Hal La Flash
Director of Integrated Resource Planning and Policy
PG&E

Hal LaFlash is the director of renewable energy policy and planning in the energy procurement organization at Pacific Gas and Electric Company. His position was created to provide additional focus on the important area of renewable energy in the PG&E portfolio.

A major responsibility of his position is planning for and attracting "best fit" renewable resource additions to meet the California Renewable Portfolio Standard. This lead to working with the concentrating solar power industry on the Solar Task Force of the Western Governors Association’s Clean and Diversified Energy Initiative.

The long-term planning aspects of his position include assessing the state of technologies that will affect how PG&E fills its future resource needs, which includes understanding and evaluating emerging renewable energy technologies.

Hal is also responsible for evaluating the environmental aspects of PG&E’s resource mix. As such, in June 2005, he represented PG&E on the World Environment Day panel "From Skyscrapers to Greenhouses: Leaders Take Action to Reduce CO2." He also co-authored "Hedging Carbon Risk: Protecting Customers and Shareholders from the Financial Risk Associated with Carbon Dioxide Emissions," which was published by the Electricity Journal in July 2005.

Hal has been at PG&E for 26 years where he has held various positions in energy efficiency, nonutility generation, tariffs, gas transportation, and resource planning. He also held positions at PG&E Corporation in corporate development and business planning.

Hal has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, and a Masters in Business Administration degree from Saint Mary's College of California.