Robert B. Weisenmiller, Ph.D.
Appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger 1/2010 to 1/2011
Appointed by Governor Brown 1/2011 to 2015
Appointed Chair February 2011
Phone: 916-654-5036
Chair Robert Weisenmiller was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in January 2011 and appointed Chair in February. He fills the Engineer/Scientist position on the five-member Commission where four of the five members by law are required to have professional training in specific areas - engineering or physical science, environmental protection, economics, and law. Commissioner Weisenmiller brings more than 30 years energy experience to the Commission including expertise in electricity and gas markets and California regulatory policies. Chair Weisenmiller has served as an expert witness in more than 100 state and federal regulatory commission proceedings and has authored numerous publications on electricity and natural gas markets. Chair Weisenmiller is the lead commissioner on the Energy Commission's budget and management, legislative and intergovernmental matters, research, development and demonstration, climate change, and electricity markets.
Before his appointment, Chair Weisenmiller, a co-founder of MRW & Associates, used his expertise to assist businesses, financial institution, regulatory commissions, and public agencies in strategic planning, policy development, analyzing energy markets and regulations, power pricing for qualifying facility projects, marginal cost analysis, rate design and implications of utility mergers. Commissioner Weisenmiller was also the co-founder and Executive Vice President of Independent Power Corporation.
Chair Weisenmiller's career also included previous period of public service with the Energy Commission as Advisor to Commissioner, Manager of the Special Projects Office, and Director of the Office of Policy and Program Evaluation in the period between 1977 and 1982.
Chair Weisenmiller holds a Doctorate in Chemistry and a Masters in Energy and Resources from University of California Berkeley and received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Providence College.
Listing of Publications and Other Materials
- Dr. Weisenmiller's Résumé (PDF file)
- Dr. Weisenmiller's Confirmation Hearing Opening Statement,
Senate Rules Committee Meeting, February 2, 2011 (PDF file) - Energy Commission Presentations by Dr. Weisenmiller
- List of Presentations Made by Dr. Weisenmiller (PDF file)
- List of Publications on Energy Subjects by Dr. Weisenmiller (PDF file)
- List of Publications on Nuclear Science by Dr. Weisenmiller (PDF file)
- Testimony Given by Dr. Weisenmiller (PDF file)
- Radio interview with Go Green Radio: California Energy Commission Chair Robert Weisenmiller and scientist Dr. Susanne Moser discussed the challenges and opportunities of adapting to climate change in California on the Internet radio program, Go Green Radio with Jill Buck, on Voice America. The show was based on the climate change assessment released by the Energy Commission and the Natural Resources Agency and was broadcast live in two parts:
- Articles
Address to reach Commissioner Weisenmiller:
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street, MS-33
Sacramento, CA 95814
E-mail Commissioner Weisenmiller through his Executive Assistant, Catherine Cross at Catherine.Cross@energy.ca.gov
Phone: 916-654-5036
FAX: 916-653-9040
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