Dian M. Grueneich (/ˈɡruːnɪk/ GROO-nik[1]) is an American scholar and former public utilities commissioner.
She is a senior research scholar at Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy.
She was appointed to a six-year term by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in January 2005 and unanimously confirmed by the State Senate in May 2005.
[3] She pushed for consumer-friendly cell phone regulation[4] and tried to force electrical companies to make more use of renewable energy sources.
[5] Prior to her appointment with the CPUC, Grueneich served as a board member of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and is a past president of the California League of Conservation Voters.