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Energy Market, Technology, and Policy Analysis Group

The Energy Market, Technology, and Policy Analysis Group conducts analysis related to electric regulation and policy; transportation market, fuels, and policies; technoeconomic assessment; and green power and renewable energy certificate (REC) markets.

Jørn Aabakken
Lori Bird
Elizabeth Brown
Karlynn Cory
Leila Dagher
Barry Friedman
Garvin Heath
Kalia Kehoe
Claire Kreycik
Jim Leyshon
Maggie Mann
Robert Margolis
Gail Mosey
Martin Vorum
Alison Wise

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Jørn Aabakken

Senior Analyst

Analysis expertise

  • Web applications with database connectivity
  • Visual Basic, Visual Basic.Net, and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
  • VBScript and JavaScript
  • Microsoft SQL Server

Primary research interests

  • International green power
  • Renewable energy scenarios
  • Biomass
  • Geothermal
  • Solar
  • Transportation

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Lori Bird

Senior Analyst

Analysis expertise

  • Market analysis
  • Policy analysis

Primary research interests

  • Green power marketing
  • Renewable energy policy

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Elizabeth Brown

Senior Energy Analyst

Analysis expertise

  • Cross-Sector Energy Market Analysis
  • Program and Policy Analysis: Design, Development, and Evaluation from the local to the federal level

Primary research interests

  • The intersection of energy efficiency and renewable energy policies and programs
  • Human behavior and energy use
  • Local and State level comprehensive energy planning processes and impacts

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Karlynn Cory

Energy Analyst

Analysis expertise

  • Renewable energy market analysis (e.g. RECs, technology cost, etc.)
  • Renewable energy policy analysis (e.g. RPS, RFS, SBC, etc.)

Primary research interests

  • Intersection between REC/"green tag" markets and electricity markets
  • Renewable energy project financing (commercial technologies)
  • Renewable fuel standards (transportation markets)

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Leila Dagher

Research Assistant

Analysis expertise

  • Teaching and Research
  • Econometrics
  • Energy/Economic Modeling and Forecasting
  • Energy-Efficience/Renewable Energy (EERE) Policy and Scenario Analyses

Primary research interests

  • International Energy and Environmental Policy
  • Green Power Markets
  • EERE Policy and Applications in Developing Countries

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Barry Friedman

Senior Energy Analyst II

Analysis expertise

  • Market analysis
  • Policy analysis
  • Strategic market intelligence

Primary research interests

  • Renewable energy and carbon markets
  • Renewable energy policy
  • Green power marketing strategies and tactics

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Garvin Heath

Energy Analyst II

Analysis expertise

  • Air quality modeling
  • Exposure assessment

Primary research interests

  • Health and environmental impacts of energy technologies
  • Life cycle assessment
  • Sustainability

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Kalia Kehoe

Senior Administrative Specialist

Analysis expertise

  • Green power research support
  • Electricity market research support
  • Policy research support
  • Contract/procurement
  • Foreign travel
  • Financial management
  • Interpersonal relations

Primary research interests

  • Impacts of global warming
  • Green power planning

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Claire Kreycik

Energy Analyst

Analysis expertise

  • Renewable energy policy analysis

Primary research interests

  • State and local renewable energy policy
  • Electricity markets
  • Renewable fuels

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Jim Leyshon

Web Developer

Analysis expertise

  • Online application design
  • Online research
  • Graphic representation of data

Primary research interests

  • Green power
  • Statistical data
  • Online applications

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Maggie Mann

Group Manager

Analysis expertise

  • Technical and Economic Feasibility Analysis
  • Environmental Analysis
  • Strategic planning for market development

Primary research interests

  • Life cycle assessment of renewable energy and conventional technologies
  • Public/private sector techincal support
  • Evaluation of technical, policy, and programmatic benefits

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Robert M. Margolis

Senior Analyst

Analysis expertise

  • Energy-economic-environmental modeling, including national and global-scale models
  • Economic and market analysis of renewable energy technologies
  • R&D planning and evaluation
  • Long-term scenario development

Primary research interests

  • Science and technology policy
  • Research, development, and demonstration policy
  • Energy technology
  • Environmental policy

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Gail Mosey

Analyst

Analysis expertise

  • EERE market and policy analysis
  • Knowledge of research methodology used to gather and compile primary and secondary data; survey design
  • Work with large data sets including creating, managing and utilizing databases (Access)
  • Statistical data analysis (Excel and SPSS)

Primary research interests

  • Program and technology benefits impact estimation and analysis
  • Identification of sites for EERE use in remediation, monitoring and revitalization
  • Environmental analysis

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Martin Vorum

Senior Analyst

Analysis expertise

  • Conceptual and engineering design of energy and process systems
  • Evaluations of operations, economics, and troubleshooting scenarios
  • Developing case-specific cost models and physical/chemical modeling of complex process phenomena.
  • Developing pilot demonstrations of technology for proof-of-concept and for commercialization testing.
  • Adapting technologies and analytical methods to new applications.

Primary research interests

  • Integration of management, economic, and technologic issues for planning, building, and operating systems.
  • Troubleshooting design issues that handicap systems' stability, productivity, and safety.

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Alison Wise

Senior Strategic Analyst

Analysis expertise

  • Renewable markets and private sector investments
  • Public policy
  • Market/corporate policy

Primary research interests

  • Renewable energy and renewable fuels competitiveness
  • Best practices for incentivizing renewable energy and renewable fuels

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If you have questions about our programs or would like to contact our staff, please email Kalia Kehoe.

 

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