Patti Smith

Patti Smith

Electricity Decarbonization Lead

Electricity Markets + Carbon Accounting

Ms. Patti Smith is Electricity Decarbonization Lead at Carbon Direct where she supports the Carbon Direct science team in understanding the wholesale power markets and the emissions impact of power consumption and generation.

Patti Smith, a mechanical engineer by training, spent 15+ years of her career on trade floors structuring non-standard power contracts.  

She returned to school to complete MS in Sustainability in the Urban Environment, in response to watching energy policy decisions have negative unintended consequences on climate goals.

Most recently she was Decarbonization Lean for a sustainability consulting firm where she advised companies on decarbonization strategies in order to meet set targets within the confines of GHG Protocol accounting rules.

Education

MS, Sustainability in the Urban Environment
City College of New York

BEng, Mechanical Engineering
University of Victoria