Peter S. Fox-Penner
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principal
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Washington, DC
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San Francisco
Dr. Fox-Penner is an expert in energy and climate policy, regulated industries, and sustainable finance.
Specializing in the markets, policies, regulation, and transformation of the electricity industry, he has advised numerous US energy companies, grid operators, and government agencies. He has testified on energy-related matters in more than 100 proceedings, including before federal courts, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, state courts, arbitrations, and more than a dozen state public service commissions. He has served as a regulatory and strategic advisor to boards and executives at utilities and energy companies across the country.
With a career that has spanned consulting, senior government roles, and academia, Dr. Fox-Penner was the founding director of Boston University’s multidisciplinary Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) and a professor of the practice at the University’s Questrom School of Business. He is a frequent speaker on energy topics and the author of numerous published articles and books, including Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities (Island Press, 2010). His research – on topics such as electric power strategy, energy affordability, regulation, and governance – has been widely cited, including in a US Supreme Court decision.
Dr. Fox-Penner has served in various roles at Brattle, including office director, board member, and the firm’s longest-serving chairman of the board. He previously served as a senior official at the US Department of Energy and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
He serves as the Chairman, Impact & Sustainability at Energy Impact Partners, a clean energy investment platform and was a founding member of the steering committee of Project Frame and the Venture Climate Alliance. He is also a member of the Global Leadership Council of the World Resources Institute and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for Greenly, a carbon footprint company based in Paris, France.
University of Chicago
PhD in Economics
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
MS and BS in Engineering
Peter’s interests include:
- History and politics
- Tennis and bicycling
- R&B and jazz music
