Background
Harding, Jim was born on August 17, 1952 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Robert Eugene and Ebba (Bisgaard) Harding.
state agency executive Energy policy specialist
Harding, Jim was born on August 17, 1952 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of Robert Eugene and Ebba (Bisgaard) Harding.
Student, Bowdoin College, 1969-1972; Bachelor, U. San Francisco postgraduate, University of California, Berkeley, 1989-1990.
Energy program director, Friends of the Earth, Inc., San Francisco, 1972-1976; advisor to commissioner/chairman, California Energy Commission, Sacramento, 1976-1979; executive director, International Project for Safe Energy Paths, San Francisco, 1979-1985; senior associate, MHB Technology Associations, Inc., San Jose, California, 1985-1990; assistant director, Washington State Energy Office, Olympia, 1990-1992; acting director, Washington State Energy Office, Olympia, 1993; assistant director, Washington State Energy Office, Olympia, since 1994; policy director, Northwest Power Planning Council, since 1995; director power planning and forecasting, Seattle City Light, since 1996. Consultant Canada International Development Agency, Ottawa, Ontario, 1980-1985, California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, 1985-1990, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, 1987-1990, Maryland. Public Counsel, Baltimore, 1988-1990.
Member steering committee Keystone (Colorado) Center for Conflict Resolution, 1977-1982. Member California Regulatory Reform Commission, Sacramento, 1979-1980. Committee member National Academy of Sciences, Washington, 1980-1984.
Governor's representative National Marine Fisheries Service, Portland, Oregon, since 1991. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science.