MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS
During our careers, we have studied, analyzed, modeled, forecasted, or simulated a variety of areas and agents in the energy industries. Electricity California Independent System Operator (ISO) Europe Gulf Cooperation Council Japan Mexico Michigan Midcontinent ISO Mississippi New England ISO New Hampshire Oman Pacific Northwest Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland (PJM) ISO Rhode Island Southwest Power Pool Natural Gas Barnett Shale Houston Ship Channel Imperial Valley Mexico NYMEX - Henry Hub Waha Hub Petroleum and Products Bakken Shale International Energy Agency NYMEX - Cushing, Oklahoma Oil and the Macroeconomy OPEC Pacific Basin U.S. Gulf Coast |
TOOLS
Our tool kit is state-of-the-art, while our expertise has matured along with available information technology. Market Simulation Aurora Encompass Plexos Power Market Decision Analysis Model (PMDAM) Econometrics R Stata Mathematical Computing C++ F# Fortran Java Matlab Pascal Python Of Course Microsoft Office SAMPLES OF WORK
Testimony of Daniel Suurkask in Docket A.06-08-010 before the California Public Utilities Commission Testimony of Marc Vatter in Docket SB 2015-06 before the Rhode Island Energy Facilities Siting Board Testimony of Marc Vatter in Case No. U-18250 before the Michigan Public Service Commission |
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
Heintz, H., Spragins, R., & Suurkask, D.F. (2000). Electricity and Gas: Market and Price Convergence, Calgary: Canadian Energy Research Institute, June.
Suurkask, D.F. (2004). “Big Value on a Small Scale”, The Rural Utilities Connection, Fall.
Vatter, M., & Suurkask, D. (2018). The impact of trade with the United States on electric loads in Mexico. Heliyon, 4:8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00717
Vatter, M., & Suurkask, D. (2017). The impact of international trade on electric loads in Mexico. International Association for Energy Economics Energy Forum, 2nd quarter 2017.
https://www.iaee.org/en/publications/newsletterdl.aspx?id=406.
Vatter, M. (2020). Stratified zoning in central cities. Journal of Housing Economics, 50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2020.101716
Vatter, M. (2019). OPEC’s risk premia and volatility in oil prices. International Advances in Economic Research, 25:2. DOI: 10.1007/s11294-019-09734-7
Vatter, M. (2017). OPEC’s kinked demand curve. Energy Economics, 63(March 2017), pp. 272‑287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2017.02.010
Podcast: OPEC as a destabilizing influence; also available at https://www.usaee.org/podcasts.aspx
Video: Discussing transmission costs with New Hampshire Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Kevin Avard.
Video: Discussing manufacturing, net metering rate design, and transmission costs on Perspectives with David Schoneman.
Heintz, H., Spragins, R., & Suurkask, D.F. (2000). Electricity and Gas: Market and Price Convergence, Calgary: Canadian Energy Research Institute, June.
Suurkask, D.F. (2004). “Big Value on a Small Scale”, The Rural Utilities Connection, Fall.
Vatter, M., & Suurkask, D. (2018). The impact of trade with the United States on electric loads in Mexico. Heliyon, 4:8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00717
Vatter, M., & Suurkask, D. (2017). The impact of international trade on electric loads in Mexico. International Association for Energy Economics Energy Forum, 2nd quarter 2017.
https://www.iaee.org/en/publications/newsletterdl.aspx?id=406.
Vatter, M. (2020). Stratified zoning in central cities. Journal of Housing Economics, 50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2020.101716
Vatter, M. (2019). OPEC’s risk premia and volatility in oil prices. International Advances in Economic Research, 25:2. DOI: 10.1007/s11294-019-09734-7
Vatter, M. (2017). OPEC’s kinked demand curve. Energy Economics, 63(March 2017), pp. 272‑287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2017.02.010
Podcast: OPEC as a destabilizing influence; also available at https://www.usaee.org/podcasts.aspx
Video: Discussing transmission costs with New Hampshire Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chair Kevin Avard.
Video: Discussing manufacturing, net metering rate design, and transmission costs on Perspectives with David Schoneman.
CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPS
New Hampshire Business and Industry Association
Northeast Energy and Commerce Association - Legislative Committee