Adam Pollock is a Research Analyst with the National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI) where he works with state commissions and has authored a paper on FERC transmission incentives. Prior to NRRI, Mr. Pollock provided electric and natural gas industry analysis for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the Office of Administrative Litigation. He formulated staff positions, participated in settlement negotiations and hearings, and filed testimony. Mr. Pollock also worked as a policy analyst for the Reznick Group’s National Renewable Energy Practice, where he examined public policy, regulatory, and utility issues. He received a B.A. magna cum laude in economics and government from Connecticut College and a Master of Public Policy degree from Georgetown University with a concentration in Environmental and Regulatory Policy.

Evgenia Shumilkina is a research analyst at the National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI), where she conducts research on the electric industry. She is finishing her PhD in economics at Northeastern University. Most of her focus during her studies has been on regulation, antitrust, and electricity. Part one of her PhD dissertation—on the effects of mergers eliminating potential competition—has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Industrial Economics. In addition to her dissertation work, she has also been worked on other projects relating to the changes in the electric industry, including projects with the American Public Power Association and the American Antitrust Institute. She received a bachelor in economics from St. Petersburg State University, Russia.

William B. Marcus has been Principal Economist with JBS Energy, Inc. since 1984. He is the company’s lead economist for utility issues and has 29 years of experience analyzing electric and gas utilities. Prior to joining JBS, Mr. Marcus was principal economist at California Hydro Systems, Inc., an alternative energy consulting and development company. He prepared financial analyses of projects, negotiated utility contracts, and provided consulting services on utility economics. Prior to that, he was an economist at the CEC, first in the energy development division and later as a senior economist in CEC’s executive office. While at CEC, he prepared testimony on purchased power pricing and ran economic studies of transmission projects, renewable resources, and conservation programs. He also managed interventions in utility rate cases. Mr. Marcus has served on several local government advisory committees, including a 1991-92 SMUD Rate Advisory Committee, which recommended cost allocation and rate design changes to the SMUD Board. Mr. Marcus is co-author of a book on electric restructuring, written for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. He has testified on issues such as utility restructuring, stranded costs, performance-based ratemaking, resource planning, load forecasts, the need for power plants and transmission lines, and many others.

Richard E. (Rick) Morgan is a Commissioner with the District of Columbia PUC. He began his second four-year term in 2007. Commissioner Morgan serves as leader of the Task Force on Climate Policy of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and on the association's board of directors. He is also a member of NARUC's Energy Resources and Environment Committee. In addition, Commissioner Morgan represents NARUC on the Climate Change Working Group of the International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER). He is also co-chair of the Electricity Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (MACRUC), chairs the Board of the Smart Meter Pilot Program, Inc. (SMPPI), serves on the NARUC-FERC Collaborative on the Smart Grid and is a member of the advisory board for the Sustainable Energy Utility of the District of Columbia. Before joining the PSC as a commissioner, Mr. Morgan spent 12 years with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he focused on climate policy and emissions trading and represented EPA on energy policy matters. He oversaw the development of data tools such as the eGRID database of power plant emissions and served as an EPA liaison to state public utility commissions and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. From 1994 through 1995, Mr. Morgan served on a detail with the U.S. Department of Energy, representing the federal government in electricity restructuring proceedings in California, New York, and Maryland. During his 40 years in the field of energy policy and utilities, Commissioner Morgan has authored numerous books, reports, and papers on electric power.