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Kitty Wang, P.E. is a Principal in the Energy and Resources Team of Rocky Mountain Institute. She is a registered professional mechanical engineer. At RMI her projects focus in the areas of utility resource planning, demand-side management programs, building energy efficiency, distributed generation economics, and climate change. Kitty is the principal investigator of demand-side management potential and policies for energy efficiency implementation for the next generation utility research project. She participates in cross-team collaborations, including RMI’s MOVE team to analyze the pathways, financial benefits, and system implications of integrating electric drive vehicles on the electric utility system. She was also manager and principal investigator of residential demand response pilot evaluation programs in CA and NV using automated energy management technology, and helped a Hawaiian utility assess and recommend program design options for demand response. Before joining RMI, Ms. Wang worked for Utility Engineering as a field mechanical engineer on Xcel Energy’s Metro Emissions Reduction Project, overseeing the installation of three scrubber units at two large power stations in Denver and Boulder. Ms. Wang’s prior employers also include the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy in Washington, DC, as well as the energy and environmental consulting firm Econergy International Corporation in Boulder, CO, where she was an analyst. Ms. Wang holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering and Science from Stanford University. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford University.