Mark Eddy

Mark Eddy has worked on energy issues for more than 25 years – first as a reporter at The Denver Post covering traditional and renewable energy and for the last 16 years in the private sector.

Mark is owner of Mark Eddy Communications, a strategic communications/messaging and public will-building firm specializing in public policy issues. MEC has worked with foundations and non-profit groups, city and state governments and for-profit companies ranging from a two-person disability rights law firm to an $18-billion multinational corporation.

While MEC has worked on issues as varied as oil and gas, health, K-12 education, LGBT, consumer protection, homelessness and marijuana the core of the business is built around renewable energy and climate policy. Mark worked with a diverse team to help Colorado enact first-in-the-nation rules regarding methane emissions. He is currently leading a team that is working with regulators, businesses, public utilities and their customers to put more wind and solar energy onto the grid.

As a journalist, Mark did investigative work on the construction of Denver International Airport and the Oklahoma City bombing. He covered city government, education and the environment and energy and was part of The Denver Post team that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the Columbine tragedy.