Meghan Nutting is the Vice President of Regulatory Reform at the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), a nonprofit working toward a clean energy future that is reliable, resilient, and equitable. Previously, she served as the Executive Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs at Sunnova Energy Corporation, where she worked closely with company and industry leaders, nonprofits, state and federal policymakers, and regulators to craft and implement policies that provided a more stable and sustainable business environment for solar electricity generation.
Before joining Sunnova in 2014, she served as the Director of Policy and Electricity Markets at SolarCity/Tesla for five years. She has also worked as a Legislative Director for New York State Assembly member Linda Rosenthal and as a Press Secretary for former U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe. Nutting has held policy positions at the World Bank and the British Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, as well as a number of environmental organizations. In these positions, Nutting has worked on, advocated for, and impacted a significant number of energy and environment-related issues and policies.
She was named one of the Denver Business Journal’s top women in energy for 2018 and top women in business for 2021. She is also a 2021 DOE C3E award winner in the business category. Nutting was also a candidate for the Colorado House of Representatives in 2017–18. She received her Master of Public Affairs from Princeton University and her BA in Biology from Cornell University.