Vice President
Solar Energy Industries Association
Government Affairs
575 7th Street, NW #400
Washington
DCUSA
20004
Biographical Sketch: Dan Adamson is Vice President of Regulatory Affairs. He leads SEIA's regulatory affairs operations and assists with certain legislative matters. Prior to joining SEIA Dan was a partner at the law firm Davis Wright Tremaine LLP where he represented clients on energy and environmental matters before Congress, FERC, agencies and the courts. Previously, Adamson was Director of the Office of Energy Projects at FERC, responsible for regulation of hydroelectric dams, natural gas pipelines and LNG facilities.
Earlier he served at the Department of Energy as an electricity policy advisor to the Secretary and as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Power Technologies.
Dan began his career with a nine year stint as a Congressional staffer, including seven years on the staff of the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Adamson holds a J.D. cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center, an M.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a B.Phil. from the Miami University of Ohio. He is admitted to practice in DC, Maryland, California, U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C., 9th and 4th Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court.
Dan lives with his family in Silver Spring, Maryland in a home with a 3 kW solar system.