jason burwen

Jason Burwen

Energy Storage Association
Vice President of Policy


Jason Burwen is Vice President of Policy at the Energy Storage Association, where he has led the U.S. storage industry’s federal, RTO, and state policy engagement since 2015. Previously, Jason was the Associate Director for Energy Innovation at the Bipartisan Policy Center, where he directed research and advocacy on U.S. energy R&D and tax policy. He also served as staff director of the American Energy Innovation Council, a group of CEOs led by Bill Gates to advocate for greater U.S. federal investments in clean energy technology development. Jason has also consulted to utilities on demand response program design at FSC Group/Nexant and reviewed utility renewable energy procurement contracting for the California Public Utilities Commission. Jason holds masters degrees from the University of California – Berkeley’s Energy and Resource Group and Goldman School of Public Policy, as well as a bachelors degree from Columbia University.