Biography – Erin Green

Erin Green

Chief of Staff
Western Area Power Administration

Erin Green serves as Chief of Staff to the Administrator at the Western Area Power Administration, where she manages the advisory and administrative functions of the office, liaises with customers, staff and partners, and plans and executes meetings for WAPA’s leadership teams, ensuring they align with strategic goals. 

She previously served as lender’s counsel to WAPA’s Transmission Infrastructure Program (TIP), a $3.25 billion loan program for electric transmission infrastructure development. Before providing programmatic and project support to TIP, Green served as WAPA’s Chief of Staff for seven years where she advised and supported WAPA’s Administrator and CEO and led complex organizational assessments involving teams across WAPA’s 15-state territory. 

Green has also served multiple assignments in WAPA’s Liaison Office in Washington, D.C., where she worked closely with various DOE officials, members of Congress and committee and subcommittee staff, the White House and its executive offices, and representatives from national trade associations. She began her tenure at WAPA by serving as legal counsel in WAPA’s Office of General Counsel. There she provided counsel to WAPA’s TIP in its earliest days, even assisting in closing TIP’s first loan, and represented WAPA’s interests in other DOE transmission development programs. 

Green received her law degree from the University of Colorado School of Law in 2009 and her bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Regis University in 2003, where she graduated magna cum laude. In 2015, she also earned an associate’s degree in electrical transmission system technology from Bismarck State College. She is licensed to practice law in Colorado.   

Green is an active member of the Energy Bar Association, an international, non-profit association of attorneys, energy professionals and students active in all areas of energy law. Green has served in the roles of secretary, vice president, and president of the Rocky Mountain Chapter, and served as a director of the EBA board from 2021-2024.