Justine Sanchez Email and Phone Number

"For over 28 years I have watched the evolution of PV system types and equipment components along with market forces driving innovation and change in our industry. During this time we have gone from small off-grid battery-based PV systems scattered across remote locations, to batteryless grid-tied systems on rooftops across the country, and now returning back again to solar-plus-storage dominating our current market progression. I have watched the residential, commercial, and utility-scale markets all adapt to decades of change, such as new incentive programs, extreme reductions in solar module pricing, changing electrical and building code cycles, along with climate change increasing resiliency goals in all these markets." Justine currently works with Solar Energy International & Mayfield Renewables developing and teaching workshops on energy storage systems, reviewing electrical plan sets for PV and solar-plus-storage projects, and acting as a project consultant and facilitator for commercial-scale solar-plus-storage systems. She also is now a principal voting member of Code Making Panel 13 (CMP-13) for the NEC (which covers articles such as 480 Storage Batteries, 706 Energy Storage Systems, and 750 Energy Management Systems). Through the years Justine has played many technical roles in the industry, such as an NREL research assistant to a NABCEP-certified system installer, to a PV system designer and project manager. However, during the majority of those years, Justine has been an educator for the solar industry both as a curriculum developer and IREC Certified Master Trainer for Solar Energy International and as a senior technical editor and author for Home Power Magazine. These roles, in particular, necessitated that she stayed continually current with the developing PV and solar-plus-storage markets. As such she has cultivated a deep understanding of the industry and has honed her skills to relay knowledge about industry best practices, along with electrical, building, and fire code requirements.Experienced Solar + Storage Technical Consultant, Trainer, Writer & Editor with a demonstrated history of working in the renewables and environment industry. Skilled in AutoCAD, Planset Design Review, Technical Writing, Renewable Energy Education, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, and Energy Management. Strong media and communication professional with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) focused in Physics from University of Colorado Boulder.