Heidi Ratz
Director, Unlock West
Heidi Ratz is CEBA’s Director on the Unlock West program. In her role, she works to accelerate new policy approaches to decarbonization and supports CEBA’s engagement on organized wholesale market design, structure, and governance. Previously, she worked at the World Resources Institute (WRI) where she examined clean energy barriers in utility planning and wholesale market design while supporting cities expanding their regulatory engagement to address these issues. Prior to WRI, Heidi worked at the Brattle Group, where she contributed to a variety of client projects with a focus on new business models for electric utilities, “Utility of the Future” developments, performance-based regulation, and energy storage. Heidi holds a B.A. in Art History and an MBA from Salisbury University. She also has a Masters of Public Administration – Policy Track in Environmental Policy from University of Maryland.