Mr. Akarsh Sheilendranath is a Senior Associate with over 13 years of experience spanning electric transmission planning, benefit-cost assessments, congestion and market analyses, asset valuation, strategic planning, market modeling as well as testifying on regulatory finance and cost of capital matters.
Mr. Sheilendranath combines both engineering and business backgrounds, and brings extensive knowledge in large-scale renewable resource integration and grid reliability planning—gained leading key strategic initiatives at ISO New England and Eversource Energy, prior to his joining The Brattle Group. He has previously represented ISO New England in the Department of Energy (DOE)-funded national planning coordination process, and has presented ISO New England’s strategic planning analyses and initiatives at advisory committees.
At The Brattle Group, he assists a wide range of clients throughout the U.S. in business strategy, regulatory finance & cost of capital, and all matters related to electric transmission, economic planning, and benefit-cost assessments. Most recently, Mr. Sheilendranath project managed the NYSERDA-NYDPS-Brattle-PTerra project team in preparing the New York Power Grid Study, and assisted NYDPS staff extensively in developing future project recommendations. His other recent engagements include assisting clients in valuing large-scale wind generation developments in major ISO/RTO regions, conducting transmission cost-benefit analyses for RTO and utility clients, assisting PUCs in evaluation of competitive transmission proposals, identifying strategic transmission development opportunities and barriers in ISO/RTO regions for utility and competitive market clients, and providing testimony on cost of capital for FERC and state-jurisdictional regulated utilities.
Direct testimony on behalf of Rockland Electric Company concerning the cost of capital, at the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, May 2021.
May 2021
Direct testimony on behalf of California Water Service Company concerning the cost of capital, Application No. 21-05, at the California PUC, May 2021.
May 2021
Direct affidavit and reply affidavit (with Michael Vilbert) on behalf of Constellation Mystic Power, LLC, Docket No. ER18-1639-000, on the cost of capital for the Mystic reliability must run generating using the revised FERC ROE estimation methodology, Sep 2020 and Oct 2020.
Sep 2020 and Oct 2020
Direct and rebuttal testimony (with Michael Vilbert) on behalf of Corn Belt Power Cooperative, Docket No. ER15-2028-002, on the cost of capital for the Cooperative using the revised FERC ROE estimation methodology and related ROE policy, March 2020.
March 2020
Expert testimony before the Arkansas Public Service Commission (Docket No. 19-035-U), the Texas Public Utilities Commission (Docket No.49737), the Louisiana Public Service Commission (Docket No. U-35324), and the Corporation Commission of Oklahoma (Cause No. PUD 201900048), in the Matter of the Acquisition of Wind Generation Facilities on behalf of Southwestern Public Service Company and Oklahoma Public Service Company, July 2019 through February 2020.
July 2019 through February 2020
Direct and rebuttal testimony (with Michael Vilbert) on behalf of Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative, Docket No. ER15-2115-003, on the cost of capital for the Cooperative using the revised FERC ROE estimation methodology and related ROE policy, February 2020.
February 2020
Direct testimony (with Michael Vilbert) before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Docket No. ER19-2846-000, on behalf of Trans Bay Cable LLC, regarding the appropriate ROE and capital structure to allow for its regulated electric transmission assets, September 2019.
September 2019
Affidavit and reply affidavit (with Michael Vilbert) on behalf of Constellation Mystic Power, LLC, Docket No. ER18-1639-000, on the cost of capital for the Mystic reliability must run generating using the revised FERC ROE estimation methodology, April 2019 and July 2019.
April 2019 and July 2019
Affidavit (with Johannes P. Pfeifenberger) before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Docket No. EL19-34-000, on behalf of Brookfield Energy Marketing LP’s complaint against PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (“PJM”) with respect to PJM’s application of its most recent changes to its Tariff and Reliability Assurance Agreement regarding Pseudo-ties and their eligibility for participating in PJM’s Capacity Market, January 18, 2019.
January 2019