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KEMA -/ <br /> Karin Corfee <br /> Profession: Director, Sustainable Market Strategies and Climate Services <br /> Years of Experience: 25 <br /> Education: M.S./1985 /Civil Engineering /Infrastructure Planning and Management] <br /> Energy Resources /Stanford University <br /> B.S. /1982 /Political Economy of Natural Resources /Energy Resources/ <br /> University of California at Berkeley <br /> Years with KEMA 11 <br /> Key Qualifications: <br /> Karin Corfee oversees KEMA's climate services for the utility and government market sectors. Key areas <br /> of expertise include strategic climate action planning and risk mitigation. Ms. Corfee has extensive <br /> experience in energy efficiency program design, planning, implementation and evaluation and is <br /> experienced in developing business cases for energy efficiency as a cost - effective greenhouse gas <br /> mitigation strategy. Ms. Corfee also has widespread renewable energy expertise including recent <br /> experience on RPS and feed -in tariff policy initiatives. Direct project experience also includes forecasting, <br /> integrated resource planning (IRP), production cost modeling, cost - effectiveness modeling and financial <br /> proforma development. Ms. Corfee has an extremely successful track record in managing large multi- <br /> faceted projects. <br /> Selected Professional Experience: <br /> • 2009 -2020 California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan — California Public Utilities <br /> Commission: Ms. Corfee served as a Convener on behalf of the CPUC to help facilitate the <br /> development of the 2009 -2020 California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan. Responsibilities <br /> included coordinating with utilities across the state and industry stakeholders to solicit input on <br /> long -term strategic plan goals and initiatives. Ms. Corfee facilitated many workshops throughout <br /> the state to solicit stakeholder input on the strategic plan. <br /> • Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Technical Support Contract -- California Energy <br /> Commission: Project Manager, responsible for oversight of KEMA's prime contract. For this <br /> contract, KEMA manages a multi - disciplinary team of experts in a broad range of areas, <br /> including buildings, energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies, climate change, and <br /> transportation. The KEMA team includes nine consulting firms, and numerous individual <br /> contractors, with the KEMA staff seamlessly combining this wide -variety of skills to manage <br /> large - scale, multi -year research projects. Current studies include a renewable energy cost of <br /> generation study, Smartgrid roadmap study, PIER benefits assessment study and a cyber <br /> security study. <br /> • Renewable Energy Technical Support Contract — California Energy Commission: Project <br /> Manager responsible for oversight of KEMA contract with the CEC. KEMA is a prime contractor <br /> for a ten - company team that supports over $3 million of contracting activities for the CEC's <br /> Renewable Energy Program. KEMA has led the research for the CEC on renewable energy <br /> credits use for renewable energy accounting systems and in wholesale and retail commercial <br /> markets. In addition, KEMA Services, Inc. provides strategic marketing, policy advice and <br /> 1 <br />