Market and Policy Impact Analysis

Lynn Billman

Senior Project Leader II

Areas of expertise

• Analysis, modeling, and projection of capital requirements and investments at NREL
• Analysis of renewable energy impact on climate change

Primary research interests

• Disaster recovery in Greensburg, Kansas
• State Technical Assistance Program

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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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Sarah Busche

State and Local Energy Analyst

Analysis expertise

• Domestic and international environmental policy
• Renewable energy and sustainability

Primary research interests

• International environmental policy
• Renewable energy policy
• Green power and renewable energy certificates

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Jaquelin Cochran

International Energy Analyst

Analysis expertise

• International energy efficiency
• Energy and development

Primary research interests

• China and India energy policies
• International best practices in energy efficiency

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Karlynn Cory

Senior Energy Analyst

Analysis expertise

• Renewable energy project finance (mostly wind and solar, for all sectors)
• Renewable energy market analysis (e.g. RECs, technology cost, etc.)
• Renewable energy policy analysis (e.g. RPS, RFS, SBC, etc.)

Primary research interests

• Renewable energy project finance of commercially available technologies
• Policy and market innovations to support RE project finance
• RE project finance structures, by end user type (state/local govt., residential, commercial, industrial and federal agency)
• Intersection between REC/"green tag" markets and electricity markets
• Renewable policy best practices

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Sadie Cox

International Energy Analyst

Analysis expertise

• International trade and economics

Primary research interests

• Renewable energy markets in Africa
• Microfinance in the West African Economic and Monetary Union
• Ecological innovation

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Elizabeth Doris (formerly 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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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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Rachel Gelman

Financial Analyst

Analysis expertise

• Valuation of alternative energy generating assets (trading multiples, replacement cost, discounted cash flows, sponsor returns)
• Leverages buyouts, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures of publicly traded corporations and power generating assets
• Market analysis including policy and trends

Primary research interests

• Project finance
• U.S. power market dynamics
• Sustainability
• Renewable energy policy

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David Hurlbut

Senior Analyst

Areas of expertise

• Policy and legislative analysis
• Statistical analysis and econometrics
• Optimization modeling
• Cost-benefit analysis

Primary research interests

• Economic incentives and market behavior affecting energy efficiency and renewable energy deployment
• State policies for energy efficiency and renewable energy
• Coordinating state and federal renewable energy policies within multi-state regional transmission organizations
• Competitive electricity markets
• Renewable energy infrastructure issues

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Thomas Jenkin

Senior Analyst

Analysis expertise

• Valuation and risk management
• Market structure and operation of natural gas and power markets
• Economic analysis of storage technologies
• R&D

Primary research interests

• R&D and commercialization of energy technologies
• Cost/benefit analysis of renewable technology programs
• Storage
• Economic and market analysis of renewable energy technologies

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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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David Kline

Senior Project Leader

Analysis expertise

• International renewable energy technology markets
• Clean energy technology transfer from developed to developing countries
• Market-oriented strategies
• Renewable hybrid energy systems

Primary research interests

• International energy policy (China, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa)
• China's Village Electrification Program
• Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention
• Greenhouse gas mitigation

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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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Eric Lantz

Energy Analyst

Analysis expertise

• Economic development impacts analysis
• State and federal policy analysis

Primary research interests

• Policy applications for expanding renewable energy markets
• Evaluating economic and fiscal impacts of macro-level energy decisions
• Social acceptance of renewable energy infrastructure

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Jeffrey Logan

Senior Energy Analyst

Analysis expertise

• Clean energy policy analysis
• Carbon mitigation
• Energy security
• Chinese energy policy and markets

Primary research interests

• Clean energy and carbon markets
• Renewable energy policy
• Linkages between climate mitigation and energy security

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Joyce McLaren

Senior Energy Analyst

Analysis expertise

• State and local policy analysis
• Contextual factors influencing renewable energy development
• Public acceptance issues
• European renewable energy development issues

Primary research interests

• Social and cultural issues affecting energy development and use
• Policy interactions and the development of effective policy portfolios
• International collaborations supporting sustainable energy development
• Collaborative methods for conflict resolution regarding energy choices

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Mackay Miller

Research Partner

Analysis expertise

• Financial analysis and modeling
• Industry competitive research
• Techno-economic analysis

Primary research interests

• Energy efficiency and smart grid
• Utility scale solar power
• International R&D collaboration
• Technology commercialization

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Gail Mosey

Senior Energy 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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Kathleen Nawaz

Senior Project Leader II

Areas of expertise

• Deployment of alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles
• Development and application of analytic tools to displace petroleum
• Legislative and policy analysis

Primary research interests

• Market transformation of alternative and replacement fuels in transportation

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James Newcomb

Group Manager

Analysis expertise

• Scenario planning
• Economic analysis of energy technologies and development paths
• Business strategy and industry evolution

Primary research interests

• Renewable energy markets and integration
• Evolution of technology
• Behavioral economics
• Biological systems and biomimicry

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Sandra Reategui

Research Associate

Analysis 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

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Paul Schwabe

Energy and Financial Analyst

Analysis expertise

• Electricity market financial analysis
• Natural gas volume and revenue forecasting
• Energy efficiency and conservation, including electric and natural gas rate decoupling

Primary research interests

• Market penetration and financial incentives
• Statistical modeling and data analysis

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Hillary Smith

Research Partner

Analysis expertise

• Environmental law
• Energy economics

Primary research interests

• Renewable energy in developing countries
• New technology commercialization

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Jenny Sumner

Market Transformation and Policy Analyst

Analysis expertise

• Market analysis
• Policy analysis
• Utility regulation and analysis

Primary research interests

• Renewable energy policy
• Renewable energy and carbon markets

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Norma Stewart

Administrative Assistant

Analysis expertise

• Providing general administrative support

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Suzanne Tegen

Energy and Financial Analyst

Analysis expertise

• Renewable energy policy
• Wind power jobs and economic development
• Economic development impacts from new electricity
• Wind power manufacturing and supply chain

Primary research interests

• Economic and environmental impacts from energy production
• Domestic wind power manufacturing and supply chain issues

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William Wallace

Senior Project Leader

Areas of expertise

• Development and pilot testing of sustainable development models for rural electrification
• Renewable energy programs in developing countries
• Business development and commercialization strategies for biomass, wind, and solar applications

Primary research interests

• International cooperation with China for renewable energy development
• Sustainable rural energy development and rural electrification
• Applications, markets, and policy development for solar, wind and biomass

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