Mario Depillis

About Mario Depillis

SUMMARYAccomplished economist and manager in the electric industry. Specialized expertise in designing, implementing, operating, and evaluating the performance of wholesale energy markets. Served as Director of the Independent Market Monitor managing market monitoring for Mexico’s national 78 GW wholesale electricity market. Over 16 years of experience at ISO-New England in market monitoring and market design. CORE COMPETENCIES• Market design and market rules• Market monitoring• Testimony• Wholesale electricity markets• Markets with high renewables • Evaluation of competition• Team leadershipKEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS• Led team advising California on strategies to reduce costs of transmission build out.• Led team advising group of countries in Southeast Asia on quickest methods of starting an international market for electricity.• Provided Vietnam with review comparing five international experiences with nodal and zonal markets.• Reviewed Ecuador dispatch design for renewable penetration.• Led a comprehensive review of Central American wholesale electricity market.• Led development of new methodology to establish transmission limits for international trading among Central American countries. • Reviewed distributed energy resource planning and implementation road map for multi-state utility in Midwestern US• Reviewed state of Vietnamese wholesale electricity market and its ability to integrate large amounts of new renewable energy.• Led team that implemented mitigation of generators\' offers in Mexico that resulted in more than $1.3 billion in savings for Mexican consumers during first six months of the market. • Led all aspects of market analysis for Mexican market, including monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.• Supervised analysis of emerging issues and events in the Mexican Market and developed corresponding policy and operational recommendations.• Developed rules for automated mitigation of generators’ offers at ISO-New England.• Developed new mitigation rules when ISO-New England switched from fixed daily generation offers to hourly offers.• Designed and developed $80 Million Forward Reserve Market to resolve ISO-NE initial reserve market problems.• Established and oversaw team to review and correct prices for $5 billion energy market at ISO-NE start-up. • Published independent research of wholesale electricity and natural gas markets, including peer-reviewed article on use of baselines in demand response programs.Specialties: Market design, Electricity, Natural Gas, Utilities, Regulatory Economics, Energy Markets

Experience

1. Senior Associate Consultant

   Esta International

   Mar 2021 — Present

   Act as Senior Associate Consultant supporting electricity market projects worldwide. Work on electric markets of various countries such as Vietnam, Puerto Rico, and Central America.

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

• Carleton College

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Skills

• Econometrics
• Commodity Markets
• Market Design
• Regional Economic Modeling
• Policy Analysis
• Electric Power
• Mechanism Design
• Renewable Energy
• Economic Modeling
• Telecommuting
• Analysis
• Electricity Markets
• Sas
• Analytical Skills
• Sql
• Demand Response
• Smart Grid
• Power Generation
• Energy Policy
• Microeconomics
• Industrial Organization
• Natural Gas
• Energy Economics
• Energy
• Economics
• Energy Markets
• Time Series Analysis