Rich Powell is the CEO of CEBA, a business association with members that include the world’s largest energy buyers and their partners dedicated to advancing low-cost, reliable, carbon emissions-free global electricity systems. CEBA’s members cross all economic sectors and represent more than $40 trillion in market capitalization. CEBA serves as a trusted advisor to business leaders, policymakers, and energy system planners.
Rich is also the CEO of the Clean Energy Buyers Institute, an educational nonprofit affiliated with CEBA that advances low-cost, reliable, carbon emissions-free global energy systems. Prior to CEBA, Rich was the CEO of ClearPath and ClearPath Action, D.C.-based organizations advancing policies that accelerate breakthrough innovations to reduce emissions in the energy and industrial sectors. Before leading ClearPath, he served clients across all sectors in McKinsey & Company’s energy and sustainability practices.
Rich remains chair of ClearPath’s board and serves on its Advisory Board. Rich also serves on the boards of the Nuclear Innovation Alliance and the Clean Economy Project, as well as the advisory boards of the Task Force for Corporate Action Transparency and Renaissance Philanthropy’s Science Champions Fund. Additionally, he is a fellow at the Institute. In 2023, Rich delivered a TED Talk on updating permitting systems to build more clean energy, much faster. He also served on the Advisory Committee to the Export-Import Bank of the United States from 2019 to 2021.
