry Worthington Executive Director United States Energy Association

Barry K. Worthington serves as the Executive Director of the United States Energy Association (USEA), where he directs the Association’s domestic and international activities. He has served in this capacity since September 1988. Previously, he served as a Vice President of the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation and prior to that served in several capacities with Houston Lighting & Power Company, now known as Center Point. Mr. Worthington serves as Chairman of the National Energy Foundation and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the World Environment Center and the US-China Energy Environment Center, as well as Trustee of the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation. He is a guest columnist for Platt’s Global Energy Business & Technology and servers on the Editorial Board of Energy. He also is a frequent guest on White House Chronicles, a Washington based public interest television series. Worthington holds a Bachelor of Science from the Pennsylvania State University and Master of Science from the University of Houston. He has written extensively on energy and environmental matters, and addresses many conferences on national and international energy issues.

David Hochschild VP of Solaria CPUC Commissioner in San Francisco

David Hochschild got involved in solar energy when he was working as a Special Assistant to the Mayor in San Francisco five years ago. He worked with a team in SF City Government to develop San Francisco’s $100 million solar bond, which was approved by 73% of San Francisco voters in Nov. 2001. He went on to co-found Vote Solar, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting large-scale solar policies at the state and local level around the country and has spent much of the last few years working on the newly created $3.2 billion California Solar Initiative — the nation’s largest solar energy program. In January, he began a new job as Executive Director of PV Now, the consortium of leading solar manufacturers. He is responsible for promoting state level policies to promote solar energy in North America. A graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard’s Kennedy School Government, David lives with his wife and daughter in San Francisco.

Chris Busch, Ph.D Economist California Climate Program/Union of Concerned Scientists

Chris Busch, Ph.D., is an economist in the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Climate Program, and has worked on global warming solutions for over a decade. His current work focuses on implementation of Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act. In particular, he works to advance UCS’ views on effective and fair design of cap-and-trade as the state moves forward with adoption of this market-based compliance mechanism. In 2006, Chris co-authored the report Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in California (http://calclimate.berkeley.edu/). Previously, Chris served as a Senior Research Associate in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s International Energy Studies Group. He also worked in the Lab’s Appliance and Lighting Standards Group. Chris holds two graduate degrees from Berkeley, a Ph.D. in environmental economics from the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and a master’s degree in public policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy.

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