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Rebecca Tapio joined PNNL in January 2022 after completing a dual master’s program in environmental policy and natural resource management. Her graduate work focused on using data analysis to improve climate resilience, energy policy and regulation, and watershed management. During her studies, she was a project manager for the Pathways to a Net Zero Carbon Future initiative, acted as a teaching assistant for a number of environmental law and policy courses, and implemented internships for the New York State DEC. Rebecca has a background in high-level administration and has worked as a C-suite level executive assistant at Forbes Media and in project management at the educational technology startup Section4.

• Land-water-energy nexus
• Climate change and infrastructure resilience
• Energy efficiency
• Policy Analysis

• M.P.A. in Environmental Policy, Syracuse University 2021
• M.P.S. in Natural Resource Management, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2021
• B.A. Journalism, Stony Brook University, 2014

2025

• Van Dyke I.K., K. Kazimierczuk, A.L. Cooke, R.M. Tapio, and J.S. Homer. 2025. Climate Adaptation Approaches for Water and Electric Utilities: A compendium of existing strategies in a changing climate. PNNL-37186. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Climate Adaptation Approaches for Water and Electric Utilities: A compendium of existing strategies in a changing climate

2024

• Tapio R.M., and D.C. Preziuso. 2024. Distributed Wind and Impacts of FERC Order No. 2222 Implementation. PNNL-36262. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Distributed Wind and Impacts of FERC Order No. 2222 Implementation
• Tapio R.M., J.S. Homer, K. Mongird, and J.G. Eisdorfer. 2024. "Folding community engagement into decision making: A continuous process to increase equity in the energy system." The Electricity Journal 37, no. 7-10:Art. No. 107442. PNNL-SA-192807. doi:10.1016/j.tej.2024.107442

2023

• Homer J.S., A.L. Cooke, K. Kazimierczuk, R.M. Tapio, J. Peacock, and A.G. King. 2023. Emerging Best Practices for Electric Utility Planning with Climate Variability: A Resource for Utilities and Regulators. PNNL-34304. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Emerging Best Practices for Electric Utility Planning with Climate Variability: A Resource for Utilities and Regulators
• Tapio R.M., and A.C. Orrell. 2023. FERC Order No. 2222 and Considerations for Distributed Wind. PNNL-34472. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. FERC Order No. 2222 and Considerations for Distributed Wind
• Tapio R.M., J.T. Barlow, B.W. Tarekegne, and C.N. Bloyd. 2023. Just Transition Principles: Prepared for the APEC Energy Working Group Workshop on Promoting a Just Energy Transition. PNNL-34259. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Just Transition Principles: Prepared for the APEC Energy Working Group Workshop on Promoting a Just Energy Transition
• Taylor M.S., L.M. Miller, J.T. Barlow, R.L. Michaels, V.M. Sinnott, K. Kazimierczuk, and R.M. Tapio, et al. 2023. Using National-Scale Data to Inform Coal Power Plant Redevelopment and Coal Community Revitalization Planning. PNNL-34973. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Using National-Scale Data to Inform Coal Power Plant Redevelopment and Coal Community Revitalization Planning

2022

• Barlow J.T., R.M. Tapio, and B.W. Tarekegne. 2022. "Advancing the state of energy equity metrics." The Electricity Journal 35, no. 10:Art. No. 107208. PNNL-SA-178292. doi:10.1016/j.tej.2022.107208
• Homer J.S., K.M. Boenker, A.A. Lippert, K. Oikonomou, R.M. Tapio, and H. Corsair. 2022. Considerations for Resilience Guidelines for Clean Energy Plans For the Oregon Public Utility Commission and Oregon Electricity Stakeholders. PNNL-33277. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Considerations for Resilience Guidelines for Clean Energy Plans For the Oregon Public Utility Commission and Oregon Electricity Stakeholders