Dan Adamson is an attorney, policy and political analyst, and strategic advisor specializing in energy and environmental matters. Over the course of his 35-year career, Dan has worked in an unusually wide range of governmental forums, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the US House and Senate, the Department of Energy, state utility commissions and the courts.

Dan also has extensive private sector experience as a Partner in the Davis Wright Tremaine LLP law firm and as Vice President and Counsel for Regulatory Affairs of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

At SEIA Dan focused on FERC matters, including transmission, interconnection and energy storage. He was the driver of FERC Order No. 792 that reduced barriers to the interconnection of small solar generation.

As the first Director of the FERC Office of Energy Projects, Dan was responsible for siting energy infrastructure, including interstate natural gas pipelines, LNG terminals and hydropower. In addition, Dan has worked at FERC as an Attorney Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel in the Energy Markets and Rehearing Groups.

Dan’s service as Senior Counsel of the Senate Energy Committee and as a House Natural Resources Committee Professional  Staffer are the foundation of Dan’s deep understanding of how the legal policy and political wheels turn in Washington D.C.