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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
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SAMPLES OF WORK

​Testimony of Daniel Suurkask in Docket A.06-08-010 before the California Public Utilities Commission
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​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.
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​CORPORATE MEMBERSHIPS

New Hampshire Business and Industry Association

Northeast Energy and Commerce Association - Legislative Committee

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