Experts

A recent white paper coauthored by Brattle Principal Kathleen Spees and Dr. David Luke Oates of REsurety introduces a new approach that customers, markets, and policymakers can adopt to measure and incentivize clean energy resources – referred to as “locational marginal emissions” (LMEs).

Brattle consultants have authored two reports for Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) that highlight opportunities to ensure that energy efficiency is enabled to compete to meet resource adequacy needs in centralized capacity markets operated by regional transmission (RTOs) organizations and independent system operators (ISOs).

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has announced a second Work Session in its ongoing Investigation of Resource Adequacy Alternatives, which seeks to examine how best to achieve long-term clean energy and environmental objectives.

Brattle Principal Kathleen Spees will join a Raab Associates, Ltd. roundtable hosted by New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE) on Friday, December 11 from 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. (ET).

Brattle Principal Kathleen Spees will join the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and Energy Bar Association (EBA) webinar “Modeling for Lawyers” on December 2 from 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (PT) / 2:30–3:30 p.m. (ET).

Brattle Principal Kathleen Spees will join a virtual panel to discuss market design at North America Smart Energy Week 2020. The panel will take place as part of the event’s Regulatory Innovation and Policy Drivers microconference on Wednesday, September 16, from 3:35–4:20 p.m. (ET).

Who’s Who Legal has recognized six Brattle economists as leading economic consulting experts in their WWL Energy 2020 list: Dr. Ahmad Faruqui, Dr. José Antonio García, Dan Harris, Carlos Lapuerta, Dr. Pedro Marín, and Dr. Kathleen Spees.

In a recent Utility Dive article, Brattle Principals Samuel Newell, Kathleen Spees, and Johannes Pfeifenberger discuss the challenges raised by a recent Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) order that will strain states’ abilities to meet their own clean energy mandates, and offer a new market design as part of the solution.

Brattle Principals Judy Chang and Kathleen Spees will present the keynote presentation, “Global Electricity Markets Over the Next 20 Years: How Fundamental Shifts in Technology and Customer Preferences Will Drive the Evolution of Electricity Markets,” at the Association of Power Exchanges (APEx) Conference 2019, which will be held October 9–11 in Toronto.

A recent white paper, authored by Brattle economists and prepared for NRG, that provides a framework for a clean energy market to meet carbon reduction goals has been submitted to the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee in response to questions posed by the Committee.

Brattle Principal Kathleen Spees spoke at the National Conference of State Legislatures 2019 Legislative Summit on August 4 in Nashville, TN.

Brattle Principals Kathleen Spees and Johannes Pfeifenberger will speak at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Annual Conference, to be held November 11-14 in Orlando, FL.

Brattle Principal Kathleen Spees will speak at the Energy Bar Association (EBA) 2018 Mid-Year Energy Forum, to be held October 29-30 in Washington, DC.

Brattle Principal Kathleen Spees will speak at the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) Annual Conference and Exhibition, to be held October 23-25 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

A discussion paper by Brattle economists addresses how regional wholesale power markets can help meet state and local clean-energy policies more cost effectively.

Brattle Principal Judy Chang will present at the Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta’s (IPPSA) 24th Annual Conference, “A Market Reborn,” taking place March 18-20, 2018 in Alberta, Canada.

Brattle Principal Kathleen Spees will present at the Association of Power Producers of Ontario’s (APPrO) 29th Annual Canadian Power Conference and Networking Centre, taking place November 20-21, 2017 in Toronto.

A report authored by Brattle economists and prepared for the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) finds that adding a carbon charge into the wholesale energy market could improve the state’s ability to meet its decarbonization goals cost-effectively. The study reveals that refunding collected carbon revenues back to customers results in minimal impact on customer electricity costs compared to current policies.

Brattle economists have released a report explaining how the use of the term “baseload” generation is no longer useful for the purposes of planning and operating today’s electricity system.

Brattle economists have contributed two articles to the current issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly, a journal that provides a forum for debate and discussion on issues surrounding the regulated energy industries in Canada.

Brattle economists have authored a report that concludes the Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) proposed Market Renewal efforts to reform the province’s wholesale electricity markets could provide significant benefits to customers and suppliers in Ontario.

Brattle Principal Kathleen Spees will present at the Energy Bar Association’s (EBA) 2017 Annual Meeting & Conference, taking place April 3-4, 2017 in Washington, DC.

A report by Brattle consultants examines the economic and policy implications of different carbon dioxide (CO₂) allowance allocation approaches under the Clean Power Plan’s (CPP) mass-based standard and/or carbon-cutting programs.

A report issued by Brattle consultants examines the potential implications for competitive wholesale electricity markets if new gas-fired combined cycle (CC) plants are not covered under the Clean Power Plan’s (CPP) mass-based state implementation plans (SIPs).

Brattle consultants have issued a report that provides technical guidance to U.S. state policymakers on how to enable clean energy imports from Canada for compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan (CPP).

Hannes Pfeifenberger, Sam Newell, Kathleen Spees, and Roger Lueken have authored an open letter in response to a series of questions on the state of U.S. electricity capacity markets posed by members of the United States Senate’s Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Economists at The Brattle Group issued a policy brief that examines the compliance and implementation challenges facing states and utilities under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed CO₂ emissions standards for existing fossil units under the Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 111(d), known as the Clean Power Plan (CPP).

A November 2014 Brattle report was recently featured in a Utility Dive article discussing the possibility of Texas market rules holding back utilities from deploying cost-effective energy storage.

A report recently released by Brattle economists finds that the deployment of grid-integrated distributed electricity storage in Texas could provide substantial net benefits to the power system in ERCOT and its electricity customers. The report evaluates whether storage could be cost-effectively deployed from the perspectives of retail customers, wholesale electricity market participants, and the combined system or “society as a whole” while maintaining wholesale power prices that continue to support necessary generation investments.

The Brattle Group is pleased to announce the promotion of Toby Brown, Ryan Hledik, and Kathleen Spees to principal.

A report by Brattle economists finds that the deployment of grid-integrated distributed electricity storage in Texas could provide substantial net benefits to the power system in ERCOT and its electricity customers.

Brattle economists issued a policy brief that examines the primary features and implications of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed CO₂ emissions standards for existing fossil units under the Clean Air Act (CAA) Section 111(d).