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The following includes summary bios of staff expertise and interests in analysis related to electric regulation and policy; transportation market, fuels, and policies; economic impact; advanced financial analytic methods; international markets; R&D program benefits assessment; portfolio and risk assessment and green power and renewable energy certificate (REC) markets.

Lynn Billman
Lori Bird
Greg Brinkman
Sarah Busche
Jaquelin Cochran
Elliott Cohen
Karlynn Cory
Sadie Cox
Elizabeth Doris (formerly Brown)
Barry Friedman
Rachel Gelman
David Hurlbut
Thomas Jenkin
David Kline
Claire Kreycik
Eric Lantz
Jeffrey Logan
Joyce McLaren
Michael Mendelsohn
Mackay Miller
Gail Mosey
Kathleen Nawaz
James Newcomb
Sandra Reategui
Paul Schwabe
Hillary Smith
Jenny Sumner
Norma Stewart
Suzanne Tegen
William Wallace

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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

More information on Lynn Billman

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Lori Bird

Senior Analyst

Analysis expertise

  • Market analysis
  • Policy analysis

Primary research interests

  • Green power marketing
  • Renewable energy policy

More information on Lori Bird

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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

More information on Sarah Busche

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

More information on Jaquelin Cochran

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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

More information on Karlynn Cory

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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

More information on Sadie Cox

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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

More information on Elizabeth Doris

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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

More information on Barry Friedman

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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

More information on Rachel Gelman

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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

More information on David Hurlbut

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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

More information on Thomas Jenkin

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

More information on Kalia Kehoe

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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

More information on David Kline

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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

More information on Claire Kreycik

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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

More information on Eric Lantz

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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

More information on Jeffrey Logan

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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

More information on Joyce McLaren

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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

More information on Mackay Miller

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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

More information on Gail Mosey

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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

More information on Kathleen Nawaz

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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

More information on James Newcomb

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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

More information on Sandra Reategui

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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

More information on Paul Schwabe

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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

More information on Hillary Smith

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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

More information on Jenny Sumner

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Norma Stewart

Administrative Assistant

Analysis expertise

  • Providing general administrative support

More information on Norma Stewart

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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

More information on Suzanne Tegen

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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

More information on William Wallace

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

 

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