Michael Macrae is a Director with GHG Protocol Secretariat. He leads the process to develop revised scope 2 standards as well as strategic oversight of updated GHG Protocol inventory and intervention accounting methodologies. Prior to WRI, he led development of Enel North America’s clean energy market advocacy and regulatory strategy for the Northeastern United States, ensuring and enabling growth of distributed energy resources, renewable generation, energy storage, demand response, and electric vehicle infrastructure. Michael has also worked with Harvard University, overseeing their GHG Inventory program as well as managing the University’s wholesale and retail electricity market participation, developing energy procurement strategies to meet energy supply, environmental, and sustainability needs. Leadership positions in that capacity included serving as Vice Chair of the NEPOOL End User Sector, Vice Chair of the NEPOOL-GIS working group, and a member of the joint nominating committee for the ISO-NE Board of Directors. Michael earned his PhD in chemistry from University of California, San Diego and currently teaches courses on carbon accounting at Harvard University.