Growing Renewable Energy to Improve the Economy & Environment

Bruce Burcat is an attorney with over thirty-years’ experience in the utility and energy regulatory fields.  He is responsible for MAREC Action’s efforts to promote the growth and development of renewable energy in its ten jurisdictions.  Mr. Burcat joined the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition in 2010 as its Executive Director and later transitioned to heading MAREC Action in his current position as Executive Director.  This organizational change has allowed him to focus more on direct advocacy for MAREC Action’s utility-scale wind and solar companies in the states in the MAREC Action region.  Prior to assuming his roles in the renewable energy industry, Mr. Burcat served for nearly fifteen years as the Executive Director of the Delaware Public Service Commission.  He was also an attorney for the New Jersey Division of the Ratepayer Advocate, managing the Division’s water and wastewater utility cases and represented the Advocate in energy cases, and prior to that served as a Senior Rate Attorney for General Waterworks Management and Service Company.

Mr. Burcat is a graduate of the University of Delaware.  He received his Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law – Camden and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Taxation from the Villanova University School of Law.

Evan Vaughan has dedicated his career to the growth of renewable energy, most recently working as a community relations consultant for an offshore wind project. Evan served as Manager of Media Relations for the American Wind Energy Association for nearly five years and, before that, held various internship positions working on clean energy and climate change issues at the International Emissions Trading Association and the World Wildlife Fund. Evan holds a MA in Global Environmental Policy from American University in Washington, DC and a BA in Government and World Affairs from the University of Tampa.