DAVID SCHOENGOLD

Principal

Areas of Expertise

· Power system economics and market analysis

· Environmental analysis

· Electric industry restructuring

· Market value and stranded costs

· Electricity policies and institutions

· Economic and financial analysis including pricing and costing

Professional Experience

David Schoengold co-founded MSB Energy Associates in 1988 to provide planning and analytical services to public utility commissions, state energy offices, public interest groups, and others with an interest in public utility policy. Since co-founding MSB Energy Associates Mr. Schoengold has served clients in 26 states and testified in 13 states.

Recent projects include analyzing a major transmission line in Wisconsin as well as developing long range plans for meeting energy goals in Wisconsin. He has also been working with the Clean Air Task Force promoting clean air policy in the U.S. Also recently he has analyzed the impact of utility restructuring proposals in California, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. These efforts included analyzing market power issues, plant valuation, and stranded costs.

He has provided technical expertise to planning collaboratives, reviewed utility integrated resource plans and supply-side plans, developed independent integrated resource plans, analyzed sales promotion practices, reviewed and developed avoided costs, analyzed the impact of resource alternatives on emissions of pollutants, reviewed utility transmission planning studies, and developed alternative transmission plans including distributed resources as an option. Mr. Schoengold has testified in cases involving rates, resource planning, facility certification, administrative rules, externalities, independent power projects, public policy, and civil damages.

Mr. Schoengold has been involved in utility planning and regulation since 1974 when he joined the Wisconsin Public Service Commission staff. He spent sixteen years at the Wisconsin Commission, including nine years as the Director of the Systems Analysis Bureau which was responsible for electricity forecasting, generation and transmission planning, demand-side analysis, system modeling, fuel costs, renewable and alternative energy resources, natural gas planning, and emission reduction strategies. His work was a key basis for the PSC’s landmark decision in 1977 to impose a moratorium on new nuclear power plant development. As a result, Wisconsin avoided most of the nuclear power problems common in many other states.

Education

BA Degree in Physics, Rutgers University, 1966

Graduate Study in Physics, University of Chicago, 1966-1968