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Expert Details

Wholesale and Retail Electricity Markets, Contract Negotiation and Litigation

ID: 727314 California, USA

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Expert has designed and taught an undergraduate course in energy economics, covering oil, natural gas, electricity, energy efficiency and climate change. The behavior of market participants was a key element of this course. He has also conducted and published research in the behavior of non-profit wholesale energy providers and the reaction of financial markets to FERC decisions. Expert has also represented a variety of clients at the wholesale level of the electricity industry, in regulatory proceedings, contract negotiations, and litigation. Expert holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Yale University.

Expert has conducted investigations into the structure and outcomes of wholesale electricity markets, and has advised clients in the Northwest and
nationally on wholesale restructuring, including proposals for restructuring the California and Northwest markets.

Expert is responsible for an annual power supply budget of approximately $80 million, which includes contract negotiation, litigation, understanding of market
conditions, managing analysts, regulatory compliance (renewable requirements and carbon allowances), and energy trading.

Expert has appeared as an expert witness before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Bonneville Power Administration, and state public utility commissions on a wide variety of issues regarding wholesale and retail price determination, including cost allocation, marginal-cost rates, ancillary service rates, and transmission rates.

Expert testimony in litigation regarding antitrust damages, contract damages, contract interpretation, wholesale and retail power pricing, transmission pricing, transmission terms and conditions, implementation of FERC mandates, condemnation proceedingsMarket analysis in wholesale power markets, land lease rights-of-way; evaluation of market monitoring in restructured wholesale power markets; market potential for distributed storage start-up companyCost-effectiveness of investments and expenditures on fisheries restoration; economic impacts of critical habitat designation

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1981 Degree: Ph.D. Subject: Economics Institution: Yale University
Year: 1979 Degree: M.Phil. Subject: Economics Institution: Yale University
Year: 1976 Degree: M.A. Subject: Economics Institution: Yale University
Year: 1974 Degree: B.A. Subject: Economics Institution: Reed College

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1996 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: President Department: (Undisclosed)
Responsibilities:
Expert has been an independent consulting economist since 1996, and has been employed in the electricity industry since 1982.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2011 to 2015 Employer: City of Glendale, California Title: Integrated Resources Planning Administrator Department: Water and Power
Responsibilities:
(Undisclosed)
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2010 to 2011 Employer: Union of Concerned Scientists Title: Senior Energy Economist Department: (Undisclosed)
Responsibilities:
(Undisclosed)
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2007 to 2009 Employer: Reed College Title: Visiting Professor Department: Economics
Responsibilities:
Teaching: energy economics, introductory and intermediate/advanced microeconomic theory, economic history; advising senior theses.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1995 to 1996 Employer: R.W. Beck Title: Executive Economist Department: (Undisclosed)
Responsibilities:
Operation of the Portland office; business development; project leader and participant; clients in wholesale and retail electricity sector.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1986 to 1995 Employer: Public Power Council Title: Senior Economist Department: (Undisclosed)
Responsibilities:
Advice to membership of non-profit trade association on all aspects of their relationships with the Bonneville Power Administration: power and transmission rates and contracts; capital management; environmental obligations; federal statutory development.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1982 to 1986 Employer: Bonneville Power Administration Title: Economist and Chief, Wholesale Rates Department: Rates
Responsibilities:
Implementation of Northwest Power Act; testimony before the FERC on rates for power exports; as Chief, supervision of 1985 wholesale rate filing.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1980 to 1982 Employer: Reed College Title: Visiting Assistant Professor Department: Economics
Responsibilities:
Teaching: introductory microeconomics, economic history.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2013 to 2016 Employer: (Undisclosed) Title: Integrated Resources Planning Administrator Department: (Undisclosed)
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities: in addition to responsibilities of Power Planning Manager (below), overall
management of all electricity and fuel supplies; management of leased transmission rights,
transmission ownership rights, and fuel transport contracts (tenor of transactions: real-time
through long-term); replacement of Energy Trading and Risk Management system;
development and implementation of risk management policies, practices, and procedures;
revision of cash reserve policy; support for bond Official Statements; management of carbon
allowance inventory and divestiture from coal; support for cost-of-service analysis for retail
rates; negotiation of agreements for distributed solar generation; design and implementation of
feed-in tariff; negotiation of Balancing Area Authority Services Agreement and new
transmission service agreement; negotiation of energy storage acquisition; management of
thermal energy storage agreement; studies of the economics of distributed energy resources in
Glendale; testimony before FERC on LADWP’s Open Access Transmission Tariff; acquisition
of replacement power supplies during repowering of local generation; economic analyses
associated with repowering of local generation (natural gas and landfill gas); negotiation of 25-
year PPA for acquisition of firmed renewable energy; management of state and federal reporting
obligations; project manager for 2015 Integrated Resource Plan; litigation support (multiple
transmission disputes); supervision of outside consultants; two direct reports; total staff
between four and seven.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2011 to 2013 Employer: (Undisclosed) Title: Power Planning Manager Department: (Undisclosed)
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities: analyses and negotiations supporting long-term acquisition of renewable
resources, including acquisition of transmission capacity and ancillary services; analyses and
strategies for repowering existing local and remote generation resources; analyses and tactics for
compliance with California state carbon (cap/trade) regulations and Renewable Portfolio
Standards; (re)negotiation of generation, transmission, and assorted related contracts;
preparation of annual and monthly budgets for external and internal generation and transmission
projects; evaluation of options for balancing area services; evaluation of energy storage systems
and negotiation of related contracts; representation of City on multiple committees related to
ownership and operation of existing generation and transmission resources; coordination of
energy strategies and tactics with other similarly-situated municipal utilities in southern
California; oversight of contractors providing economic, legal, and technical services; analyses
in support of billing disputes; regular briefings of senior management.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2010 to 2011 Employer: (Undisclosed) Title: Senior Energy Economist Department: (Undisclosed)
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities: evaluation of state and federal policies aimed at promoting innovation and
deployment of renewable energy resources in the U.S.; effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of
such policies; evaluation of potential new state and federal policies for further promotion of
renewable energy supplies; initiation of supply-chain project, identifying economic impacts of
renewable energy development in the Midwest.

Government Experience

Years Agency Role Description
Years: 1982 to 1986 Agency: Bonneville Power Administration Role: Economist and Chief, Wholesale Rates Description: Implementation of Northwest Power Act; testimony before FERC; supervision of 1985 power rate case
Years: 2009 to 2009 Agency: US Geological Survey Role: Independent economist Description: Review economic analyses for alternative uses of Glen Canyon Dam; develop scope and guidance for future economic studies.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
American Economics Association
Awards / Recognition
Phi Beta Kappa
Publications and Patents Summary
11 publications in peer-reviewed journals or books; several other working papers

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
FERC, Oregon PUC, Washington UTC, Idaho PUC; Northwest Energy Caucus of House of Representatives; California Assembly Committee; Energy Board of Contract Appeals; Oregon District Courts; Idaho Board of Water Resources; Bonneville Power Administration; Superior Court of Washington; arbitrator appointed by Supreme Court, Niagara County, NY; Hillsboro (OR) county court
Training / Seminars
Northwest Public Power Association (various)
Marketing Experience
In-depth understanding of wholesale electricity markets.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
German Conversational

Fields of Expertise

energy economics, energy industry behavior, electricity market, electricity market structure, electricity market restructuring, energy market analysis, energy market development, power market development, Western United States wholesale electricity market, electricity price determination methodology, electricity price, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, electric power wheeling, electric power transmission, electric power utility

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