Energy Engineering
Energy audits, renewable generation analysis, and commissioning for commercial and industrial facilities. HVAC, compressed air, refrigeration, and on-site generation optimization.
Get in touchIndependent energy consulting for complex regulatory challenges and data-first decision making.
Get in TouchTechnical analysis, regulatory strategy, and data science for commercial and industrial energy consumers and advocacy groups.
Energy audits, renewable generation analysis, and commissioning for commercial and industrial facilities. HVAC, compressed air, refrigeration, and on-site generation optimization.
Get in touchPUCO case review and intervention, expert witness testimony, and settlement negotiations. Bill impact analysis and strategic advocacy for energy consumers.
Get in touchAdvanced analytics using R and QGIS for interval data, program evaluation, and utility optimization. Energy burden mapping, load profiling, and rate analysis.
Get in touchOhio's rate structures prevent commercial and industrial customers from capturing the full value of on-site solar. Generation often aligns with transmission peaks, but utilities bill on monthly demand rather than transmission-specific determinants, hiding the value of peak reduction. I presented a case study where properly valuing transmission savings flipped project economics from net cost to net benefit.
AEP Ohio's AMI rollout is nearly complete, yet fewer than 0.05% of residential customers participate in time-of-use rates compared to 11% nationally. I advocated for expanding TOU adoption and incorporating non-wires alternatives into distribution system planning. I also recommended developing a transparent methodology for evaluating non-wires alternatives before approving additional capital spending on traditional grid infrastructure.
FirstEnergy sought a $671 million rate increase representing a 67% jump over test year revenue. My analysis focused on flaws in the cost allocation methodology: arbitrary selection of coincident peak months, reliance on load profiles instead of actual metered data, and a tracing process that assigned 100% of shared primary distribution facilities to industrial customers despite those facilities also serving residential and commercial loads.
AEP Ohio proposed special tariffs that would have locked data centers into 90–95% demand ratchets, effectively eliminating any incentive to invest in battery storage, on-site solar, or load management. I challenged both the tariff structure and the utility's speculative 30,000 MW load forecast, which lacked validation through PJM's established 'large-load adjustment' process.
Octarine Analytics provides independent energy consulting focused on technical analysis, regulatory strategy, and data-driven decision support. Based out of Dayton, Ohio, I work with commercial and industrial energy consumers and advocacy organizations navigating utility systems and regulatory processes.
I've spent the past decade in energy systems engineering, utility regulation, and quantitative analysis. As a licensed Professional Engineer, I've provided expert testimony in rate cases, managed demand response programs, and conducted city-scale energy burden analyses for Ohio's largest municipalities.
My work experience spans commissioning industrial energy systems, developing utility optimization strategies, and analyzing bulk energy data for over one million customer accounts.
In Terry Pratchett's Discworld, octarine is the eighth color, visible only to wizards and cats. It's the color of magic, of seeing what others miss.
Most energy data tells a story, but you have to know how to read it. I help translate complex datasets into clear analysis and actionable insights—whether that's in testimony, a report, or clear and reproducible workpapers.