Heath Knakmuhs

Heath Knakmuhs is the senior director of policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy. Knakmuhs develops and communicates strategic energy policies and initiatives, with a focus on the electric energy sector and its key role in the formation of a comprehensive national energy policy. In this role he serves as the Institute's principal analyst on electric generation, transmission and distribution issues in Congress, regulatory agencies, and among stakeholder groups.

Prior to the Chamber, Knakmuhs headed the Washington, D.C. office of American Transmission Company. In that role, Knakmuhs served as the company’s primary liaison with Congress and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and was the company’s primary representative before other stakeholder and industry groups.

Knakmuhs previously engaged for eight years in the practice of regulatory and appellate law for the global law firm of Morgan Lewis in its Washington, D.C. office. He also spent one year clerking for two administrative law judges at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Knakmuhs holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Northwestern University and a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law.