Sessions
NCPA Legislative & Regulatory Affairs Committee
3:00 PM - 5:15 PM Wed
Kip Lipper has served the California Legislature for nearly 40 years, during which time he has been chief policy advisor on energy, environmental, and natural resources matters to four former California State Senate Presidents Pro Tempore; and he continues in that capacity serving Senator Toni Atkins today. Kip also served as chief of staff for Assemblymember and former NCPA Commission ChairSenator Byron Sher (D-Palo Alto), staff director to the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality, and chief consultant to the Assembly Natural Resources Committee. During his career, he has worked on legislation covering a broad array of energy and environmental issues, including the California Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act, the California Global Warming Solutions Act, the California Clean Air Act, the California Beverage Container Recycling Act, the California Environmental Quality Act, as well as many other critical pieces of legislation on energy regulation, renewable energy, and climate matters.