Caroline Palmer

Advancing the public interest and a clean energy transition in utility regulation

Role
Principal Associate at Synapse Energy Economics
Location
Boston, MA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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Experience

  1. Principal Associate

    Synapse Energy Economics

    Jun 2024 — Present · Cambridge, MA, US

    I provide expert witness and consulting services on behalf of public interest clients in regulatory proceedings. I specialize in electric utility cost of service, class revenue apportionment, advanced rate design, decoupling, and distributed generation interconnection, cost allocation, and compensation. My work focuses on ratepayer protection and pricing that incentivizes consumers to manage their electricity usage in line with the needs of the evolving power system.I have sponsored testimony in Massachusetts, Maine, North Carolina, and Oklahoma. I\'ve evaluated and recommended alternative methodologies in embedded and marginal cost of service studies in jurisdictions including Alaska, Utah, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Nevada. I\'ve also analyzed and proposed alternatives to utility revenue apportionment, the subjective step linking cost of service and rate design, in Indiana, Maryland, and Utah. I have developed alternative rate designs for residential, commercial and industrial, and electric vehicle customers, countered residential fixed charge increases, designed successor net metering tariffs, and proposed time of use periods in multiple jurisdictions.

Education

  • Georgetown University

    BS in Foreign Service, Science Technology and International Affairs: Energy and Environment

    2009 — 2013

  • University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy

    Master of Public Policy, Electricity Regulation & Clean Energy Policy

    2017 — 2019

Skills

  • Solar Energy
  • Community Outreach
  • Research
  • Data Analysis
  • Environmental Policy
  • Climate Change
  • Energy Policy
  • Sustainability
  • Policy
  • Renewable Energy
  • Public Policy
  • Microsoft Office
  • Sustainable Development
  • International Development
  • Public Speaking
  • Policy Analysis
  • Energy Economics
  • Environmental Awareness
  • Renewable Energy Policy
  • Renewable Energy Systems
  • Analysis

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