Don Wichert directs the administration of Wisconsin's Renewable Energy Public Benefits Program, which encourages customer applications of renewable energy by providing information, education, training, assessments, project facilitation, feasibility and business development grants, project financing and barrier-reduction services.
Don brings to WECC more than 25 years of experience in the environmental and energy fields, most of it with the Wisconsin Division of Energy as chief of the Energy Resources Section. Don earned a bachelor's degree in geography, a bachelor's in thermal and environmental engineering, and a master's degree in energy policy and analysis. He serves on the boards of the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation, Biomass Energy Resource Center and Wisconsin's Citizens' Utility Board. He is also a licensed professional engineer in Wisconsin.
