Martha Duggan
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)
Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs
Martha Duggan serves as Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) where she is responsible for representing the nation’s 900 plus rural electric cooperatives before federal agencies involved in worker safety, emergency management, and transportation.
Ms. Duggan has 30 years of experience in the energy industry working for a variety of organizations and companies. She began her career working at a consulting firm that provided expert testimony in federal and state regulatory proceedings on behalf of cooperatives, municipalities and other intervener interests. She then worked for a regulated natural gas distribution company where she gained experience in finance and accounting, regulatory affairs and operations. Ms. Duggan also worked for an investor owned electric utility and two solar companies. She has extensive advocacy experience in market design and competition issues. Ms. Duggan has worked on solar policy issues at the state and federal levels. Her peers elected her to serve on the PJM Finance Committee and the PJM Nominating Committee and she has been a member of both the Board of Directors of the Solar Energy Industries Association and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy. In 2010 she traveled to China as part of the Obama Administration’s first cabinet level trade mission.
Ms. Duggan is an instructor at the NRECA/NUTSEA Loss Control Seminar. She is also a Certified Loss Control Professional. Ms. Duggan is a member of Quad States Instructors, Inc., Southern Area Instructors Association, the National Utility Training, Safety and Education Association, the National Safety Council, and the National Emergency Management Association. In 2018, she was appointed to the Southern States’ Energy Board Blue Ribbon Task Force on Strategizing an Electric Policy and Regulatory Framework in Puerto Rico.
Ms. Duggan earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University and her Masters degree in Business Administration from The George Washington University. She lives in Arlington VA and is the proud mother of two adult sons.