{"id":1404,"date":"2025-12-23T19:23:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T19:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cepsolar.com\/?page_id=1404"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:37:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:37:02","slug":"kirk-johnson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cepsolar.com\/?page_id=1404","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1404\" class=\"elementor elementor-1404\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b6512d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0b6512d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3453c94 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3453c94\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-647b23b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"647b23b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d66911a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d66911a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kirk Johnson<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc916e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dc916e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Johnson brings nearly two decades of energy sector expertise to his role as Director of Policy &amp; Regulatory Initiatives at CEP Solar (Commonwealth Energy Partners). 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