Peter S. Fox-Penner

Education

Biography

Selected Publications

• "For Grid Expansion, Think ‘Subregionally’," by Johannes P. Pfeifenberger, Peter S. Fox-Penner, and Delphine Hou, The Energy Daily, June 8, 2010.
• Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities, by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Island Press, 2010.
• "Transmission Investment Needs and Cost Allocation: New Challenges and Models," by Johannes P. Pfeifenberger, Peter S. Fox-Penner, and Delphine Hou, The Brattle Group, Inc., December 1, 2009.
• "Generation Cost Savings From Day 1 and Day 2 RTO Market Designs," by James D. Reitzes, Peter S. Fox-Penner, Adam C. Schumacher, and Daniel Gaynor, The Brattle Group, Inc., October 1, 2009.
• "Passing a Climate Policy in Today’s Downturn: The Time is Now, presented at Moving the Midwest Forward: The Benefits of Building a Low-Carbon Economy, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, The Brattle Group, Inc., July 22, 2009.
• "Fix Utilities Before They Need a Rescue," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Harvard Business Review, July-August 2009.
• "Return of the Energy Services Model: How Energy Efficiency, Climate Change, and Smart Grid Will Transform American Utilities," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, The Brattle Group, Inc., May 2009.
• "U.S. Transmission Investment: Policies and Prospects," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, The Brattle Group, Inc., April 28, 2009.
• "Promoting Use of Plug-In Electric Vehicles through Utility Industry Acquisition and Leasing of Batteries, chapter 13 of 'Plug-In Electric Vehicles: What Role for Washington?'," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Dean M. Murphy, Mariko Geronimo, and Matthew McCaffree, The Brookings Institution, 2009.
• "Transmission Super Highways: Assessing the Potential Benefits of Extra-High-Voltage Transmission Overlays in the Midwest," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Judy Chang, Delphine Hou, and Ryan Hledik, The Brattle Group, Inc., March 2009.
• "Keynote Address at the AAI 9th Annual Energy Roundtable," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, The Brattle Group, Inc., March 3, 2009.
• "Transforming America's Power Industry: The Investment Challenge 2010-2030," by Marc Chupka, Robert L. Earle, Peter S. Fox-Penner, and Ryan Hledik, Prepared for The Edison Foundation, November 2008.
• "Transforming America’s Power Industry: The Investment Challenge - Preliminary Findings," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Marc Chupka, and Robert L. Earle, The Brattle Group, Inc., presented at the Edison Foundation Conference , April 21, 2008.
• "Advancing Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles Via Utility Industry Battery Acquisition and Leasing," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Dean M. Murphy, Mariko Geranimo, and Matthew McCaffree, The Brattle Group, Inc., October 2007.
• "The Zone of Reasonableness and Long Term Power Contracts," by Peter S. Fox-Penner and Joseph B. Wharton, The Brattle Group, Inc., March 12, 2007.
• "Overview of Demand-Side Climate-Friendly Technologies," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, The Edison Foundation Climate Change Technologies in the Power Sector, December 7, 2006.
• "Can We Blame the Weather," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, The New York Times, special section, July 30, 2006.
• "Behind the Rise in Prices," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Marc Chupka, Johannes P. Pfeifenberger, Gregory Basheda, and Adam C. Schumacher, Electric Perspectives, July/August 2006.
• "Why Are Electricity Prices Increasing? An Industry-Wide Perspective," by Gregory Basheda, Marc Chupka, Peter S. Fox-Penner, Johannes P. Pfeifenberger, and Adam C. Schumacher, The Edison Foundation, June 2006.
• "A Welcome Truce In The Electricity Wars," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Public Utilities Fortnightly, October 1, 2005.
• "Remarks of Peter S. Fox-Penner before the ExNet and Bruder, Gentile & Marcoux, L.L.P. Special Briefing of The Energy Policy Act of 2005, The Ritz Carlton, Pentagon City, Virginia," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, September 28, 2005.
• "Rethinking the Grid: Avoiding More Blackouts and Modernizing the Power Grid Will Be Harder Than You Think," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, The Electricity Journal, March 2005.
• "Rethinking the Grid: Avoiding More Blackouts and Modernizing the Power Grid is Harder Than You Think," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Energy, April 2004.
• "Deregulated Electricity Pricing in the U.S.: Dramatic New Rules From the FERC," by Romkaew P. Broehm and Peter S. Fox-Penner, The Brattle Group, Inc., April 25, 2004.
• "Will Federal Legislation Fix the Grid?," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Progressive Policy Institute, October 9, 2003.
• "State Involvement in the Regional Transmission Planning Process," by Gregory Basheda and Peter S. Fox-Penner, The Edison Electric Institute, October 2003.
• "The Role of Alternative Energy In The US Supply," by Peter S. Fox-Penner and Adam C. Schumacher, 54th Annual Program on Oil and Gas Law, February 21, 2003.
• "Price-Responsive Electric Demand: A National Necessity, Not an Option," by Romkaew P. Broehm and Peter S. Fox-Penner, Electricity Pricing in Transition, Ahmad Faruqui and B. Kelly Eakin, eds., 2002.
• "The Regulation of Competition in Wholesale Electric Power Markets," by Romkaew P. Broehm, Peter S. Fox-Penner, Gerald A. Taylor, and James G. Bohn, Energy Law Journal, Fall 2002.
• "Standard Market Design in the Electric Market: Some Cautionary Thoughts," by Philip Q Hanser, Metin Celebi, and Peter S. Fox-Penner, The Brattle Group, Inc., June 2002.
• "U.S. Electricity Deregulation and Enron," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Le Centre Francais sure les Etats-Unis, May 15, 2002.
• "Revenues, Regulations and ITC Business Models," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Executive Transmission Forum, January 29, 2002.
• "A ‘Securities’ Versus ‘Antitrust’ of the Competitive Power Industry and its Implication for RTO Market Monitoring, remarks before the American Antitrust Institute Conference on Electricity Market Monitoring," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, American Antitrust Institute Conference on Electricity Market Monitoring, December 11, 2001.
• "Easing Gridlock on the Grid: Electricity Planning and Siting Compacts," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Electricity Journal, November 2001.
• "Clean Growth: A Balanced Energy Policy for the 21st Century," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Progressive Policy Institute’s Policy Report, October 2001.
• The California Crisis and its Lessons for the EU 2001 Special Edition (Energy).
• "Value Drivers in the Utility Industry of 2002," by Ellen C. Craig, Peter S. Fox-Penner, and Adam C. Schumacher, 'PUR Analysis of the Nation's Largest Investor-Owned Electric and Gas Utilities, Public Utilities Reports, 2001.
• "Epitaph for Electric Deregulation, prepared for the National Council on Competition and the Electric Industry," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Meeting of the National Council on Competition and the Electric Industry, October 2000.
• "Price-Responsive Electric Demand: A National Priority," by Peter S. Fox-Penner and Dean M. Murphy, EPRI International Energy Pricing Conference, Washington, DC, July 26, 2000.
• "Power Deregulation: Blessings and Blemishes - A Non-Technical Review of the Issues Associated with Competition in Today’s Electric Power Industry," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, December 2000 Meeting of the National Council on Competition and the Electric Industry, March 14, 2000.
• "Transmission Access, Episode II: FERC's Journey Has Only Begun," by Peter S. Fox-Penner and Johannes P. Pfeifenberger, Public Utilities Fortnightly, 1999.
• "Market Power Issues in Restructured Electric Power Markets," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, American Bar Association's Satellite Seminar, , December 3, 1998.
• "Living on the Edge: An Industry On the Brink of Change," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, MMUA Annual Fall Meeting, October 22, 1998.
• "In What Shape is Your ISO?," by Gregory Basheda, Peter S. Fox-Penner, Philip Q Hanser, and Johannes P. Pfeifenberger, The Electricity Journal, July 1998.
• "Fostering Market Center Development and Integration of the Natural Gas Grid Through Improved Pipeline Ratemaking," by Matthew P. O'Loughlin and Peter S. Fox-Penner, prepared for NorAm Gas Transmission Company, May 1998.
• "The FERC, Stranded Cost Recovery, and Municipalization," by Gregory Basheda, Darrell B. Chodorow, Peter S. Fox-Penner, Dean M. Murphy, Joseph B. Wharton, Jason A. Hicks, Eric Hirst, and James K. Mitchell, Energy Law Journal, 1998.
• "Transco vs. ISO: A Sideshow?," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Public Utilities Fortnightly, 1998.
• "Cost and Pricing," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, IGT's Technical Business Forum: The Bottom Line in the Electric Power Revolution, November 5-7, 1997.
• Electric Utility Restructuring: A Guide to the New Era, by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Public Utility Reports, 1997.
• "Electric Power Transmission and Wheeling: A Technical Primer," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, The Edison Electric Institute, 1990.

Selected Testimony

• "Comments of Peter Fox-Penner, Johannes Pfeifenberger, and Delphine Hou, regarding transmission cost allocation in FERC Docket No. AD09-8-000," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Johannes P. Pfeifenberger, and Delphine Hou, December 18, 2009.
• "Filed Comments of Peter Fox-Penner, Johannes Pfeifenberger, and Delphine Hou, FERC Docket No. AD09-8-000, re: regional transmission planning and cost allocation," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, Johannes P. Pfeifenberger, and Delphine Hou, December 18, 2009.
• "Statement of Dr. Peter Fox-Penner, Principal and Chairman Emeritus, The Brattle Group, before the Natural Resources Committee, National Governors Association," by Peter S. Fox-Penner, July 19, 2009.