
Tony G. Reames

About
Dr. Tony Reames is the Tishman Professor of Environmental Justice and an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, where he founded the Urban Energy Justice Lab and the Energy Equity Project. He is also Director of the U-M SEAS Detroit Sustainability Clinic.
He was recently a presidential appointee in the Biden-Harris Administration serving as Deputy Director for Energy Justice and Principal Deputy Director for State and Community Energy Programs at the U.S. Department of Energy. He established the first-ever Office of Energy Justice Policy and Analysis in the Office of Energy Justice and Equity.
As a multidisciplinary scholar, with degrees in engineering and social science, his research investigates the fair and equitable access to affordable, reliable, clean energy, and explores the production and persistence of energy disparities across race, class, and place. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration from the University of Kansas, a Master of Engineering Management from Kansas State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. He is a licensed professional engineer and an U.S. Army Officer Veteran. He serves numerous boards and advisory committees.
Publications
- Bouzarovski, S., Fuller, S. and Reames, T.G. eds., 2023. Handbook on energy justice. Edward Elgar Publishing. (https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/usd/handbook-on-energy-justice-9781839102950.html)
- Bednar, D.J. and Reames, T.G., 2023. Fleeting energy protections: state and utility level policy responses to energy poverty in the United States during COVID-19. Energy Research & Social Science, 99, p.103045. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103045)
- Heleno, M., Sigrin, B., Popovich, N., Heeter, J., Figueroa, A.J., Reiner, M. and Reames, T., 2022. Optimizing equity in energy policy interventions: A quantitative decision-support framework for energy justice. Applied Energy, 325, p.119771. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119771)
- Bednar, D.J. and Reames, T.G., 2020. Recognition of and response to energy poverty in the United States. Nature Energy, 5(6), pp.432-439. (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-020-0582-0)
- Reames, T. G., Reiner, M. A., and Stacey, M. B. 2018. “An incandescent truth: Disparities in energy-efficient lighting availability and prices in an urban U.S. county.” Applied Energy, 218:95-103. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.02.143)
- Reames, T.G., 2016. Targeting energy justice: Exploring spatial, racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in urban residential heating energy efficiency. Energy Policy, 97, pp.549-558. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.07.048)
- Read more publications here. (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KOQp-PkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra)
2024 Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy (EGLE). "Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Planning."
2021 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. “Exploring racial disparities in home energy services to shed new light on persistent housing inequity.”
2020 Energy Foundation. “Creating an Equity Metrics Framework for Energy Efficiency.”
2020 Sloan Foundation. “Creating an Equity Metrics Framework for the Clean Energy Industry.”
2020 National Science Foundation. “SCC-IRG Track 1: Reducing Barriers to Residential Energy Security through an Integrated Case-management, Data-driven, Community-based Approach.”
2020 Walker-Miller Energy Services/Ameren Illinois Company. “Diverse Customer Engagement in Clean Energy.”
2019 Natural Resources Defense Council. “Study on Energy Burdens and Evictions.”
2024 Michigan Chronicle Men of Excellence Honoree (https://michiganchronicle.com/moe2024honorees/)
2022 Jan Brinch Award for Collaboration in Public Service, National Council on Electricity Policy, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (https://t.co/EbosO186Ke)
2020-2021 Visiting Scholar, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania. 2020-2021
2020-2021 Michigan Clean Energy Leaders Project, Michigan Institute for Energy Innovation.
2019 Midwest Energy News 40 under 40
2019 Grist.org 50 Fixers
2019 Oakland County Michigan Elite 40 under 40
2018-2021 JPB Foundation Environmental Health Fellows Program. Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health
PhD, University of Kansas (public administration)
MS, Kansas State University (engineering management)
BS, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (civil engineering)
Center for Sustainable Systems (https://css.umich.edu/)
UM Poverty Solutions (https://poverty.umich.edu/)
Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (https://closup.umich.edu/)
Graham Sustainability Institute (https://graham.umich.edu/)
Detroit Urban Research Center (https://www.detroiturc.org/)