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Timothy H Profeta

Executive In Residence in the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Box 90335, Durham, NC 27708
2117 Campus Drive, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


Advanced Load Integration for Grid Needs

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Sequoia Climate Foundation · 2025 - 2027

ALIGN Initiative: Advanced Load Integration for Grid Needs

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by The Heinz Endowments · 2025 - 2026

Advanced Load Integration for Grid Needs

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Climate Imperative Foundation · 2025 - 2026

FERC 1920 Support - Southeast Energy and Environmental Leadership Forum (SEELF)

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Multiplier · 2024 - 2026

Conveners' Network Combined Power Sector & SDI Budget

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · 2024 - 2025

Clean Firm Convenings in the Southeast

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Clean Air Task Force · 2025 - 2025

Conveners Network - Power Sector Decarbonization

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · 2023 - 2024

Conveners Network States Deployment Initiative

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · 2023 - 2024

Conveners Network - Power Sector Decarbonization

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · 2023 - 2024

Building the Federal/State Partnership on Climate Change

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation · 2020 - 2021

Rural Attitudes on Environmental Policy

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation · 2018 - 2020

Climate 21 Project

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Linden Trust for Conservation · 2019 - 2019

Southeast Energy and Environmental Leadership Forum 2017

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Energy Foundation · 2017 - 2018

Southeast Energy and Environmental Leadership Forum- Sustaining Our Environment

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Merck Family Fund · 2016 - 2018

Southeast Energy and Environmental Leadership Forum 2016

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Energy Foundation · 2016 - 2017

Program and Modeling Support for the PJM States and the Clean Power Plan

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Energy Foundation · 2015 - 2016

Proposal for a Nicholas Institute Roundtable: Environmental integrity in the Context of a Carbon Fee

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Defense Fund · 2016 - 2016

A Western Water Initiative: A Blueprint for the improvement of Water Rights in the Western States of America

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Pisces Foundation · 2015 - 2016

Southeast Energy and Environmental Leadership Forum 2015

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Energy Foundation · 2015 - 2016

Achieving Effective Implementation of Federal Carbon Emissions Standards: Empowering PJM States & Stakeholders through Critical Regional Dialogue

Public ServiceCollaborator · Awarded by Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · 2015 - 2016

Western Water Funders Phase II

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Walton Family Foundation · 2015 - 2016

Background Assessment of Options for Pricing Carbon

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by World Resources Institute · 2014 - 2015

Fisheries Forum extension Oct 2014

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Environmental Defense Fund · 2014 - 2014

Modeling North Carolina Power Sector CO2 Emission Reduction Options

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Environmental Defense Fund · 2014 - 2014

Engaging Kentucky on the Section 111(d) Rulemaking Process

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Energy Foundation · 2013 - 2014

Tackling Transportation Carbon

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Federal Transit Administration · 2011 - 2013

External Relationships


  • Anovion
  • Climate Action Reserve
  • Novi Strategies LLC
  • Spring Lane Capital
  • Woodchuck Inc.

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