Chelsea Hotaling
Consultant 315-605–8857 chotaling@energyfuturesgroup.com
Biography
Chelsea is Consultant at Energy Futures Group, where she evaluates utility Integrated Resource Plans and related filings. Chelsea has written testimony and comments on a variety of issues including utility resource planning, power plant economics, and load forecasting. Chelsea has performed analyses using the EnCompass, Strategic Energy Risk Valuation Model (“SERVM”), PLEXOS, and Aurora models. Chelsea has submitted expert testimony and comments in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Nova Scotia, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina. When not at work, Chelsea spends time with her senior cat, Jasmine, and is an avid watcher of true crime series.
Education
- M.S., Data Analytics, Clarkson University, 2020
- M.S., Environmental Policy and Governance, Clarkson University, 2019
- MBA, Concentration in Environmental Management, Clarkson University, 2012
- B.S., Accounting and Economics, Elmira College, 2011
Experience
2021-Present
Consultant, Energy Futures Group, Hinesburg, VT
2019-2020
Senior Analyst, Energy Futures Group, Hinesburg, VT
2018-2019
Intern, Sommer Energy, Canton, NY
2016-2019
Research Assistant, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Selected Projects
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- Coalition for Clean Affordable Energy. Evaluation of Public Service Company of New Mexico’s abandonment and replacement of the San Juan generating station. (2019 to present)
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- Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Evaluation of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’s 2019 Integrated Resource Plan. (2019 to present)
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- Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy. Participating in stakeholder workshops regarding Xcel Energy’s integrated resource plans to meet future energy and capacity needs. (2019 to present)
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- Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana. Participating in stakeholder workshops regarding Indianapolis Power & Light’s integrated resource plans to meet future energy and capacity needs. Participating in stakeholders on stakeholder workshops regarding Duke Energy Indiana’s integrated resource plans to meet future energy and capacity needs. Participating in stakeholder workshops regarding Indiana Michigan Power Company’s integrated resource plans to meet future energy and capacity needs. (2019 to present) Comments regarding Northern Indiana Public Service Company’s integrated resource plans to meet future energy and capacity needs. (March 2019) Evaluation of Southern Indiana Gas and Electric’s proposal to build an 850 MW gas combined cycle facility. (August 2018)
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- Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Evaluation of the Puerto Rico Energy Commission’s proposed wheeling regulation. (March 2019) Co-author for the report Retail Choice Will Not Bring Down Puerto Rico’s High Electricity Rates. (August 2018) Evaluation of the Puerto Rico Energy Commission’s proposed microgrid rules. (February 2018)
Selected Publications
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- Atems, B., & Hotaling, C. (2018). The effect of renewable and nonrenewable electricity generation on economic growth. Energy Policy, 112, 111-118.
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- Bird, S., & Hotaling, C. (2017). Multi-stakeholder microgrids for resilience and sustainability. Environmental Hazards, 16(2), 116-132.
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- Bird, S., Enayati, A., Hotaling, C., and Ortmeyer, T. (2017). Resilient Community Microgrids: Governance and Operational Challenges. In Energy Internet: An Open Energy Platform to Transform Legacy Power Systems into Open Innovation and Global Economic Engine, edited by Alex Q. Huang and Wencong Su. Elsevier.