CONTACT INFORMATION:

For state-level issues and state trends:

Kimberly Larson

Deputy Political Director
State PIRGs
(206) 357-1788
(213) 251-3680 x323

For federal issues:
Elizabeth Hitchcock

Communications Director
U.S. PIRG
(202) 546-9707

Tony Dutzik
Senior Policy Analyst, Frontier Group
(617) 747-4331 ·

Expertise: transportation, utility deregulation

Background: Mr. Dutzik is senior policy analyst with Frontier Group. He is primary author of more than two dozen reports including "Toward a Consumer-Oriented Electric System," an analysis of the impacts of electric industry restructuring on consumers, commissioned by the National Commission on Energy Policy "Making Sense of Hydrogen," a primer for states on policy issues surrounding the use of hydrogen as a vehicle fuel and numerous reports on the air quality and environmental benefits of California's vehicle emission standards.

Mr. Dutzik was a featured speaker at the 2005 New England Energy Forum organized by the National Commission on Energy Policy and the New England Council. His work has been cited in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many regional and trade press outlets. Prior to his current position, he worked as a reporter for the Eagle-Tribune newspaper of Lawrence, Mass., as a political writer for the State PIRGs in Boston, and as a campus organizer for NJPIRG. While at the Eagle-Tribune, he was co-winner of the 2001 New Hampshire Press Association first-place award for best general news story for an article on education policy.

Education: M.A., Journalism, Boston University, 2000; B.S., Public Service, Penn State University, 1991

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