Joshua Bar-Lev

Joshua Bar-Lev

Vice President, Regulatory Affairs

Joshua Bar-Lev is Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for BrightSource Energy.  Joshua joined BrightSource Energy after serving as Chief Counsel at the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.  In this role he was responsible for legal activities of the utility’s gas supply, electric transmission, gas transmission, and generation business unit, with a particular focus on regulatory matters before FERC and the CPUC.  During his 28 years with PG&E, Joshua served in several key roles including: lead attorney of the Company’s proposal to restructure and deregulate its intrastate gas and electric procurement and transmission business, and lead attorney of the company’s successful regulatory applications to emerge from bankruptcy.  He also served as lead attorney for the Canadian restructuring project, the largest gas supply restructuring in North America. Joshua is a Founder and former Chair of the Coalition for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technology, a group of California environmental organizations, conservation and renewable energy company’s active at the CPUC and legislature. He is a member of the Federal Energy Bar Association (FEBA), the State Bar of California, and the American Bar Association (ABA), and served as Articles Editor for Natural Resources and Environment magazine of the Environment, Energy and Resources section of the ABA. Joshua graduated Phi Beta Kappa, with Honors in Economics, from the University of Michigan, and holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School.