I. INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE OF STATEMENT

A. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

1. I am a Principal, Director, and past Chairman of The Brattle Group, an economic and management consulting firm with offices in Cambridge, MA; Washington, D.C., San Francisco, CA; New York, New York, London, England; Rome, Italy; and Madrid, Spain. My business address is 1850 M Street, NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20036. My date of birth is [______________] and my home address is [______________________________].

2. I am an economist with an engineering education and more than 40 years of experience in regulated industries, energy policy, and environmental issues. I began my career at the University of Illinois Energy Research Group, one of the first academic energy research centers, (1977). I then worked in the Illinois Governor’s Office monitoring Illinois utilities and participated in regulatory proceedings (1980-1983). After receiving a doctorate in economics at the University of Chicago, I worked as a utility consultant (1987-1993) and then served in the U.S. Department of Energy as Principal Deputy in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (1993-1995) and as a senior advisor in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (1995-1996). Since leaving federal service I have been a Principal, Director, and Chairman of the Brattle Group, working on energy and utility economics and policy issues.