Economist working as an expert witness with more than 35 years of experience in economic analysis, valuation, and regulatory matters involving energy and utility markets, including more than 15 years providing litigation consultation, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony. Their work includes preparation of expert testimony and reports in proceedings before utility commissions in numerous states, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, international regulatory bodies, and in commercial litigation matters involving damages, valuation, and regulatory disputes.

Their expertise includes valuation of energy assets and contracts, estimation of damages in commercial litigation, and due diligence analysis for complex financial and infrastructure transactions. A central focus involves electric and natural gas rate regulation at the state, federal, and international levels, including cost of capital, depreciation, cost of service, cost allocation, pricing and rate design, incentive regulation, and regulatory policy. Additional areas include wholesale and retail market design, industry restructuring, resource planning under uncertainty, forecasting, and economic impact analysis. This work has been applied in disputes involving lease-related damages, valuation of generation assets, including nuclear facilities, and analysis of stranded costs and regulatory treatment of utility investments.

Their background reflects experience in economic consulting, regulatory planning, and utility operations, including testimony before legislative committees and service as an independent arbiter in disputes involving regulatory treatment of utilities and valuation of energy generation assets. Additional work includes energy policy research and contributions to analytical and regulatory matters involving utility markets.

Professional contributions include authorship of academic and trade publications and coauthorship of textbooks addressing environmental economics, utility corporate finance, and energy regulation, reflecting involvement in the development of analytical frameworks used in regulatory and economic analysis. The expert holds a Doctor of Philosophy and a Master of Arts in Economics, along with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Economics.