Bio

Dr. Carl Linvill is Principal with the Regulatory Assistance Project’s U.S. program. Carl leads RAP's work on renewable energy integration and transmission planning in the Western U.S. and he spent much of the last year working on distributed generation tariff and power sector business model issues. See the publication sections of this page for these work products and his other RAP papers. His recent activities also includes serving as Chair of the Modeling Data Task Force for the Scenario Planning Steering Group (SPSG) at the Western Electric Coordinating Council (WECC), as principal author of Western Grid 2050 for Western Grid Group and as a consultant to the California Energy Commission on its Demand and Energy Efficiency Analysis capabilities. Prior to joining RAP, he was Director of Integrated Energy Analysis & Planning with Aspen Environmental Group, Public Utilities Commissioner in Nevada, Economic and Energy Advisor to Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and was an academic economist at the Sam Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. In his roles as regulator, policy advisor, and economist he has focused on integrated electric resource planning, energy efficiency planning and evaluation, renewable energy valuation and procurement, electricity demand forecasting, productivity analysis and decision-making under conditions of high-impact uncertainties. Dr. Linvill received his BA in Mathematics and Economics from the University of California at Davis, and his PhD in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.