Tyler Norris is a James B. Duke Fellow at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, where his PhD research focuses on bulk electric power systems. He was previously VP of development at Cypress Creek Renewables, director at S&P Global Platts, and a special advisor at the US Department of Energy. In 2024, he was invited by FERC to serve as an expert panelist at the Commission’s technical workshop on generator interconnection, and in 2025 he was invited to testify to the US House Energy & Commerce Committee based on his role as lead author of the Nicholas Institute study, Rethinking Load Growth. He has served as an expert witness in multiple utility commission proceedings and his writing has appeared in the New York Times, Foreign Affairs, and elsewhere.