BOSTON, April 23,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brattle Group has welcomed
Akarsh Sheilendranath to its Boston,
MA office as a Principal in the firm's Electricity Wholesale
Markets & Planning practice. Mr. Sheilendranath, who previously
worked at Brattle and will be based in Houston, specializes in electric transmission,
regulatory corporate finance, and resource planning and
strategy.
"We are thrilled to welcome Akarsh back to Brattle," said
Torben Voetmann, Brattle President
& Principal. "With his industry experience and strong technical
expertise, he will be a valuable resource to Brattle's wide range
of energy clients, and he will enhance our team's abilities to
navigate complex energy market issues."
With a background in engineering and business, Mr.
Sheilendranath's expertise spans a broad range of fields related to
electric transmission and wholesale markets. This includes cost of
capital and risk assessments, transmission policy, utility resource
planning, renewables and electric storage valuation, investment
strategy, resource adequacy matters, and electricity market rules
and tariffs.
Mr. Sheilendranath has worked with clients ranging from
utilities and utility commissions to regional transmission
organizations (RTOs) and independent system operators (ISOs). He
has provided pre-filed and oral testimony on behalf of energy
market entities to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and
numerous state public service commissions in complex matters
related to large-scale renewables investment, utility resource
planning, and transmission policy, as well as in matters related to
the estimation of cost of capital.
"I am excited to transition back into consulting alongside the
talented energy experts at Brattle," said Mr. Sheilendranath. "I
look forward to collaborating with my colleagues to offer
forward-thinking solutions, right from ideation to final execution,
to support our clients on matters related to transmission, resource
planning, resource adequacy, decarbonization, and much more during
this critical time for the electric sector in transition."
Most recently, Mr. Sheilendranath was the Director of Integrated
Resource Planning & Strategy group at an electric utility,
where he focused on strategic investment analyses and market policy
related to transmission, renewables, electric storage, and other
grid-scale resources. Prior to his time at Brattle from 2014 to
2022, he held engineering roles at a New England electric utility
and ISO New England.
To learn more about Mr. Sheilendranath, see his full bio at
https://www.brattle.com/experts/akarsh-sheilendranath/.
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