Vice President, Distributed Energy Resources
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
David Sandbank is NYSERDA’s Vice President of Distributed Energy Resources, overseeing NY-Sun, Energy Storage and Clean Transportation. David, a former solar developer, joined NYSERDA in late 2014 as the director of NY-Sun bringing private market experience and incorporating results driven, public private partnership culture. Under David’s leadership New York has risen on the national distributed solar stage with consistent year over year deployment ranking number one in the nation in community solar and second in the nation for distributed solar. Based on the success of NY-Sun the Public Service Commission approved expanding the program to ten gigawatts by 2030. In addition to NY-Sun David now also oversees energy storage and clean transportation to his portfolio.
Prior to joining NYSERDA, Sandbank worked as a solar developer, helping a start-up grow to more than one hundred employees and oversaw company operations, marketing, engineering, and installation teams. In November 2013, Sandbank was elected vice-president of the New York Solar Energy Industries Association to actively work with government agencies, policy makers and utility companies to help advance the solar industry in New York.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM