Karl R Rábago

Karl R. Rábago operates an energy consultancy as Rábago Energy LLC, based in Denver, Colorado, USA. Karl has more than 30 years of experience in energy and climate policy and markets and is recognized as an innovator in utility regulatory issues relating to clean and distributed energy services and technologies. Rábago is a frequent author on electricity industry issues and has provided testimony as an expert witness in more than 150 electric and gas utility regulatory proceedings. Karl serves as Chair of the Board of the Center for Resource Solutions, a San Francisco-based non-governmental organization that manages the Green-e Certification program for green power products,  on the board of Solar United Neighbors, on the board of the Texas Solar Energy Society. Rábago has been a Commissioner on the Texas Public Utility Commission; a Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Energy; Vice President of Distributed Energy Services at Austin Energy; Director of Regulatory Affairs for the AES Corporation and AES Wind; and Managing Director & Principal of the Rocky Mountain Institute. While on active duty in the US Army, Karl served as an Armored Cavalry officer in the 2d Squadron, 9th Armored Cavalry, as a trial counsel and defense counsel with the 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), and as an assistant professor of law at the US Military Academy at West Point, NY. Karl is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Business Management and has a Juris Doctorate (Honors) from the University of Texas, and post-doctorate Master of Laws degrees, in environmental and military law, from Pace Law School and the US Army Judge Advocate General’s School. Karl and his wife have been married for more than forty years, and have three grown children, and three amazing grandchildren.