The Power Sector Carbon Index was developed by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Scott Institute for Energy Innovation. The Co-Directors of the Power Sector Carbon Index team are Costa Samaras of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and Inês Azevedo of the Department of Engineering and Public Policy. Other members of the team are Greg Schivley (Lead Graduate Student Researcher), Adam Goldstein (Graduate Researcher), Haibo Zhai (Co-Investigator), and H. Scott Matthews (Senior Personnel).