Charlotte Hay

Charlotte Hay leverages her experience in energy research and passion for community impact to support critical infrastructure projects that strengthen the resilience of a region.

At Converge Strategies, Charlotte provides clients with acute landscape analyses of the risks, vulnerabilities, and opportunities to their critical infrastructure and regional resilience. Her work also involves capturing lessons learned into comprehensive reports and clearly communicating their impact to stakeholders across government, the Department of Defense, utilities, and community associations.

Prior to joining Converge Strategies, Charlotte supported the Solar and Storage Industries Institute with research on how to address barriers to renewable energy deployment. Specifically, she analyzed the benefits and barriers of agrivoltaics, how utilities are forecasting electric load with data center growth, and interconnection queue delays. While at the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Charlotte supported research on inverter-based resources and solar reliability, while leading membership engagement on recurring reliability issues in the industry.

Charlotte’s academic background is focused on the intersection of public health and energy where she conducted a systematic review on the air quality impacts on human health of transitioning to clean energy in urban areas of China. She has contributed to several research reports on topics such as the benefits and barriers of agrivoltaics, how utilities are forecasting electric load with data center growth, and addressing interconnection queue delays.

Education

George Washington University, M.P.H., Environmental Health Science and Policy

University of Rochester, B.S., Environmental Health

Location

Boston, Massachusetts

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