Anna Johnson is an ACEEE alumni as of 2026.
Anna Johnson works across ACEEE teams to develop and manage state policy strategies, while leading research on equitable rate design and utility policy. She joined ACEEE in 2022 and has also led research projects within the industrial sector, with a focus on industrial electrification and demand flexibility, and policy pathways to a cleaner and safer chemicals manufacturing sector.
Prior to joining ACEEE, Anna worked at the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, in the Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program as a conservation planner and communication specialist. She developed public-facing reports and geospatial databases to help prioritize state-level conservation management and planning goals.
Anna earned a PhD in geography and environmental systems from University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and a bachelor of arts in liberal arts from St. John’s College.
Areas of Expertise:
There are major opportunities today, supported by federal programs geared toward industry and communities, for industrial companies to install new decarbonization technologies that deeply reduce bo…
Decarbonization of industrial manufacturing, including substantially reduced reliance on fossil fuels for industrial process heat, is necessary to meet economy-wide emissions reductions goals in th…
Indiana is home to more than a quarter of the United States’ steelmaking capacity and has more manufacturing jobs per capita than any other state. It also houses one of only five remaining U.S. pri…
Strategic energy management (SEM) has been an important driver of energy and cost savings for industrial and commercial customers over the past two decades. But SEM programs were ori…
Industry is currently responsible for more than one quarter of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). To reach climate stabilization goals it is crucial that deep GHG reductions be made, with electr…
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