Grace BrownSenior Analyst

Grace Brown is a senior analyst with the Pembina Institute's electricity program. Her work focuses on regulatory reform and utility business model innovation to enable a reliable, affordable, and equitable electricity system. Prior to joining the Pembina Institute, Grace worked in the solar energy industry in the U.S. and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer for two years in Sichuan, China. She currently serves on the board of Solar Alberta.
 
Grace holds an MA in international development with a concentration in environmental policy from the University of Denver and a bachelor's degree in speech, language, and hearing sciences from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. In her free time, she can be found exploring new hiking and camping spots with her husband, toddler, and dog, or attempting to recreate tasty recipes from her travels.

Contact Grace Brown

email: graceb@pembina.org

Grace Brown's Recent Publications

Regulatory barriers to decarbonize Canada’s electricity grid Outdated approaches inhibit grid modernization and decarbonization

Blog March 28, 2024- By Grace Brown, Lia Codrington

As Canada strives to meet its decarbonization targets, regulatory authorities can play a pivotal role in shaping the direction and pace of the energy transition. Provinces and territories will need to pursue the regulatory reform opportunities that are most effective for their own systems.

Directing Decarbonization Examining regulatory barriers to a cleaner grid

Publication March 20, 2024- By Grace Brown, Lia Codrington

Canada's unique electricity system means there is no overarching federal body that oversees utility regulation. Provinces and territories manage their own systems. Report outlines regulatory challenges for grid decarbonization and provides case studies for making change.

Potential impact of siting restrictions on renewable energy projects Proposed projects located on Class 1 and 2 agricultural land and within 35 km of national parks in Alberta

Publication March 11, 2024- By Jason Wang, Karambir Singh, Grace Brown

The Government of Alberta announced new restrictions on the renewable energy sector. We examined proposed projects that could be prohibited under two new rules and find 42 projects valued at $11.1 billion are potentially impacted.

Modernizing Ontario's Conservation and Demand Management Framework Pembina Institute response and comments

Publication Sept. 22, 2023- By Grace Brown, Shruti Khanna, Lia Codrington

Ontario’s current Conservation and Demand Management (CDM) framework established successes by offering rebates for customers adopting energy-saving technologies. Since the inception of the initial framework, customer priorities have shifted, and a new suite of technologies and delivery methods have matured. These changes present opportunities to address today’s electricity challenges and modernize the next generation of CDM strategies.

Favourable regulations and incentives – not a moratorium – are necessary for clean energy prosperity How Canada can get its share of a trillion-dollar global investment

Op-ed Aug. 10, 2023- By Grace Brown

The early signs are promising that Canada can — and will — lead the way to a net-zero grid, but only if all provinces embrace sensible rules and incentives to promote the growth of renewables, which are currently the cheapest form of electricity available.