Charles Hua

Founder and Executive Director of PowerLines

Charles Hua is the Founder and Executive Director of PowerLines, a nonprofit seeking to modernize the utility regulatory system to lower utility bills and grow the economy. Previously, Hua has served as Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy and Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Hua's work has been featured in outlets such as The New York Times, TIME, CBS News, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Politico, and he has been recognized for this work as a U.S. Presidential Scholar, as an Aspen Institute Fellow, and as an Energy News Network 40 Under 40 honoree. Hua holds an A.B. from Harvard College.