As Regulatory & Legal Counsel, Ethan works to advance clean energy policies at the NC Utilities Commission and other policy-making venues— providing NCSEA with legal analysis of clean energy policy and supporting clean energy’s advancement in the state’s regulatory landscape, while also ensuring organizational legal protection and compliance.
Ethan previously represented four environmental justice and indigenous rights organizations before the NC Utility Commission during the development of North Carolina’s inaugural Carbon Plan. Ethan also co-founded and ran Good Solar, a 501(c)(3) that created renewable energy solutions for nonprofit organizations and low- and moderate-income communities. Born and raised in Charlotte and the North Carolina mountains, Ethan graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Environmental Studies, and an Economics minor. He graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Law with Honors before working as a fellow at the Center for Climate, Energy, Environment, and Economics (CE3) at UNC Law.