About the Author

AuthorMichael Curley
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About the Author
Michael Curley is a lawyer and entre-
preneur who has spent the majority of
his career in project nance a nd the last
25 years in energy and environmental
nance. Since 2013, he has been a Visit-
ing Scholar at the Environmental Law
Institute (ELI). He also serves on the
Advisory Board of “Protect Our Power,”
a not-for-prot corporation created to
defend the country’s electric power grid from cyber attacks and electromag-
netic pulses.
Mr. Curley has had a prolic writing career and is the author of several
books, including Fundamentals of Water Finance (CRC Press 2016), Finance
Policy for Renewable Energy and a Sustainable Environment (Taylor & Fran-
cis 2014) (translated into Chinese for the Central University for Finance &
Economics), and e Handbook of Project Finance for Water and Wastewater
Systems (Taylor & Francis 1993). He is a regulor contributor to the Hungton
Post and is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and
the National Press Club. He has also published over 50 articles.
Mr. Curley has worked in 40 countries, prima rily as the Senior Finan-
cial Advisor to the Oce of International A airs at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) and in the same capacity for the World Resources
Institute. He has had extensive dealings with the World Bank, the Asian
Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Develop-
ment, as well a s the Organiz ation for Economic Cooperation and Develop-
ment. In 1990, Mr. Curley was appointed to the Environmental Financial
Advisory Board at EPA, where he served for 21 years under four presidents.
Mr. Curley has also held several positions in state government. He served
as Deputy Commissioner & General Counsel of the New York State Depart-
ment of Economic Development, and then as President and CEO of the
state’s bank for economic development. He was also the General C ounsel of
the New York State Science & Technology Foundation, the state’s venture
capital agency. Prior to that, Mr. Curley served as Parliamentarian of the
New York State Assembly and Associate Counsel to t he Speaker. Mr Curley

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