Jed Bailey

About Jed Bailey

Clients call me to identify opportunities and risks from the energy transition, then develop and execute strategies to adapt and grow. I have worked across the global energy value chain, with particular expertise in climate tech growth and strategy. For 30 years, I have built and led entrepreneurial teams in startups and established companies. I now spend my time consulting for companies, multilateral organizations, and governments; mentoring and judging clean tech startups through Boston\'s various accelerators and competitions; and, writing.I have written more than 100 reports and articles for IHS and Energy Narrative research subscribers, think tanks, the Inter-American Development Bank, and industry journals.

Experience

1. Founder and Managing Director

   Energy Narrative

   Jun 2011 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US

   Energy Narrative provides strategic market analysis for the energy transition. As Managing Director, I lead the group\'s research, client engagements, and operations. I have recently led Energy Narrative projects that have:• Analyzed emerging business models for distributed energy resource (DER) companies, assessed their impact on incumbent electric utilities, and proposed regulatory and strategic responses. • Provided market due diligence for a global energy trader\'s investment in a 600 MW power plant using gas-fired engines to provide rapid response to intermittent solar and wind. • Detailed an EV roadmap to 2035 for the Laos government. • Supported the US Department of State\'s efforts to establish a credit guarantee facility to support renewable energy investment in the Caribbean.• Advised the Government of Barbados on battery storage technologies, natural gas infrastructure development, and options to achieve a zero net-carbon balance by 2030. • Performed a full feasibility study of the potential for a regional natural gas market in the Caribbean, including a global review of small-scale natural gas markets LNG and CNG technologies, estimating the cost to deliver gas, and selecting the most appropriate technology, commercial and contractual arrangements. • Quantified the Government of Guyana\'s expected economic benefits from alternative domestic uses for its offshore associated natural gas reserves. • Advised on the commercial risks and opportunities in Mexico’s wholesale electricity market.

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  MS, Technology and Policy (Energy focus)

  1996 — 1998

• University of Wyoming

  BSME, Mechanical Engineering

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Start-Ups
• Energy Markets
• Energy Management
• Cleantech
• Power Generation
• Leadership
• Analytical Skills
• Management
• Petroleum
• Market Analysis
• Latin America
• Solar Energy
• Sustainable Energy
• Analysis
• Energy Economics
• Energy Industry
• Energy
• Country Risk Analysis
• Renewable Energy
• Gas
• Business Strategy
• Project Finance
• Strategic Planning
• Economics
• Climate Change
• Alternative Energy
• Energy Efficiency
• Energy Policy
• Scenario Planning
• Strategy
• Natural Gas