Shaping Our Clean Technology Future

California’s premier energy and climate regulatory lobbying firm

Shaping Our Clean Technology Future

California’s premier energy and climate regulatory lobbying firm

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Caliber understands and helps us navigate the politics and policy behind what impacts the value proposition for solar, energy storage and electrification.
— Sunrun

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Caliber understands and helps us navigate the politics and policy behind what impacts the value proposition for solar, energy storage and electrification.
— Sunrun

WHAT WE DO
Navigate.

Caliber designs innovative policies, navigates complex regulations and brings new and disruptive clean technologies to market.

Regulatory Design and Tracking
Regulatory Design & Tracking
Energy and Climate Expertise
Energy & Climate Expertise
Emerging Market Strategy
Emerging Market Strategies
Regulatory Design and Tracking
Regulatory Design & Tracking
Energy and Climate Expertise
Energy & Climate Expertise
Emerging Market Strategy
Emerging Market Strategies
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With its finger on the pulse of Sacramento, Caliber helps guide us through the byzantine regulatory and policy environment and provides us with the business certainty we are seeking.
 — A. O. Smith

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With its finger on the pulse of Sacramento, Caliber helps guide us through the byzantine regulatory and policy environment and provides us with the business certainty we are seeking.
— A. O. Smith

OUR CLIENTS

Innovative.

Caliber connects. Their deep experience helps them bridge the gap between the most innovative companies in America and California’s top policymakers.
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dimension renewable energy
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perimeter solutions logo
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remora carbon capture logo
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MEET OUR CLIENTS

WHO WE ARE

Experienced.

Caliber’s extensive regulatory and policy expertise enables our team to bring strategy, focus and success to our clients.

Manal Yamout Mcdermid
Energy advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger and Governor Brown. Co-Founder of Advanced Microgrid Solutions. Founded Caliber in 2013.
Manal Yamout McDermid
Founding Partner
Michael Picker
President of the California Public Utilities Commission. Energy Advisor to three California Governors.
Michael Picker
Partner
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Chief of Staff to Governor Schwarzenegger. California Public Utilities Commissioner. Cabinet Secretary to Governor Davis.
Susan Kennedy
Partner
Virgil Moly Rohimah
Chief of Staff to Chair of the California Air Resource Board under three Governors. Attorney and policy advocate at the Environmental Defense Fund.
Virgil Welch
Partner
Ed Randolph
Deputy Executive Director at the California Public Utilities Commission. Chief Policy Advisor to California Assembly’s Utility Committee.
Edward Randolph
Partner
MEET OUR TEAM
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Caliber is deeply integrated into our government affairs team helping us to create new business pathways and educate regulators on the challenges facing autonomous vehicle deployment.
 — Cruise

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Caliber is deeply integrated into our government affairs team helping us to create new business pathways and educate regulators on the challenges facing autonomous vehicle deployment.
— Cruise

RESULTS

Effective.

Caliber effectively guides our clients through the regulatory maze to create effective new business pathways and make ideas reality.

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PRACTICE AREAS

Expert.

For innovative clean technologies and established companies alike, Caliber is your advocate, partner and guide.

Renewable
Energy

distributed energy resources

Distributed
Energy Resources

Climate &
Air Quality

Energy
Markets

Rate and tariff design

Rate & Tariff Design

Building
Decarbonization

Transportation &
Low-Carbon Fuels

Natural
Resources

Transmission & Distribution Planning

Carbon Sequestration

READ ABOUT OUR SERVICES

Renewable
Energy

distributed energy resources

Distributed
Energy Resources

Climate &
Air Quality

Energy
Markets

Rate and tariff design

Rate & Tariff Design

Building
Decarbonization

Transportation &
Low-Carbon Fuels

Natural
Resources

Transmission & Distribution Planning

Carbon Sequestration

READ ABOUT OUR SERVICES
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CONTACT US
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Hope Fasching
Associate
Ms. Fasching is a green hydrogen policy expert and clean energy advocate, having spent several years working in clean energy consulting and policy development. Prior to joining Caliber, Ms. Fasching served as a Consultant and Senior Policy Analyst at Strategen, a clean energy strategy consulting firm, and also helped lead the Green Hydrogen Coalition. In this role, she worked extensively with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Energy Commission (CEC), and California Air Resource Board (CARB) on various clean energy topics. She also tracked relevant clean energy legislation at the California State Legislature. Ms. Fasching also worked with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) and other key stakeholders on California’s clean hydrogen hub. Ms. Fasching holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of California, San Diego, with a focus on energy policy and econometric analysis. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in Political Science.
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Hope Fasching

Associate

Ms. Fasching is a green hydrogen policy expert and clean energy advocate, having spent several years working in clean energy consulting and policy development.

Prior to joining Caliber, Ms. Fasching served as a Consultant and Senior Policy Analyst at Strategen, a clean energy strategy consulting firm, and also helped lead the Green Hydrogen Coalition. In this role, she worked extensively with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Energy Commission (CEC), and California Air Resource Board (CARB) on various clean energy topics. She also tracked relevant clean energy legislation at the California State Legislature. Ms. Fasching also worked with the Governor’s Office of usiness and Economic Development (GO-Biz) and other key stakeholders on California’s clean hydrogen hub.

Ms. Fasching holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of California, San Diego, with a focus on energy policy and econometric analysis. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in Political Science.

Hope Fasching Headshot

Hope Fasching

Associate

Ms. Fasching is a green hydrogen policy expert and clean energy advocate, having spent several years working in clean energy consulting and policy development. Prior to joining Caliber, Ms. Fasching served as a Consultant and Senior Policy Analyst at Strategen, a clean energy strategy consulting firm, and also helped lead the Green Hydrogen Coalition. In this role, she worked extensively with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Energy Commission (CEC), and California Air Resource Board (CARB) on various clean energy topics. She also tracked relevant clean energy legislation at the California State Legislature. Ms. Fasching also worked with the Governor’s Office of usiness and Economic Development (GO-Biz) and other key stakeholders on California’s clean hydrogen hub. Ms. Fasching holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of California, San Diego, with a focus on energy policy and econometric analysis. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in Political Science.