Marc Hellman

Background

About Marc Hellman

Dr. Hellman is currently Interim Administrator of the Rates, Finance and Audit Division at the Oregon Public Utility Commission, a position he also held from 2001 - 2017. Dr. Hellman is also President of MH Energy Economics LLC, and has over 40 years’ experience in the field of regulatory utility economics and has consulted for telecommunications and electric industries, customer groups as well as Boeing Computer Services. Given Dr. Hellman's current employment at the Oregon PUC, Dr. Hellman's consulting work not only excludes any party or interest group that appears before the Oregon PUC or utility that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Oregon PUC, but also excludes any energy entity conducting business in any state of the United States. Beginning in 1979, Dr. Hellman was employed by the Public Utility Commission of Oregon (OPUC) in various capacities and has specialized in negotiating agreements on a wide range of issues as well cost-based pricing and revenue requirements analysis for electric, natural gas, telecommunications and water industries. Up to September 2017, Dr. Hellman was Administrator of the Energy Rates, Finance and Audit Division and managed over a dozen expert staff of economists, accountants, and financial analysts dedicated to conducting a wide range of research on such matters including: utility cost of capital, utility financing applications, rate spread and rate design, utility merger and acquisitions, as well as conducting utility audits and benchmarking studies. In 2013, Dr. Hellman was appointed to advise the Oregon Governor’s Office on the Columbia River Treaty review. Dr. Hellman returned to the Oregon PUC in December 2018 as a Senior Economist focusing on energy policy issues. Dr. Hellman received his PhD in Economics from Claremont Graduate School in 1983, and from 2008 through September 2016, was an instructor at Oregon State University teaching micro and macroeconomics as well as energy economics. Dr. Hellman has also previously provided consulting services for the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation with headquarters in Saipan, the Smart Energy Alliance in a Nevada Power general rate filing before the Nevada Commission, Renewable Energy Coalition, the Rocky Mountain Coalition for Renewable Energy, South Dakota Intrastate Pipeline Company and Georgetown Consulting Group.