Metin Celebi
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principal
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Boston
Practice Leader: Electricity Litigation & Regulatory Disputes
Dr. Celebi is an expert in electricity markets, resource planning, and the analysis of environmental and climate policy.
He has assisted clients in the areas of electricity litigation and regulatory disputes, including on the economic viability of coal-fired and nuclear power plants, wholesale power pricing, and market design. Dr. Celebi has also analyzed federal and state climate policies, environmental regulations, the role of hydrogen in reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, generation plant valuation, and transmission cost allocation.
Dr. Celebi has provided expert testimony in a number of cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, district courts, and federal and state energy regulatory agencies. His testimonies have covered topics including the compliance burden of federal environmental regulations; economic damages in energy contract disputes; transmission cost allocation; excessive charges in long-term power contracts; causes of locational marginal price (LMP) spikes in PJM; and the allocation of ancillary services costs among market participants in ERCOT. He has also consulted and testified on matters related to coal plants, the recovery of undepreciated past investments, and the impact of coal plant retirements on wholesale energy prices.
Boston College
PhD in Economics
Bilkent University
MA in Economics
METU, Turkey
BSc in Industrial Engineering
Hebrew University
Summer School in Economic Theory on Auctions and Market Design
Metin enjoys playing basketball and billiards on occasion and practices playing reed flute (ney) with his friends.
Clean Hydrogen Industry
Hydrogen (H2) is gaining significant attention as a low-carbon alternative fuel or energy carrier that can help achieve economy-wide decarbonization mandates.
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Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, prepared direct testimony (co-authored with Long Lam) on behalf of Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (NIPSCO), re: the recovery of costs incurred by NIPSCO to comply with the emergency orders issued by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) pursuant to Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act (“FPA”) to continue operating the Units 17 and 18 of the R.M. Schahfer Generating Station (August 4, 2026)
Before the Québec Régie de l’énergie, prepared direct testimony (co-authored with Tom Chapman and Adam Wyonzek) on behalf of Hydro-Québec in its Distribution (“HQD”) and Transmission (“HQT”) activities, re: recommendation for an Earnings Sharing Mechanism (“ESM”) and deferral and variance accounts (“DVAs”) (June 23, 2026)
Before the Québec Régie de l’énergie, expert report (co-authored with Tom Chapman, Sai Shetty, Adam Bigelow, and Ananya Maan Singh) on behalf of Hydro Québec, re: a new electricity tariff proposal for large residential consumers (June 18, 2026)
Before the United States District Court for the District of Montana Helena Division, prepared expert report (co-authored with Ann Bulkley) on behalf of NorthWestern Corporation and Talen Montana, LLC, re: the rent due to the State of Montana for the use of the riverbed at the Black Eagle hydroelectric generating facility located in Great Falls, Montana, Cause No. 6:16-CV-00035-DLC (March 19, 2026).
