Carlos F. Askew
Energy Consultant, Investor owned utilities
Denver, CO · (303) 555 0160 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/carlosfaskew
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Seven years in regulatory consulting, rate design and cost of service analysis
INDUSTRIES
Investor owned utilities, municipal utilities, large industrial customers
SPECIALTIES
Cost of service studies, rate design, testimony support, revenue requirement analysis
SYSTEMS
Python, Power BI, Oracle Utilities data extracts, SAP, Excel financial models
CREDENTIALS
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners rate school graduate, Society of Utility and Regulatory Financial Analysts member
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Executive Summary
Consultant to regulated utilities and their large customers, with seven years on rate design and regulatory strategy engagements across the Mountain West. Known for building the cost of service model and then sitting through the hearing to defend it.
Signature Achievements
- Prepared the cost of service study behind nine general rate cases, all of which settled without a litigated cost allocation issue.
- Designed a time of use rate for a municipal client that shifted 14 percent of residential summer peak load into evening hours.
- Saved an industrial client 2.4 million dollars a year by proving its load factor qualified it for a different service schedule.
- Built a demand charge analysis for a fleet charging depot that changed how the utility priced electric vehicle service.
- Wrote testimony exhibits for four proceedings and survived cross examination on the model assumptions each time.
Professional Experience
Energy Consultant
Front Range Regulatory Advisors, Denver, CO 2022 to present
Regulatory practice of a twelve person firm serving utility and large customer clients in five western states
- Runs cost of service and rate design engagements from data request through hearing support.
- Analyzes revenue requirements, capital additions and depreciation studies filed by utilities.
- Advises industrial clients on service schedule selection, demand charges and interruptible options.
- Manages two junior analysts on model construction and workpaper quality.
Rate Analyst
High Plains Electric Association, Greeley, CO 2019 to 2022
Rate and regulatory function of a distribution cooperative with 96,000 meters
- Maintained the cost of service model and prepared the annual rate filing.
- Analyzed wholesale power cost and its effect on retail rate components.
- Answered member questions on billing determinants and rate changes at annual meetings.
Licensure and Certification
Graduate, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners rate school
Member, Society of Utility and Regulatory Financial Analysts
Education
Master of Science in Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, Colorado State University
Core Skills
Cost of service modeling · Rate design · Regulatory strategy · Testimony preparation · Revenue requirement analysis · Client management · Data request response · Financial modeling · Analyst supervision · Hearing support