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King aide leaves Hill to take position with solar company

Posted by Steve Shapiro on Sept. 29, 2015

A policy adviser to Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) has left the office to spend more time feeling the effects of the sun.

Chris Rauscher took the position of director of public policy earlier this month at Sunrun Inc., a California-based startup that provides solar panel systems to residences.

Rauscher started as a legislative assistant in King's office in 2013 before being promoted to his most recent position of policy adviser in late 2014. In both roles he covered energy and environmental issues for King, who currently sits on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. He also served as assistant policy director of King's 2012 Senate campaign.

Before joining up with King, Rauscher worked as a freelance writer for five years and received his law degree from the University of Maine School of Law in 2012.