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Sandra Reategui Halvatzis

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Sandra Reategui Halvatzis is a member of the Market and Policy Impact Analysis Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center.

International Project Leader
On staff since January 2008
Phone number: 303-384-7024
E-mail: sandra.halvatzis@nrel.gov

Areas of expertise

  • Economic development impact analysis
  • Jobs and Economic Development Impact (JEDI) model

Primary research interests

  • State-level economic development from renewable energy-related technologies
  • State and local renewable energy policy
  • Green power marketing

Education and background training

  • M.S. in applied economics, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2007
  • B.A. in journalism/marketing, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2002

Prior work experience

  • Graduate Research Associate, Center for the Market Diffusion of Renewable Energy and Clean Technology, a U.S. Department of Energy Sponsored Research Program, Utah State University, Logan, UT (2006-2007)
  • Regional Consultant, Reynolds and Reynolds Inc., Houston, TX (2003-2006)

Other affiliations

  • Member of Renewable Energy Business Network (REBN)
  • Member of Women in Sustainable Energy (WISE)
  • Member of the National Association of Business Economics (NABE)

Selected publications

Reategui, S. (2012). Clean Energy Solutions Center (Presentation). NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory). 19 pp.; NREL Report No. PR-6A20-54946.

Reategui, S.; Hendrickson, S. (2011). Economic Development Impact of 1,000 MW of Wind Energy in Texas. 28 pp.; NREL Report No. TP-6A20-50400.

Reategui, S., and S. Tegen, 2008. Economic Development Impacts of Colorado's First 1000 Megawatts of Wind Energy. 25 pp.; NREL Report No. CP-500-43505. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, June.

Reategui, S., C. Hartman, and E. Stafford, 2008. Generating Economic Development from a Wind Power Plant in Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah: A Case Study and Analysis of State-Level Economic Impacts, NREL/TP-500-44222. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, October.

Full list of Sandra Reategui publications (NREL)

Personal interests/hobbies

Photograph, running, camping, travelling