Jamie Charles is the Manager for Grid Services Policy at Sunnova Energy Corporation, a leading residential solar and storage services provider. In this role, he advocates and works with industry leaders and state policymakers for legislative and regulatory policies that allow for the expansion and creation of solar + storage programs, virtual power plants, and microgrids. Jamie’s ability to leverage his knowledge and experience from multiple trade associations and state policy engagements gives him a unique ability to apply best practices and lessons learned in multiple markets. Prior to joining Sunnova, Jamie worked for National Grid where he provided program management through their distributed generation interconnection process. During his time at National Grid, Jamie lead process improvements, reporting, and coordination with regulatory agencies and external partners, to grow distributed energy development within National Grid’s service territory. Jamie has previous experience managing and implementing policies alongside the federal government where he developed strong stakeholder engagement and government policy competencies. He got his Political Science degree from Washington State University and his Master of Science from University of Denver.