Areas of Expertise:

Clean Energy, Climate Change, Energy Economics, Energy Security, Environmental Policy, GHGs, Infrastructure, Power Sector, Regulation, Renewables, Smart Grid

Current Title & Responsibilities Summary:
Public Utilities Regulatory Analyst. Energy Division, Grid Planning and Reliability. Concerned with Smart Grid issues including cybersecurity, AMI/HAN deployment and Smart Grid policy oversight. Currently researching policy issues related to microgrid development.

Summary of Past Experience (up to 2 positions):
Consultant. Lead researcher and consultant on Sonoma County Renewable-based Energy Secure Communities (RESCO) grant from California Energy Commission. Developed analytics to identify areas suitable for microgrid and district energy development, based on energy use data.

Prior to this position was Technical Director for a non-profit focused on developing community scale greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies in the energy, transportation, solid waste and water/wastewater sectors.

Education (Degrees and Names of College/University):
BS, Environmental Studies and Planning/Energy Management and Design, Sonoma State University.

BA, Independent Major, University of California at Santa Cruz

Recent Posts by J. David Erickson

• Are Microgrids the Answer to the Increasing Complexity of Electricity Markets?

Recent Comments by J. David Erickson

• "In California, the CPUC, utilities and stakeholders are embarking on an effort to launch many of the activities mentioned above to prepare, but more b"
  Energy Transformation: Finding Policy and Finance Solutions
• "Dawn, thanks for asking an interesting question. Very lively discussion. I'm going to rephrase the question to look at a possible answer in a differen"
  Can Natural Gas and Renewables Be Synergistic, Not Competitive?
• "Hi Alejandro, Thanks for your comments. We're fortunate in CA because we have several great examples of operating microgrids. Unfortunately however"
  Are Microgrids the Answer to the Increasing Complexity of Electricity Markets?
• "John, I would think that in CA, the IOUs should be able to compete for serving the customers in the microgrid. I would think that the objective wou"
  Are Microgrids the Answer to the Increasing Complexity of Electricity Markets?
• "Jim (please call me Dave), Thanks for sharing the principles you abstracted from Prof. Ilic's work. I think they're all good ideas. However, from w"
  Are Microgrids the Answer to the Increasing Complexity of Electricity Markets?
• "Jim and Alejandro, Thanks very much for your comments, and Jim, for sharing the work of Prof. Ilic. I reviewed the slide deck from Prof. Ilic, and "
  Are Microgrids the Answer to the Increasing Complexity of Electricity Markets?
• "Russell, Thanks very much for your comment. You point out some of the basic regulatory incompatibilities between existing tariffs and Public Utilit"
  Are Microgrids the Answer to the Increasing Complexity of Electricity Markets?
• " Scott, thanks for your comment. I wonder if you have a specific idea about how rate structures can or should be organize"
  Are Microgrids the Answer to the Increasing Complexity of Electricity Markets?
• " Dawn, you’re absolutely right, and the distinction has to be made between the types of generation interconnection that a"
  Are Microgrids the Answer to the Increasing Complexity of Electricity Markets?