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Utility Regulatory Policy and Ratemaking

The Brattle Group assists clients with regulatory policy and ratemaking matters in electricity, natural gas, and oil pipeline markets worldwide. Clients include investor-owned utilities, public utilities, electricity and pipeline customers, power generators, transmission organizations, and regulatory agencies. We have experience and institutional knowledge in the regulation of vertically integrated utilities, the regulatory policies of liberalized energy markets, as well as the regulation of energy industry segments such as gas and oil pipelines and power generation, transmission, and distribution.

Our economic experts combine regulatory policy expertise with financial and accounting skills, in-depth industry experience, and familiarity with a diverse set of regulatory jurisdictions in North America, Europe, and Asia. We help clients to anticipate regulatory change, comply with existing regulations, respond to new regulatory mandates, and manage the challenges and opportunities of changing markets and regulatory environments.

We perform quantitative analyses involving resource planning, forecasting, rates and rate design, cost allocation, cost of capital, and valuation. Our staff includes internationally recognized experts who advise on regulatory matters, provide litigation support, and expert testimony before regulatory agencies, courts, and arbitration panels worldwide.

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Principals:
Daniel S. Arthur
Romkaew P. Broehm
Paul R. Carpenter
Judy Chang
Marc Chupka
Ahmad Faruqui
Peter S. Fox-Penner
Frank C. Graves
Philip Q Hanser
Dan Harris
Serena Hesmondhalgh
A. Lawrence Kolbe
Carlos Lapuerta
Steven H. Levine
Robert S. Mudge
Dean M. Murphy
Matthew P. O'Loughlin
Johannes P. Pfeifenberger
David Robinson
Michael J. Vilbert
Jürgen Weiss
Joseph B. Wharton
William P. Zarakas

Senior Advisors:
Geoff Bertram
Ellen C. Craig
Nicholas S. Economides
Frank A. Felder
David Harbord
Matthew E. Kahn
Alan L. Madian
Simon Terry
William B. Tye

Senior Associates:
Toby Brown
Metin Celebi
Attila Hajos
Ryan Hledik
Adam C. Schumacher

Selected Publications

Electric Power Brochure
Regulation & Restructuring Brochure
On Demand
Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities
Fix Utilities Before They Need a Rescue
Transmission Super Highways: Assessing the Potential Benefits of Extra-High-Voltage Transmission Overlays in the Midwest
Keynote Address at the AAI 9th Annual Energy Roundtable
When Sparks Fly: Economic Issues in Complex Energy Contract Litigation
Ethanol 2.0
2009 Integrated Resource Plan for Connecticut
Buy versus Build: A Survey of State Policies
Transforming America’s Power Industry: The Investment Challenge - Preliminary Findings
Models of Inter-Regional Transmission Charging
Sticker Shock!
Advancing Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles Via Utility Industry Battery Acquisition and Leasing
Means of Mitigating Rate Shock
U.S. Climate Policy: Effects on Business and the Environment
Rising Utility Construction Costs: Sources and Impacts
International Perspectives on Electricity Market Monitoring and Market Power Mitigation
On Setting Near-Term Climate Policy While the Dust Begins to Settle: The Legacy of the Stern Review
Guest Commentary - US Should Price Carbon, Directly
Restructuring Revisited: What we can learn from retail-rate increases in restructured and non-restructured states
The Power of Five Percent: How Dynamic Pricing Can Save $35 Billion in Electricity Costs
California's Next Generation of Load Management Standards
Rate Shock Relief
The Zone of Reasonableness and Long Term Power Contracts
From Smart Metering to Smart Pricing
Breaking Out of the Bubble: Using Demand Response to Mitigate Rate Shocks
Carbon Fees vs. Cap and Trade
Quantifying Demand Response Benefits in PJM
Using Dynamic Pricing to Strengthen Your AMI Business Cases
Understanding Utility Cost Drivers and Challenges Ahead
ENERGY AMBITIONS: Can Wind Work in an LMP Market?
FERC's Standard Market Design — Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR)
Electric Utility Restructuring: A Guide to the New Era