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Chris James
Chris James is a Senior Associate with Synapse Energy Economics. Mr. James has extensive experience in developing and implementing innovative energy and environmental policies. Prior to joining Synapse, Mr. James was the Director of the Air Planning and Standards Division at the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). In that capacity, he was responsible for overall air quality planning, including SIP development, air quality modeling, mobile sources, air toxics and regulatory development. Previously he served as the Assistant Director of the Engineering and Enforcement Division at the DEP, where he was responsible for Title V and New Source Review permit programs and directed Connecticut's participation in EPA's pollution prevention in permitting program.
Mr. James also served as the manager of Climate Change and Energy Programs at the DEP, where his chief responsibilities included implementing the state's climate change action plan and integrating energy and environmental policies. He represented the DEP on Connecticut's energy efficiency fund, an $87 million/year fund that invests in efficiency, conservation and load management efforts. He served as the Connecticut DEP staff lead on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
Mr. James was Senior Environmental Engineer for seven years with the US EPA Region 10, where his responsibilities included permitting and compliance activities related to VOC sources, pulp and paper, wood products and aerospace industries, incinerators, biomass energy and CEM. He also served for four years with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management where he was responsible for the compliance and inspection program and the ambient air monitoring network, and assisted with permitting and modeling. Previously he also consulted for four years in air pollution related to utility industry and biomass energy recovery.
In addition, Mr. James was a member of the NEG/ECP climate change committee, co-chaired the STAPPA/ALAPCO global warming committee, and co-chaired the Regulatory Assistance Project and the Distributive Resources Collaborative, an NREL funded effort to develop national emissions standards for small generation. He also co-chaired a NESCAUM effort to write a model rule for environmental performance standards (EPS), output-based standards that apply to the retail sale of electricity to any customer within a state.
Mr. James holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a Master's in Environmental Studies from Brown University.
