The following statement may be attributed to Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) President and CEO Judi Greenwald and NIA Board Chair Todd Allen:
“We are so pleased to welcome Rich Powell to the Nuclear Innovation Alliance Board. Rich’s broad experience, energy expertise and leadership in the business community give him a unique insight and perspective that will be invaluable to NIA as we continue to advocate new nuclear energy commercialization in the United States. Creating the conditions for success for new nuclear energy is more important than ever and Rich’s addition to our Board will help us continue to engage with key audiences on how best to develop and scale new nuclear energy nationwide.”
Learn more about our Board here: https://www.nuclearinnovationalliance.org/index.php/board-directors-0
About Rich Powell:
Rich Powell is the CEO of CEBA, a business association with more than 375 members, including the world’s largest energy buyers and their partners across all economic sectors, dedicated to advancing low-cost, reliable, carbon emissions-free global electricity systems. CEBA’s members represent more than $38 trillion in market capitalization. He is also the CEO of the Clean Energy Buyers Institute, a nonprofit organization affiliated with CEBA. CEBA aims to serve as a trusted advisor to business leaders, policymakers, and energy system planners, providing objective, unbiased information on energy issues.
Rich has frequently testified before Congress on energy issues and innovation, and his views are regularly featured in national and energy trade media articles. Washingtonian has named him on its list of the “Most Influential People in Energy” from 2022 to 2025.
Prior to CEBA, Rich was the CEO of ClearPath and ClearPath Action, DC-based organizations advancing policies that accelerate breakthrough innovations to reduce emissions in the energy and industrial sectors. He remains Chair of ClearPath’s Board of Directors and serves on ClearPath’s Advisory Board. Before leading ClearPath, he worked for McKinsey & Company in its energy and sustainability practices. Rich also serves on the board of the Clean Economy Project and the advisory boards of the Task Force for Corporate Action Transparency, the Nuclear Innovation Alliance, and the Renaissance Philanthropies Science Champions Fund. He is also a fellow at the Institute. In 2023, he delivered a TED Talk on updating permitting systems to build more clean energy, much faster. Rich served on the Advisory Committee to the Export-Import Bank of the United States from 2019 to 2021.
The Nuclear Innovation Alliance (NIA) is a non-profit think-and-do-tank working to enable nuclear power as an energy security and climate solution. Through policy analysis, research, and education, we are catalyzing the next era of nuclear energy. Our organization is funded primarily through charitable grants and philanthropic donations.