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Jürgen Weiss

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Education

Harvard University, Ph.D. in business economics and M.A. in economics; Columbia University, M.B.A.; European Partnership of Business Schools, B.A.
 

Biography

Dr. Jürgen Weiss heads the firm’s climate/carbon practice. He specializes in climate change and carbon market analyses, renewable energy, and electric utility economics. He has significant experience in the development and application of economic and financial models to analyze the impact of proposed rules and regulation on business practices, cash flows, incentives, and the value of power assets and related contracts.

His consulting and expert testimony experience has focused on climate change policy implications for utilities and energy-intensive industries. He advises clients on changes in the value of existing assets, transmission flow patterns and capacity adequacy, integration of renewables, market design and performance analysis, and efficient retail incentives and rate design. He brings institutional knowledge of successful climate practices as well as potential pitfalls from his experience with European efforts to reduce CO2 emissions.

Dr. Weiss has consulted and written substantially on issues related to carbon pricing and the demand side of electricity markets, including topics such as efficiency, conservation, storage, retail rates, renewable power, and Renewable Portfolio Standards. He has also testified in state and federal court, as well as in state regulatory proceedings.

Prior to joining The Brattle Group, Dr. Weiss was a co-founder and managing director of Watermark Economics. In addition, he was previously the managing director of Point Carbon’s global advisory practice and a director at LECG. He began his career as an associate with The Brattle Group.
 

Selected Publications

  • "What Does Copenhagen Mean for Investments in Low-Carbon Technologies?," by Jürgen Weiss, The Journal Of Environmental Investing, 2010.
  • "Comment on 'After COP 15, who or what will drive the push towards developing clean energy?' ," by Jürgen Weiss, Comment: Visions, January 2, 2010.
  • "Carbon as an Investment Opportunity, in 'Environmental Alpha: Institutional Investors and Climate Change,' edited by Angello Calvello," by Jürgen Weiss and Veronique Bugnion, Wiley Finance, November 2009.
  • "Estimating the value of electricity storage in PJM: Arbitrage and some welfare effects," by Jürgen Weiss, Ramteen Sioshansi, Paul Denholm, and Thomas Jenkin, Energy Economics, 2009.
  • "Whacking the Mac: Why we should be sceptical about negative-cost carbon abatement," by Mark Sarro and Jürgen Weiss, Watermark Economics LLC, reprinted by permission, August 2009.
  • "Waxman-Markey Unintended Consequences of the Auction Reserve Price," by Jürgen Weiss and Mark Sarro, Watermark Economics LLC, reprinted by permission, June 2009.
  • "Waxman-Markey Math: What are the numbers and what might they mean?," by Jürgen Weiss and Mark Sarro, Watermark Economics LLC, reprinted by permission, May 2009.
  • "Allocation of allowances would likely make cutting GHG emissions more costly," by Mark Sarro and Jürgen Weiss, Watermark Economics, LLC, April 2009.
  • "The Current Waxman-Markey Discussion Draft: Trouble for RGGI and US Cap-and-Trade?," by Jürgen Weiss and Mark Sarro, Watermark Economics LLC, reprinted by permission, April 2009.
  • "Freely-allocating GHG allowances: Reducing carbon market efficiency and creating windfall profits," by Jürgen Weiss and Mark Sarro, Watermark Economics LLC, reprinted by permission, April 2009.
  • "Carbon Cap and Trade versus Tax: Getting beyond the basics," by Mark Sarro and Jürgen Weiss, Watermark Economics, LLC, April 2009.
  • "What to Expect, and What Not to Expect, from Carbon Risk Disclosure," by Mark Sarro and Jürgen Weiss, Watermark Economics LLC, reprinted by permission, April 2009.
  • "A Serious Flaw in the Waxman-Markey Discussion Draft," by Mark Sarro, Jürgen Weiss, Peter Cramton, and Steven Stoft, Watermark Economics, LLC, April 2009.
  • "Whack the MAC: Why we should be skeptical about negative-cost carbon abatement and how to unlock the potential of conservation investments," by Mark Sarro and Jürgen Weiss, Watermark Economics, LLC, February 2009.
  • "Modeling & Forecasting Carbon Prices," by Mark Sarro and Jürgen Weiss, Watermark Economics, LLC, November 2008.
  • "Are REC Markets a Wreck Waiting to Happen," by Jürgen Weiss, Natural Gas & Electricity, November 2006.
  • "Integrating Fuel Cells and RPS Markets: Recommendations and Strategies for Advancing Fuel Cells, Distributed Generation and RPS Markets," by Jürgen Weiss and Cameron Brooks, A Working Paper by Clean Energy Group, June 2006.
  • "Economic Challenges to Developing DG under RPS," by Jürgen Weiss, EUCI’s 2nd Annual Conference on Renewable Portfolio Standards East: Understanding Markets, Development And Technology, May 16-17, 2006.
  • "A Solution for a Very Old Problem," by Jürgen Weiss and Hoff Stauffer, The Electricity Journal, May 2006.
  • "Estimating the Value of Electricity Storage: Some Size, Location and Market Structure Issues," by Jürgen Weiss and Thomas Jenkin, EESAT Conference Proceedings, October 17-19, 2005.
  • "New Economy Litigation: Claims to Intellectual Property and Human Capital in a Global Institutional Environment Changing at the Speed of Thought," by Mark Sarro, Kenneth D. Gartrell, and Jürgen Weiss, International Society of New Institutional Economics, September 2001.
  • "Netzzugang in Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich (International Benchmarking of German Transmission Access)," by Johannes P. Pfeifenberger, Carlos Lapuerta, W. Pfaffenberger, and Jürgen Weiss, Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen, July 1999.
  • "Separate Marketing of Natural Gas by Joint Venture Producers in Australia, prepared for Optima Energy, Australia, submitted to the Upstream Issues Working Group, Australian and New Zealand Minerals and Energy Council," by Paul R. Carpenter and Jürgen Weiss, The Brattle Group, Inc., September 26, 1998.

Selected Testimony

  • "Deposition of Dr. Jurgen Weiss in MC ASSET RECOVERY, LLC, Plaintiff, v. THE SOUTHERN COMPANY, Defendant, CIVIL ACTION No. 1:06-CV-0417-BBM," by Jürgen Weiss, February 2008.
  • "Expert Report of Dr. Jurgen Weiss in MC ASSET RECOVERY, LLC, Plaintiff, v. THE SOUTHERN COMPANY, Defendant, CIVIL ACTION No. 1:06-CV-0417-BBM," by Jürgen Weiss, December 2007.
  • "Deposition of Dr. Jurgen Weiss in Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc., Plaintiff, against AEP Power Marketing, Inc., American Electric Power Company, Inc., and Ohio Power Company, defendants, 03 CIV.6731(HB)(JCF); and Ohio Power Company and AEP Power Marketing, Inc., Plaintiff, against Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc. and Tractebel S.A. (now known as Suez-Tractebel S.A.), Defendants. 03 CIV.6770(HB)(JCF)," by Jürgen Weiss, March 2005.
  • "Rebuttal Report of Dr. Jurgen Weiss in Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc., Plaintiff, against AEP Power Marketing, Inc., American Electric Power Company, Inc., and Ohio Power Company, defendants, 03 CIV.6731(HB)(JCF); and Ohio Power Company and AEP Power Marketing, Inc., Plaintiff, against Tractebel Energy Marketing, Inc. and Tractebel S.A. (now known as Suez-Tractebel S.A.), Defendants. 03 CIV.6770(HB)(JCF)," by Jürgen Weiss, February 2005.
  • "Direct Testimony of Dr. Jurgen Weiss in Petition and tariff filing of Green Mountain Power Corporation re:proposed rate design changes to take effect January 1, 2005, in front of the Vermont Public Service Board, Docket No. 6958," by Jürgen Weiss, December 2004.
  • "Prefiled Surrebuttal Testimony of Dr. Jurgen Weiss in Petition and tariff filing of Green Mountain Power Corporation re: proposed rate design changes to take effect January 1, 2005, in front of the Vermont Public Service Board, Docket No. 6958," by Jürgen Weiss, November 2004.
  • "Prefiled Testimony of Dr. Jurgen Weiss in Petition and tariff filing of Green Mountain Power Corporation re: proposed rate design changes to take effect January 1, 2005, in front of the Vermont Public Service Board, Docket No. 6958," by Jürgen Weiss, August 2004.
  • "Direct Testimony of Dr. Jurgen Weiss in Investigation into General Order No.45 filed by Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation re: proposed sale of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station and related transactions, in front of the Vermont Public Service Board, Docket No. 6545," by Jürgen Weiss, 2002.
  • "Prefiled Rebuttal Testimony of Dr. Jurgen Weiss in Investigation into General Order No.45 filed by Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation re: proposed sale of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station and related transactions, in front of the Vermont Public Service Board, Docket No. 6545 ," by Jürgen Weiss, March 2002.
  • "Prefiled Testimony of Dr. Jurgen Weiss in Investigation into General Order No.45 filed by Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation re: proposed sale of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station and related transactions, in front of the Vermont Public Service Board, Docket No. 6545," by Jürgen Weiss, January 2002.
  • "Prefiled Rebuttal Testimony of Dr. Jurgen Weiss in Investigation into General Order No.45 filed by Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation re: proposed sale of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station and related transactions, in front of the Vermont Public Service Board, Docket No. 6300," by Jürgen Weiss, June 2000.
  • "Direct Testimony of Dr. Jurgen Weiss in Investigation into General Order No.45 filed by Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation re: proposed sale of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station and related transactions, in front of the Vermont Public Service Board, Docket No. 6300," by Jürgen Weiss, May 2000.
  • "Prefiled Testimony of Dr. Jurgen Weiss in Investigation into General Order No.45 filed by Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corporation re: proposed sale of Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station and related transactions, in front of the Vermont Public Service Board, Docket No. 6300," by Jürgen Weiss, April 2000.
 

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