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John is a senior electricity market analyst and electricity policy consultant based in Boston, with over 25 years of experience in energy market analysis, power procurement, project valuation, and policy analysis and development.
He offers extensive experience in evaluation and analysis of electricity markets and competitive position of generation technologies and projects within these markets, including development of power market price forecasts, implementation of power procurement processes, and development and evaluation of renewable energy policies. John has used market price forecasting tools to evaluate generation and transmission system investments in markets across North America. He has defended these forecasts in formal regulatory proceedings and before lenders and investors.
John also has extensive experience with respect to the application of competitive procurement processes for transmission investments, advising clients on development and participation in such processes. He has testified on electricity market price forecasts, wholesale market competitiveness issues, transmission pricing issues, power contracting policies and electric utility resource planning issues.
John has a BA in Economics from Brown University and an MBA from Boston University.
Jason is a senior electricity market and electricity policy consultant based in Toronto, with 25 years of experience in competitive and regulated electricity markets. He has acted for multiple clients with business and policy interests across Canada and the United States, within areas of generation development and investments, transmission and distribution development, energy storage development, market assessment and intelligence, business strategy, wholesale electricity market design, power procurement, energy policy development, and regulatory and litigation support.
Prior to joining Power Advisory, he was the Director of Generation Procurement at the Ontario Power Authority, and previous to that led resource adequacy, market development, and market surveillance initiatives for the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator.
Jason is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Renewable Energy Association, a member of the Advisory Board of Business Renewables Centre Canada, and is the renewable generator representative on the Independent Electricity System Operator’s Technical Panel.
He was selected as the Hedley Palmer award recipient from the Association of Power Producers of Ontario in 2019 as a leading contributor to the independent power industry, and in 2009 he was awarded with the Canadian Solar Industries Association Leader of the Year award.
Jason holds an MA in Economics with a focus on financial markets and graduated from York University and the University of Toronto.
Andrew is an experienced electricity sector consultant based in Boston with 20 years of experience focusing on renewable energy and other emerging energy technologies. He serves a variety of clients including financial investors, utility companies, project developers, and equipment vendors on issues of investment decisions, market assessments, and go-to-market strategy.
Andrew’s main focus areas are solar and wind generation, but he also has expertise in energy storage, EVs, home energy management, energy efficiency, smart grid/microgrids, energy services companies, demand response, and research and development at utilities.
He has conducted dozens of commercial and technical due diligence assignments for financial and strategic investors on transactions involving energy assets and companies. Andrew’s principal focus is on the United States and Canada electricity markets, but over the course of his career, his assignments have taken him across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Prior to Power Advisory, he was a Director in the Energy Practice at Navigant Consulting where he spent 15 years.
Andrew has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from Babson College.
Michael is an experienced electricity sector consultant based in Toronto, with over 30 years of experience in both the public and private sectors working on energy and infrastructure projects.
He has advised clients on contractual and commercial matters, undertaken due diligence for equity investors and lenders, prepared financial and energy models for generation projects, and advised clients on integrating contracts into electricity markets in Ontario, Alberta, and across the United States. Michael also provides end-to-end procurement-related advice to clients from project initiation to close-out.
Prior to joining Power Advisory, he was the Director, Contract Management at the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator and was responsible for over 30,000 MW of generation contracts as well as the Energy Support programs.
Michael has a BSc from the University of Toronto, an MEng degree in civil engineering from McMaster University, an MBA from McMaster University, and an Honours LLB from Nottingham Law School in the United Kingdom, and is also a licensed PEng in Ontario.
Peter is an electricity sector professional based in Boston with over fifteen years of experience in the industry. His expertise includes project development, risk assessment and mitigation, market and regulatory analysis, and commercial viability determination. Peter assists clients with the diverse array of project and program design activities including market analysis, project scoping, interconnection, stakeholder engagement, procurement/bid design, and project execution.
Peter previously worked with Anbaric Development Partners, leading development of transmission and energy storage projects in New England, with a particular focus on transmission for offshore wind, interregional and cross-border transmission projects, grid scale energy storage, and microgrid projects. Prior to Anbaric, Peter led the Clean Energy Initiative at the research and advocacy organization Acadia Center, where he was centrally involved in the development of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and carbon pricing policy at the state and regional levels.
Peter received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Yale University and a Master of Environmental Science from Trinity College, Dublin.
Based in Brooklyn, New York, Adrienne is a renewable energy, clean infrastructure, and sustainability expert with over 15 years of experience in on- and offshore wind turbine manufacturing and supply chain development, policy, and project development in Europe, the US, and Canada, and currently serves on several national boards in support of the offshore wind industry.
As the former Director of Offshore Wind at NYSERDA, and a Member of the Board of Directors of Bluepoint Wind, LLC she offers unique insights into the project, legislative, regulatory, policy, large-scale resource and technology landscape, and stakeholder continuums in the New York/New Jersey Bight, including procurement and financial analysis, integrated technology assessments, impact and cost/benefit analyses, resource adequacy and transmission and interconnection planning, and project development.
Her recent experiences with pioneering floating wind developer and technology solution provider, Hexicon, have expanded her reach to international private development regimes, M&A, and the technical complexities of deep-water environments in global markets, including South Africa and South Korea.
Adrienne is an acknowledged thought leader in navigating the complexities of policy, technical, commercial, and social dimensions of projects, policy development, and legal frameworks, including workforce development and training, equity, social justice, and inclusivity, with meticulous attention to detail and skill in stakeholder communication.
Adrienne holds a B.Eng in chemical engineering from McGill University and M.Sc. in sustainable environmental systems from the Pratt Institute.
Travis Lusney is a Professional Engineer (licensed in Ontario) with over 15 years of experience in the regulated and commercial electricity sectors. He offers relevant experience in transmission and distribution power system planning, generation procurement strategy, policy development and power purchase agreement negotiations. Travis provides clients with a unique expertise in the integration between generation development and transmission/distribution planning by providing advice on project risk assessment and strategic investment.
Travis is an expert in energy storage resources and their applicability to customers, grid operators and wholesale markets. Travis has performed extensive analysis for a wide range of customers on the opportunities, risks and impacts of energy storage resources on power systems. Travis has deep expertise in competitive energy procurement having worked on various procurement initiatives as the independent administrator including Nova Scotia wind RFP in 2012 and Emera’s Atlantic Link Notice of Solicitation for renewables in 2017. Travis offers clients participating in competitive energy procurements through competition strategy, competitor analysis along with offering detailed knowledge of generation curtailment risk, regional transmission constraints and power system operational restrictions for all electricity market participants.
Prior to Power Advisory, Travis worked as a Senior Business Analyst as the lead on the ongoing evolution of the Feed-In Tariff program for the OPA. Travis worked as a Transmission Planner at the OPA where he was a lead for connection assessment development as part of the Feed-In Tariff program, reviewing both transmission and distribution impacts. He was also involved in developing regional integrated system plans with ten to twenty year planning horizons along with assessing bulk system requirements. He was the lead on a study on Distributed Generation impacts in urban centers to understand the barriers and benefits of large scale integration. Previous to his work at the OPA, Travis was a Distribution Engineer at Hydro Ottawa where he was responsible for capital planning, asset management, reliability analysis, regulatory filing support and project management.
Travis has served on the board of the Queen’s University Engineering Society Services Inc.(QUESSI – the Campus Bookstore) and was a University Councillor for Queen’s University. Travis has an MSc in Electrical Engineering and a BSc in Electrical Engineering, both from Queen’s University.
Sarah is a seasoned professional with more than 15 years of experience in the electricity sector, based in Toronto. She has worked with a diverse range of clients, including distributors and transmitters, system operators, regulators, utility-scale and distributed generators, energy storage providers, consumers, and emerging technology companies.
Sarah specializes in regulatory and policy matters, utility strategy and business models, market evolution, and non-wires solutions (NWS). She has a strong focus on the energy transition and distributed energy resources (DERs). Her expertise has driven innovation across the sector, as highlighted by her contributions to projects such as the Electricity Distributors Association's Solving Grid-Lock: Our Vision for a Customer-Centric Energy Transition, the Ontario Energy Board's Electric Delivery Rates for Electric Vehicle Charging, and the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator’s Innovation Roadmap and Workplan.
Currently, Sarah provides strategic guidance on electricity policy, regulatory developments, and grid modernization. Her work includes developing utility strategies for the energy transition, designing frameworks for DER participation, and implementing NWS. Prior to joining Power Advisory, she played a key role in developing and launching Ontario's Feed-in Tariff Program at the Ontario Power Authority, which enabled the widespread adoption of renewable energy in the province.
Sarah holds an MSc in Environmental Studies with a specialization in electricity pricing policy from the University of Waterloo and a BSc in Environmental Science with a focus on environmental monitoring and analysis from the University of Guelph.
Ketan’s focus has been quantitative analysis over the last 16 years, covering electricity market monitoring and reporting,market design, market simulations and supporting policy and regulatory matters with quantitative insights. In his previous role, Ketan led the Enforcement and Analytics teams at the Market Surveillance Administrator overseeing the creation of quantitative reports on the Alberta market as well as investigative matters. Prior to that, at the AESO, Ketan led Alberta market modeling initiatives including quantitative analysis for the Energy Only vs Capacity market, annual market reporting and bespoke analytical projects covering co-optimization,operating reserves and ramp rate analysis to name a few.
Ketan has also led data acquisition, governance and maturity as well as Business Intelligence dashboarding initiatives with focus on quicker decision effectiveness. Ketan holds an M.Sc. in Predictive Analytics from Northwestern University and a B.Sc. in Actuarial Science from the University of Calgary.
Kris is an Energy Economist and financial analyst based in Calgary, with 20 years of experience in the electricity industry. His expertise includes electricity market forecasting, renewable generation, policy development, electricity market design and rule development, carbon policy, market risk evaluation, market operations, and emissions costing.
Kris has worked with a range of clients in all segments of the market, with a particular focus on generation owners and developers, including renewable generation developers, gas-fired generation developers and new technology developers such as storage. He has assisted in evaluating investment opportunities, supporting commercial negotiations, assessing project and policy risk and valuing renewable energy attributes across a range of markets. Kris has also worked with government policy makers in designing renewable contracts as well as evaluating the impact of different carbon pricing regimes.
Prior to joining Power Advisory, Kris was the Manager of Market Analysis at TransAlta, where he was responsible for developing price forecasts of energy, capacity, and RECs across North American markets, supporting project acquisitions and development. Prior to TransAlta, Kris worked for the Alberta Utilities Commission and at the Alberta Electric System Operator within the market design group.
Leonard has been working in the electricity sector for over20 years, including time with Shell Trading, Canadian Renewable Energy Association and as a consultant. Leonard has performed financial and market analysis for projects and clients in most Canadian provinces, multiple US markets and Ireland. Leonard has been involved in supporting policy activities through engagement with government decision makers, system operators and regulatory processes. As the Director of Energy Storage for CanREA, Leonard authored “Laying the Foundation”, which was published in February, 2022. The whitepaper outlines the actions necessary to ensure the regulatory frameworks and market structures are in place to enable energy storage deployment across Canada.
Leonard has a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mathematics from McGill University, and, concurrently with his work at Power Advisory, is completing his PhD in Mathematical Finance at the University of Calgary in the area of electricity price modelling.
Darryl is an experienced electricity sector professional based in Toronto, with over 20 years of experience in both the public and private sectors working on energy and infrastructure projects.
He has extensive experience with all facets of power procurements including technical/financial analysis, contract negotiations, and policy development.
Prior to joining Power Advisory, he held roles as the Director, Generation Procurement and Director, Contract Management at the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator.
Darryl has a BASc and MASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and is also a licensed PEng in Ontario.
Brady is an Energy Economist with over 12 years of experience in the electricity sector, both with regulated utilities and electricity markets, based in Toronto. He has participated in dozens of regulatory hearings at the Ontario Energy Board, including drafting arguments and cross-examining witnesses. Brady also appeared before parliamentary committees. His research and commentary on the electricity sector and other regulated sectors has been published and quoted extensively in the media and the legislature.
Prior to coming to Power Advisory, Brady worked as a Senior Analyst within the Market Assessment and Compliance Division at the Independent Electricity System Operator. As part of that role, he conducted analysis on the competitiveness of Ontario’s electricity market and assessment of potential exercises and abuse of market power, including drafting reports published by the Market Surveillance Panel among other reports and studies. He was also an economist and Executive Director of the Consumer Policy Institute, a public advocacy group that regularly participated in regulatory proceedings.
Brady holds an MA in Economics from York University and a Masters in Writing and Cultural Politics from the University of Edinburgh.
Kausar is a Toronto-based electricity sector professional with over 15 years of experience in the energy industry. She supports clients with understanding the impacts of growing electrification trends on energy systems. She has extensive experience bridging the technical capabilities of energy systems with policy and regulatory frameworks. As an electricity system planner Kausar has developed electricity plans across short, medium, and long-term time horizons. These plans include an understanding of transmission, conservation-demand management programs, distributed energy resources as well as traditional generation assets. Kausar has worked closely with various stakeholders to better understand how energy systems are transitioning. This includes local utilities, governments across all levels and various grass-roots interest groups. Her work also includes evaluating the impacts of electricity rates, conservation programs and behavioural programs on the electricity grid. Kausar has been involved in program development and delivery, procurement and market design.
Before joining Power Advisory, Kausar worked for the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) for over ten years. While at the IESO she held various management roles in System Planning, Operations, Conservation-Demand Management, Operations and Market Renewal. She has also held positions with Ontario Power Generation and Enbridge Gas as well as conducted research on behalf of think tanks including; the Centre for International Governance Innovation, Carleton Sustainable Energy Research Centre and the Centre for Trade Policy and Law.
Kausar holds a Bachelor of Environment and Business and a Masters in Global Governance from the University of Waterloo.
Roy is an electricity sector professional with over 20 years of experience. He offers broad and unique energy sector experience over a wide range of regulatory and policy matters, having worked for the government, regulator and industry. He has extensive experience collaborating on policy development with senior executives and staff of the Government of Ontario, Ontario Energy Board (OEB), Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), regulated electric and gas utilities, technology and service providers, and other sector stakeholders.
Roy has supported clients on a board range of electricity regulatory and policy matters, including sector evolution, energy affordability, grid modernization, business development opportunities, energy transition, distribution system operator models, and distributed energy resources.
Prior to joining Power Advisory, Roy was a Special Advisor at the Ontario Ministry of Energy, providing strategic advice to senior executives on the mandate and governance of the OEB, Ontario's energy regulator. While at the Ministry, he also provided policy advice and research support to the Electrification and Energy Transition Panel, an advisory body established to help Ontario’s economy prepare for electrification and the energy transition.
Previously, Roy was the Director of Policy at the Ontario Energy Association, where he helped lead the development of policy positions, priorities and advocacy strategies as well as representing the industry’s interests before the government, regulator and system operator.
Roy served at the OEB for over eleven years. While at the OEB, he worked on a variety of policy issues and adjudicative proceedings, including time-of-use pricing and smart metering, compliance and rate hearings, smart grid and distributed energy resources, generator connection policies, review of the integrated power system plan and procurement processes, as well as providing interpretation of legal and regulatory requirements to stakeholders.
In addition to his energy sector experience, Roy has held public policy research positions at the Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity and the Panel on the Role of Government in Ontario.
He holds BA and MA degrees in Economics from the University of Toronto.
Christine is an Economist based in Calgary, with over a decade of experience in the electricity industry. She has experience in regulatory and markets. Christine’s experience includes transmission tariff rate design and terms and conditions (including GUOC, line losses, substation fraction, adjusted metering, etc.), performance-based regulation and other aspects of distribution tariffs (including DCG Credits), regulated rate option energy price setting plans, and capacity markets.
She has worked with a range of clients in all segments of the electricity market, with a particular focus on utilities and generation owners and developers, including DCG developers, renewable generation developers, and co-generation owners. Christine has testified before the Alberta Utilities Commission and worked behind the scenes on regulatory application development and to support regulatory files. She has also represented clients in Alberta Electric System Operator and Department of Energy consultations.
Prior to joining Power Advisory, Christine worked for the Alberta Utilities Commission in the distribution rates department and for the Alberta Electric System Operator in the competitive process department.
Christine holds an MA in Economics from the University of Calgary.
Greg is an electricity sector professional with eight years of experience in the industry. He focuses on applying economic principles and computational tools to issues in climate, energy policy, and electricity markets.
Prior to Power Advisory, Greg worked in power system planning and market analysis at Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator. He has broad experience in all aspects of production cost modelling and probabilistic resource adequacy assessments. This includes capacity accreditation techniques for solar, wind, hydroelectric, demand response, and storage resources. Greg is proficient in demand forecasting for low-emissions scenarios and frequently evaluates strategies to maximize the value of demand-side participation in the power system.
Greg has also forecasted cost and market performance for most forms of generation and storage, including emerging technologies such as hydrogen, creating financial models and performing cost-benefit assessments to compare resource options. His experience in electricity markets includes price forecasting, market monitoring, and drafting reports on competitiveness and economic efficiency. He has also worked on the design of resource procurements and capacity auctions.
Greg holds a BASc in Engineering Science, majoring in Energy Systems Engineering, from the University of Toronto.
Brendan has 15 years of experience in data analytics and policy development in the energy sector, with roles in innovation, power system planning, market assessment, renewable energy, and conservation and demand management (CDM). Since joining Power Advisory, Brendan has leveraged his Ontario market experience from working at the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) and Ontario Power Authority to work on projects across Atlantic Canada as well as transmission projects in the northeast and southwest US.
In Atlantic Canada, Brendan has conducted capacity expansion modelling and provided market analysis for government, utilities, institutions and developers. He has developed and assessed supply mix scenarios and price forecasts, analyzed electricity rates and tariffs, and researched market opportunities for onshore renewables, offshore wind, energy storage and green hydrogen.
Brendan’s transmission experience includes providing project management, strategy and technical writing support for a developer’s bid for a transmission project with the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to connect qualified offshore wind projects to the PJM market. He led the analysis and report writing for two transmission projects in the southwest US that successfully participated in the DOE’s Transmission Facilitation Program, with the first project being short-listed by the DOE and the second offered a capacity contract. Brendan also led the analysis and report writing for the New England-Maritimes Offshore Energy Corridor (NEMOEC) White Paper for a coalition of offshore wind and green hydrogen developers and presented the findings at webinars.
As a power system planner at the IESO, Brendan modeled the long-term effects of carbon pricing on generation and intertie flows for jurisdictions across the Northeast, managed the avoided cost and GHG emission analysis, and worked on Integrated Regional Resource Plans as a transmission planner. During his time with the Market Assessment Unit at the IESO, Brendan led the market analysis for the Ontario Energy Board’s Market Surveillance Panel for six of their Monitoring Reports including topics on renewable energy forecast uncertainty, Operating Reserve markets, gas generation commitments, capacity planning, need assessment processes, reliability standards, the role of non-firm imports, carbon pricing, and competitive procurements. While based in Scotland, Brendan was a wind energy analyst with a global developer and a consultancy where he conducted wind resource assessments for sites, designed wind farm layouts and calculated energy yields.
Andrew Blair is an energy sector professional with 7 years of experience in energy regulation. His primary focus is economic price regulation, including cost allocation and rate design. He regularly prepares models, reports, and other written evidence for electricity and natural gas utility application filings and appears in regulatory hearings.
Prior to joining Power Advisory, Andrew was a Senior Consultant with Elenchus Research Associates. Andrew has been engaged in the energy regulatory process with a range of clients including utilities, consumer advocates, an electricity worker union, and industrial customers across multiple jurisdictions. Andrew provides cost of service support to 3 to 5 Ontario distributors annually in the areas of load forecasting, cost allocation, and rate design. He is also an instructor in MEARIE’s Regulatory Specialist Certificate program in these areas.
His experience in economic price regulation extends beyond the energy sector to water utilities and setting quasi-governmental user fees. Andrew holds an MA in Economics from Carleton University and a BA in Economics and Financial Management from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Rakesh Puram is an energy market professional with over 12 years of experience in energy regulation and market analysis. His expertise includes policy development, market design and rule development, market entry, and market analysis and assessment. Rakesh assists clients with a range of program and project support including project scoping, project management, and stakeholder engagement and support.
Prior to joining Power Advisory, Rakesh worked at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) where he led teams in analyzing complex regulatory and policy issues in electric and natural gas markets, focusing on promoting competitiveness and efficiency. His work included significant contributions to energy reliability, as well as energy and capacity market design. He also led the preparation and presentation of notable FERC publications such as the State of the Markets Report. Before joining FERC, Rakesh was an Engagement Manager at Booz Allen Hamilton, advising on technology solutions, and growth strategies for various clients in the defense industry.
Rakesh holds a Master of Public Policy with a focus on Energy Policy from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Thomas is an electric and natural gas sector professional. His experience includes policy development and utility regulation, including rate design, cost of service, integrated resource planning, and DER integration.
Prior to joining Power Advisory, Thomas worked at Strategen Consulting where he supported testimony in electric and natural gas utility rate cases and planning proceedings. His work contributed to the development of gas planning requirements, low-income customer protections, and policies supporting decarbonization. Before joining Strategen, Thomas was a Manager at OSIsoft (now Aveva), where he priced industrial software for energy sector customers.
Thomas holds a Master of Public Policy with a focus on Energy Policy from the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Brown University.
Ami is an energy and electricity market consultant with a broad focus providing research and analysis support on renewable energy development and power procurement, regulatory compliance, market assessment and electricity market design, based in Boston. She advises project developers, investors, utilities and public sector agencies.
At Power Advisory, she has evaluated paths to market for offshore wind and merchant transmission projects in the US and Canada. Ami has reviewed BOEM federal offshore wind lease areas and the status of the accompanying offshore wind projects, with special attention to regulatory, transmission and interconnection. Additionally, Ami has assessed the competitiveness and auction behavior of bidders in the recent BOEM wind energy area auctions. Ami has also supported a number of retail rate and renewable energy credit forecasting efforts for several C&I and community solar portfolio evaluations on the buy-side and sell-side, covering over 30 state markets.
Prior to joining Power Advisory, Ami held positions with the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) Clean Energy Extension Office, helping with early development of their Offshore Wind Professional Certificate, and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Ami is a Finance MBA candidate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and holds a dual BSc in Resource Economics and Environmental Science from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Commonwealth Honors College.
Avi Lipsitz is an Ontario energy sector profession with a decade of extensive experience at the intersection of energy policy and government relations. Prior to joining Power Advisory, Avi worked for the Ontario Ministry of Energy, where he led the design and implementation of various rate mitigation and energy affordability programs, contributed to the governance reform of the Ontario Energy Board, and oversaw the policy framework for Ontario's energy consumer protection regime. Avi’s background also includes LDC and trade association experience. Avi has a BA in political science from McGill University and an MA from the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Toronto.
Jessica has three years of experience in the electricity, energy, and regulatory space, focusing on applying economic principles to issues in market design and assessment, renewables policies, and regulatory compliance. She has supported the development of several computational tools for market monitoring and automated data analysis.
Prior to joining Power Advisory, Jessica worked for the Market Surveillance Administrator, where she contributed to ongoing research, analysis, and reporting on Alberta’s wholesale, forward, and ancillary market outcomes and design, and has led several investigative matters.
Jessica graduated from the University of Calgary with a B.A. Honours in Economics and a B.Sc. in Computer Science.
Andrew is an energy market consultant, based in Boston, providing research and analysis support. He focuses on performing market analysis for renewable project developments across North America.
Originally joining Power Advisory as a research analyst, Andrew has provided research and analysis of retail electricity rates and electricity markets for renewable project developers. This includes supporting the development of REC forecasting models and assessing energy storage development opportunities throughout the US. He has experience reviewing energy procurements and analyzing renewable policies in the Northeast US. Prior to joining Power Advisory, Andrew worked with Northeast Clean Energy Council as part of the Cleantech Navigate program.
Andrew holds a BA in Economics and Environmental Studies from Tufts University.
Keeley is an energy and electricity market consultant based in Boston. She provides research and analysis support on renewable energy development and power procurement, regulatory compliance, market assessment,and electricity market design. She advises project developers, investors, utilities and public sector agencies.
Prior to joining Power Advisory, Keeley worked in consulting at Industrial Economics Inc., where she worked in the program evaluation, air quality, and environmental justice practices. She has experience working in commercial solar development at Sun Bug Solar and renewable energy consulting at Sustainable Energy Advantage. Keeley also earned research grants from the Boston University Campus Climate Lab to study strategies for electrification at the university.
Keeley holds a BA in Environmental Analysis and Policy and an MS in Energy and Environment, both from Boston University."
Andrew Metz is an energy market consultant with over three years of experience in energy-related modelling and analysis. Andrew provides research support on electric rates, energy policy, and market assessment.
He has assisted with the sale of large renewable generation portfolios and the evaluation process for Massachusetts offshore wind solicitations. Prior to joining Power Advisory, Andrew held research and engineering positions in academia and at aerospace and renewable energy startups.
Andrew holds an M.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Colorado Boulder and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Maria Navarro has three years of experience in the electricity and energy space. She focuses on applying econometric principles and computational tools to issues in energy data analytics and load forecasting. Her experience includes demand forecasting, automated data analysis, and energy market assessment.
Prior to Power Advisory, Maria worked in electricity load forecasting and modeling research at TESLA Forecasting. She built and calibrated high-accuracy forecasting models and managed cross-functional teams on complex data analytics projects. She also optimized probabilistic forecasting evaluation methodologies, enhanced model performance tracking systems, and supported the development of scalable solutions for embedded generation forecasts across diverse markets.
Maria holds a MS in Business Analytics from Brandeis University and a BS in Mathematical Economics from the University of Richmond.
Tyama is a graduate of the University of Toronto, with a degree in electrical and computer engineering. Through this she has gained experience in computer programming and data analysis, as well as energy systems and economics. Her area of focus is Forecasts and Studies, and she is proficient in Python, R and advanced data modelling and machine learning.
Nadiha is a graduate of the University of Toronto, with a degree in Chemical Engineering and minor in Engineering Business. Through her studies she has gained experience in computer programming, and data analysis, as well as energy systems and finance. She also gained experience with industry standard energy modelling tools and supply planning for Ontario’s electricity market during her co-op placement with the Independent Electricity Systems Operator. Additionally, she is proficient in Python and advanced functions in Excel.
Jaclyn is an energy and electricity market consultant with experience working for an electric utility. For Power Advisory she provides research support for regulatory proceedings, renewable generation project development, and transmission facility assessments. She is a recent graduate of Tufts University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Environmental Science and Policy. Prior to joining Power Advisory, Jaclyn worked with National Grid as a member of the Electric Project Development department, where she assisted with electrical infrastructure project identification. She also worked as an R&D Mechanical Engineer at Signify, where she conducted product redesigns to advance sustainability efforts.
Anne is a third-year chemical engineering student at the University of Toronto. She is pursuing a sustainable energy minor and plays varsity soccer. Her degree focuses on energy policy, the energy transition and sustainable processes. She is proficient in Python, process simulation software and data analysis.
Julie is Power Advisory’s Office and Accounts Manager based in Toronto. She has eight years of experience in bookkeeping and credit management for a private whole distribution company. As well, she has five years experience with operations and project coordination in financial services. Julie holds a degree in Economics and Psychology from the University of Toronto.
