Sarah Fitzpatrick Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

- Lead transmission and storage work within NARUC's Center for Partnership & Innovation, a grant-funded team that builds relationships, develops resources, and delivers training to assist state commissions contending with complex current and emerging issues.- Administer the National Council on Electricity Policy (NCEP), a Department of Energy Initiative that brings together electricity decision-makers across utility commissions, consumer advocates, governors' offices, state legislatures, state energy offices, and state air and environmental regulators to provide education and tackle cross-cutting electricity issues.

- Prepared and presented an independent research project on transmission planning for decarbonization and presented to managers and senior staff within OEMR-East, resulting in a white paper to be used by staff internally- Contributed to the project team preparing a Commission Order for the updated Effective Load Carrying Capacity (ELCC) filing accepting PJM’s methodology to value storage generation resources in the PJM capacity market- Reviewed new filings and drafted Delegated Letter Orders for publishing in the Federal Register to make formal updates to utility and RTO/ISO tariffs

- Assisted on planned and ongoing behavioral intervention experiments through analysis of qualitative and quantitative data and preparation of literature reviews, surveys, interview scripts, and reports. - Worked with Los Angeles government on projects centered on sustainable travel behavior through harnessing behavioral economics principles and implementing sustainable travel incentives- Contributed to an intervention to be launched in fall 2021 that plans to incentivize food delivery workers to utilize electric bikes over vehicles for delivery trips

- Conduct field site visits to determine if environmentally critical areas are present on client properties- Compose environmental reports and documents, including Wetland Delineation Reports, Critical Areas Reports and Habitat Assessments, Mitigation Plans, Mitigation Bank Use Plans, Oregon White Oak Mitigation Plans, SEPA Checklists, Nationwide Permit Applications, and Shoreline Substantial Use Permit Applications- Manage over 15 habitat restoration and enhancement projects as well as conduct vegetation and habitat monitoring for permit compliance on these projects- Identify various wetland and non-wetland plant species and macro-invertebrates native to Washington, and identify hydric and non-hydric soil characteristics for wetland identification- Coordinate with clients on private, commercial, and public properties, as well as with government agencies

Portland, Oregon Area

- Conducted data input and listener outreach for the weekly program The Score, and prepared the station for weekly Thursdays @ Three in-studio performances- Assisted station staff with various projects in programming, event organization, outreach, and fundraising- Shadowed station staff members in audio production, broadcast engineering, and business management

Ex-Libris Coffee Shop

- Served coffee and food items to customers at Ex-Libris, located inside of the Regenstein Library- Received quarterly training from Bow Truss Coffee Roasters

Department Of Geophysical Sciences

- Conducted research focused on the living and dead populations of ostracodes (microscopic crustaceans) to assess lake health in our sample area (Northern and Central Wisconsin)- Results indicated that ostracodes can provide a quantitative indicator of lake health, with disagreements between the characteristics of living and dead communities in polluted lakes -- in lakes remediated from acid rain and "pristine" (untouched by pollutants) lakes, the living and dead communities had strong agreements, pointing to a successful, stable community. - Presented a poster of this research, along with a co-researcher, at the Geological Society of America (GSA) annual conference in November 2015.

Masters Of Public Policy

Bachelor’S Degree, Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: GeoUnion, The Mark, Phoenix Biology Club