Michael Winka

In 2003 Mike was named the Director of the newly organized Office of Clean Energy in the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. He manages the New Jersey Clean Energy Program and the State Energy Plan. The Office is responsible for promoting energy efficiency, clean energy generation and renewable energy generation through the various regulatory and non-regulatory tools available to NJBPU including the USDOE State and special project funding, societal benefits charge Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy funding, renewable portfolio standards, RECs and emissions portfolio standards and soon to be established energy efficiency portfolio standards.

 

Mike is the designated State Energy Officer for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy activities and is support staff for the NARUC Renewable Energy and Greenhouse subcommittee. Mike is also a working group member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). 

 

Mike worked for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for 22 years. His past duties included Chief in the NJDEP’s Bureau of Resource Recovery and Administrator for the NJDEP’s Office of Innovative Technology and Market Development. This included managing an interstate technology acceptance reciprocity program. At NJDEP Mike was responsible for overall management of the NJ Sustainability Greenhouse Gas / Climate Change Action Plan.