David Deslauriers

About David Deslauriers

Leads an energy and utility economic and regulatory advisory practice focusing on assisting utilities, Integrated System Operators (ISO), investors, public agencies and regulators plan for and adapt to industry change. Our service areas include: utility litigation support and expert testimony, regulatory policy and strategy, incentive regulation and performance-based rates, electric and natural transmission rates and planning, FERC regulatory compliance, energy market studies and modeling, market design and asset-based M&A transactions due diligence. The practice actively supports our clients in their efforts to transform and deliver the “Utility of the Future” and to evaluate the policy, regulatory and customer side aspects of deploying new technologies (including renewables and other distributed energy resources into the market). We closely follow FERC and state level regulatory and policy actions and assist our clients in providing economic studies, evidence and market insights to help them shape policy and rate reform through the regulatory and stakeholder processes.Extensive expert witness experience before the FERC, numerous state regulatory bodies, and Canadian provincial bodies.

Experience

1. Vice President - Energy

   Charles River Associates

   Sep 2019 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   Leads an energy and utility regulatory economic and compliance practice focusing on assisting utilities, utility commissions, state agencies, and other stakeholders in energy industry change with achieving objectives and adapting to new demands of rapidly evolving industry. Works directly with infrastructure funds, private equity, and other investors to provide due diligence assistance wity utility and energy M&A transactions. Experienced expert witness before FERC, state regulatory bodies, and Canadian provincial bodies.Practice area includes: FERC regulatory and litigation support, FERC compliance, electric transmission formula rates, regulatory policy, market studies, rates and regulatory strategy (transmission and distribution), resource planning (including renewables/distributed energy resources), and asset transaction support.

Education

• College of the Holy Cross

  B.A., Economics

• Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business

  M.B.A., Finance and Management

Skills

• Commodity Markets
• Strategy
• Pjm
• Financial Modeling
• Smart Grid
• Energy Markets
• Renewable Energy
• Electric Power
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Finance Transformation
• Utility Rate Analysis
• Energy Industry
• Energy
• Due Diligence
• Management
• Policy
• Economics
• Management Consulting
• Demand Response
• Natural Gas
• Project Planning
• Electricity Markets