Raya Salter is an attorney, activist and clean energy law and policy expert with a focus on energy justice. She is the founder of the Energy Justice Collective and a member of the New York State Climate Action Council, the body that is developing New York’s climate scoping plan.

Ms. Salter is an experienced advocate, having practiced energy law and regulation in multiple jurisdictions, including New York and Hawaii. Raya is an adjunct professor of law at Cardozo Law School and has written widely on energy policy and the author of  “Energy Justice, Domestic and International Perspectives” (2018).

In previous roles, Raya was the Lead Policy Organizer for the NY Renews Climate Justice Coalition, a Senior Attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council and a Regulatory Attorney for the Environmental Defense Fund.

Prior to becoming an environmental advocate, Raya worked as an energy regulatory attorney at the law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf in New York City, representing energy industry participants in matters relating to regulation by state public utility commissions and federal agencies, transactions involving energy assets, participation in organized electric markets and inter and intra-state transmission.

Raya was named one of the “Energy and the Environment Power 100” by City and State New York Magazine in 2020 and 2021. In 2021 she was honored by New York Lawyers for the Public Interest with the Fishman Access to Justice Award. Raya was named a “Climate Hero” by the Human Impacts Institute in 2019. Ms. Salter has a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and a B.A. in economics from Wesleyan University.