Expertise
Expert Witness
Who We Are & What We Do
ETE’s principal Jim Bride is an experienced expert witness in contested utility commission proceedings and legal disputes. His expertise is focused on rate design, cost causation, cost of service, DERs, and grid parity cost studies for onsite generation.
CASE STUDIES
EXPERT WITNESS FOR CLEAN ENERGY NH
Clean Energy NH (formerly the NH Sustainable Energy Association) retained ETE’s principle to serve as an expert witness in a proceeding related to the development of successor net metering tariffs (NH PUC 16-576). ETE assisted the client’s attorney with discovery and entered initial and rebuttal testimony into the record.
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EXPERT WITNESS FOR THE ENERGY CONSORTIUM (TEC)
ETE was retained by TEC to serve as an expert witness in Eversource’s electric rate case docketed as MA DPU 17-05. ETE’s principle submitted an initial, rebuttal, and sur-rebuttal testimony into the record focused on issues related to rate design, apportionment of costs among customer classes, service quality, rate treatment of property taxes, and other items.
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As a dedicated Tariff Specialist at ETE, Julianne harnesses her enthusiasm for data analysis and meticulous attention to detail to deliver support to the firm’s consultants. Her responsibilities include maintaining complete, up-to-date historical datasets and compiling data to drive insightful consultant analyses and deliverables. Before joining ETE, Julianne served as a Transmission Analyst at New Leaf Energy, where she honed her skills in constructing datasets and conducting in-depth market and policy analyses within the renewable energy sector. Julianne holds a B.A. in Economics and Environmental Analysis & Policy, complemented by an M.S. in Energy and Environment, both earned from Boston University, equipping her with a strong foundation to excel in her field.