Mark Meitzen’s research and consulting with energy industry clients focuses on the economic analysis of networks. He has filed testimony and has served as an expert witness in regulatory proceedings for the electricity and other industries. Prior to joining our firm, Mark was a corporate economist at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, and an assistant professor of economics at both Eastern Michigan University and the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
Third Generation Performance-Based Regulation for Alberta’s Distribution Utilities
January 20, 2023 - In January 2023, Christensen Associates Energy Consulting experts Mark Meitzen and Nick Crowley filed testimony on behalf of EPCOR Distribution and Transmission, Inc., related to the company’s third generation performance-based regulation framework.
Eversource Energy Begins Second Generation of Performance-Based Regulation
November 30, 2022 - The Department of Public Utilities in Massachusetts recently approved a second generation performance-based regulation proposal by Eversource Energy, continuing incentive regulation in the state of Massachusetts.
Massachusetts DPU Sets National Grid’s X Factor Based on Study by CA Energy Consulting
October 29, 2021 - Christensen Associates Energy Consulting experts Dr. Mark Meitzen and Mr. Nick Crowley conducted a total factor productivity study to determine the X factor for National Grid’s revenue cap formula.
Crowley and Meitzen Measure the Price Impact of Price-Cap Regulation
October 14, 2021 - In October 2021, the journal Utilities Policy published Nick Crowley and Mark Meitzen’s paper “Measuring the price impact of price-cap regulation among Canadian electricity distribution utilities.”
Christensen Associates Helps Eversource Companies Win Performance-Based Ratemaking Plans
November 30, 2017 - On November 30, 2017, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities accepted a proposed five-year performance-based ratemaking mechanism for NSTAR Electric Company and Western Massachusetts Electric Company (Eversource).
The Alphabet of PBR in Electric Power: Why X Does Not Tell the Whole Story
September 22, 2017 - Mark Meitzen and Phil Schoech teamed with Dennis Weisman, Professor Emeritus at Kansas State University, to write the forthcoming piece “The Alphabet of PBR in Electric Power: Why X Does Not Tell the Whole Story.”
