Senior Personnel


Senior Personnel
Pacific Economics Group Research LLC is a consulting firm that is best known for its work in the field of utility economics. Performance-based regulation (“PBR”) and other alternatives to traditional rate regulation are company specialties. We are also well known for our research on utility performance. Our personnel, which include several Ph.D. economists, have accumulated over 90-person years of experience in these fields, which have a common foundation in economics and statistics. 

 We serve clients across North America and several countries overseas from home offices on Capital Square in Madison, Wisconsin.The University of Wisconsin-Madison has trained most of our staff and is renowned for its economic statistics program. We periodically write articles on our work in respected professional journals. Our practice is multinational and has to date involved projects in twelve countries. Work for a mix of clients has given us a reputation for objectivity and dedication to good regulation. This increases our effectiveness in the regulatory arena.

Mark Newton Lowry, PhD

President

Mark Newton Lowry is the President of Pacific Economics Group Research LLC, an economic consulting firm with headquarters in Madison WI. He is best known for his research and testimony on utility performance and alternatives to traditional rate regulation (“Altreg”) such as performance-based ratemaking ("PBR"). He has for many years been the leading North American proponent of multiyear rate plans for energy utilities. A focus of his current work is the role that PBR can play in the energy transition.

His practice is multinational in scope and has included dozens of projects in Canada, where MRPs are used to regulate energy utilities in all four populous provinces. Work for diverse clients has given his practice a reputation for objectivity and dedication to good regulation. He has for many years advised the Edison Electric Institute on Altreg. Other recent clients include Duke Energy, Puget Sound Energy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the Ontario Energy Board.    

A northeast Ohio native, Dr. Lowry earned a Ph.D. in applied economics from the University of Wisconsin. He has authored numerous professional publications and speaks frequently on PBR at national conferences and ratemaking courses.

Contact Dr. Lowry by e-mail at mnlowry@pacificeconomicsgroup.com

Senior Personnel



David Hovde - MS Economics
Vice President
Rebecca Kavan - MS
Economist II
Matt Makos - BBA
Consultant II
Gretchen Waschbusch - MBA
Office Manager
Scott Brockett - MA Economics
Senior Advisor
Jeffrey Dubin - PhD
Senior Advisor
Blaine Gilles - PhD
Senior Advisor
Jennie Deuster-Loesch - JD
Marketing Manager
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