Karsten Barde is a director of Policy & Regulatory Strategy for National Grid’s electric & gas utility businesses in New York and Massachusetts.  Karsten has helped lead clean energy innovation in the utility industry for 12 years, developing business strategy and policy, and launching new initiatives in electric transportation, grid modernization, distributed generation, building decarbonization, and the future of gas. He previously served as a manager in National Grid’s New Energy Solutions group, and spent 3 years at Pacific Gas & Electric supporting the Energy Procurement and Smart Grid teams with implementation of state energy and climate policy.   He holds an MBA and undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College.