Esat Serhat Guney

Background

About Esat Serhat Guney

Highly experienced Energy and Regulatory Economist with substantial expertise in electricity and natural gas industries - Ph.D. in Economics with a specialization in energy and regulatory economics - More than 25 years of extensive academic and practical experience in; o energy network industries, wholesale and retail energy markets, o electricity system operations, market power analysis, market monitoring and mitigation, o economic modeling, energy sector planning, competition policy, o regulatory and market design, restructuring, unbundling, o asset divestiture, mergers and acquisitions, o avoided cost, going-forward cost and generator retirement analysis, o marginal cost determination, energy pricing and tariff-making, o demand forecasts and supply plans, demand-side management, o renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, cost-benefit analysis-Strong regulatory expertise gained in the U.S.A. through participating in numerous regulatory proceedings, examining expert witnesses, preparing regulatory orders and rulemakings at the state level and preparing compliance filings at the federal level; emerging market experience gained through providing consulting services in energy market restructuring and regulatory reform projects for private/public sector clients and in projects funded by international financial institutions (e.g, WB, EBRD) and the E.U-Substantial hands-on experience in international and U.S. markets in both regulatory and industry sides of the energy sector, having served as Lead Energy Economist at Southwest Power Pool-Market Monitoring Unit, Independent Consultant, Executive Consultant at AF-Mercados EMI, Senior Economist at New York Independent System Operator-Market Monitoring Unit, and Senior Regulatory Economist at Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities-Electric Power and Natural Gas Divisions-Background includes teaching economics as Adjunct Assistant Professor at Bentley University, Economics Department.