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Sasha Mackler
Research DirectorNational Commission on Energy Policy
smackler@energycommission.org
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Sasha Mackler joined the National Commission on Energy Policy in 2002 after spending several years as an analyst in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Markets Division. At the Commission, Sasha conducts technical work on the economic, technological, and environmental aspects of energy production and consumption. While at the EPA, Sasha was involved in the design and evaluation of national emissions trading programs. He also had a lead role in maintaining and enhancing the Agency’s primary economic modeling tool for the electricity sector. Sasha’s technical expertise includes economic and financial modeling, the engineering of energy production, and emissions trading policy design. Prior to his graduate studies and employment with the EPA, Sasha lived in Europe and worked with an engineering firm specializing in sustainable and low-energy building design. Sasha holds a B.S. in Geo-Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester and both an M.S. in Earth Resources Engineering and an M.P.A. from Columbia University. Sasha lives with his wife, Ana, and their son, Soren, in Washington, D.C.
