Rancho Goleta Lakeside Community Microgrid – 8 May 2025
Craig Lewis of the Clean Coalition presented during the Energy and Resilience Summit on 8 May 2025 at UC Santa Barbara.
Rancho Goleta Lakeside Community Microgrid
Thursday, 8 May 2025 from 9:30 – 5:00 p.m. at UC Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara County is on the front lines of climate change as California is battered by wildfires, floods, and drought. Public support for clean energy is strong and bold, local projects are ready to go, but stalled federal funding threatens our progress. It doesn’t have to. Now is the time to come together and chart a path forward.
The Santa Barbara Energy & Resilience Summit convened local government, utilities, energy companies, NGOs, and private sector capital to find ways to keep building. Together, we will make Santa Barbara County a safer, cleaner, and more affordable place to live.
Craig Lewis is Founder and Executive Director of the Clean Coalition, a very technical nonprofit
headquartered in Santa Barbara with a mission to accelerate the transition to renewable energy and a
modern grid. Craig founded the Clean Coalition in 2009 and has over 30 years of experience in policy and technology innovation, including the proliferation of Solar Microgrids and Community Microgrids. Prior to founding the Clean Coalition, Craig held numerous positions in the wireless, semiconductor, banking and renewable energy industries. Previously VP of Government Relations at GreenVolts, he was the first to successfully navigate a solar project through California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard solicitation process. Craig was energy policy lead on Steve Westly’s 2006 California gubernatorial campaign. His resume includes senior government relations, corporate development, and marketing positions at leading wireless, semiconductor and banking companies such as Qualcomm, Ericsson and Barclays Bank. Craig received an MBA and MSEE from the University of Southern California and a BSEE from the University of California, Berkeley.