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This page contains a selection of our testimonies and publications.

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Independent Monitoring

 

SPP State of the Market Report — From 2004 through 2008, Boston Pacific produced the State of the Market Report, giving a detailed analysis of the operations of this large and complex market. For the 2009 Report, Boston Pacific acted as the SOM Advisor.

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SPP Price Volatility Report — As market monitor for SPP, we prepared a report on price volatility for the SPP Board of Directors entitled "An Assessment of Price Volatility in Recent Deployment Tests for the SPP EIS Market."  
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Other SPP Reports -

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View 2009 SOM summary PowerPoint...

 


 

New Jersey’s Basic Generation Service Auctions — Served as the Commission’s consultant for the annual BGS Auction, the best-known and one of the largest full requirements auctions in the country. This annually procures one-third of the electric supply for New Jersey’s residential and small commercial and industrial customers and 100% of the electric supply for the State’s larger commercial and industrial customers.  
Read 2009 final report...

Read 2010 final report...

 


Maryland's SOS Auction - Boston Pacific acted as the Independent Monitor for the Maryland Public Service Commission during Maryland's 2009 and 2010 RFP processes. For each auction, Boston Pacific independently verified the auction proceedings and advised the Board in approving the auction results in its public testimony.

 

2009-2010

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2010-2011

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Delaware RFP — Served as the Commission’s advisor for the annual Delmarva RFP
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Procurement Management

PacifiCorp RFPs — Currently serving the Oregon Commission as the Independent Evaluator for one RFP from PacifiCorp, with four RFPs having been completed. These include the 2008 All Source RFP, and the 2008 R-1 and 2009R Renewables RFPs. We reviewed and analyzed detailed bids from a variety of sources and monitored contract negotiations.  
2008 Renewable RFP Read report...

2012 All Source RFP Read report...

 


 

Oklahoma 2008 Base load RFP - Recently finished an almost two year process helping the Public Service Company of Oklahoma run a successful RFP resulting in a contract with the winning bidder for a sale of 520 MW for nearly 10 years.  
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TransCanada's Zephyr Open Season - TransCanada announces Open Season results for the Zephyr Power Transmission project, a proposed 3,000 MW high voltage direct current line expected to move wind generated electricity from Wyoming to power markets in the Southwest US. Boston Pacific was the Independent Evaluator for this process. 
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Expert Witnessing & Policy Advising

Mississippi IGCC Plant — Advised the Mississippi Commission in its efforts to determine whether the utility’s proposed clean coal (IGCC) plant is the best option for Mississippi’s ratepayers.  
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Public Utility Commission of Texas — Advised the Public Utility Commission of Texas in the analysis of the $45 billion leveraged buyout acquisition of TXU Corporation by private equity investors.  
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EPSA Guidebook — Published a concise guidebook for the Design, Implementation and Monitoring of Competitive Power Supply Solicitation. It is titled, Getting the Best Deal for Electric Utility Customers.
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Minnesota Public Utility Commission Expert Witness — Served as the expert witness for the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to evaluate the cost estimates used by project applicants in their analysis supporting the construction of the proposed Big Stone II coal-fired power plant.  
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Presentations & Speeches

 

Natural Gas and Renewable Energy - Boston Pacific's Craig Roach delivered a primer on electricity markets to the Natural Gas/Renewable Energy Dialogue on Grid Integration Issues conference hosted by EPSA.

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Transmission Gaps and Bottlenecks -

Boston Pacific President Craig Roach’s speech concerning electric transmission gaps and bottlenecks for the ABA’s presentation on “Opportunities and Hurdles for Renewable Energy Development.”  
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