Amanda Sen (Arthur)

Project Director

Amanda Sen is Project Director for Solar and Virtual Power Plants at CESA, where she works to advance distributed energy solutions and expand access to on-site clean energy generation. She brings experience in distributed energy resources, emissions reduction strategies, technical writing, and equitable energy program design. Amanda previously served as Distributed Energy Manager at the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, where she advanced rooftop solar, plug-in solar, VPPs, and other distributed energy resources across the Southeast. Before that, she worked in climate and resilience planning in South Carolina, supporting statewide initiatives focused on clean energy, sustainability, and community resilience through policy analysis, research, program design, and stakeholder engagement. She is a co-author of South Carolina Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP), Clean Air Strategies for South Carolina (CASSC), and Disproportionate Regulation of Residential Plug-in Solar, a SACE whitepaper on lineworker safety. Amanda is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Geography at the University of South Carolina, where her research focuses on energy burden, climate change mitigation, and geospatial analysis. She holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from Westminster College and is a U.S. Army veteran.