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David M. AndersonPacific Northwest National Laboratory |
Dave Anderson began his professional career with PNNL in 1991. He has a B.S in Forest Recreation Resources (1989), and an M.S. in Forest Economics (1991), both from Oregon State University. He is currently a Senior Research Economist II in the Technology Planning and Deployment Group. He returned to PNNL in 2001, after a 4-year stint with Washington Mutual Bank's headquarters in Seattle where he was the Senior Corporate Community Reinvestment Analyst.
Since joining PNNL, Dave has contributed to varied and wide-ranging research in the areas of environmental policy analysis, energy efficiency economics, industrial economics, environmental modeling, and other socioeconomic analyses including environmental justice. Dave has managed small-to-large tasks in all of these areas over the years. His first love in economic research is regional economics and input-output modeling.
Key projects in Dave's career at PNNL include:
- Benton-Franklin Counties Economic Impact and Revenue Model (Benton County)
- Central Valley Project 2004 Power Marketing Plan EIS (Western Area Power Administration)
- Columbia River System Operation Review - Recreation (Army Corps of Engineers)
- Consumer Willingness To Pay for Energy Efficiency in Manufactured Housing (BPA)
- Dual-Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test Facility EIS - Socioeconomic Impacts (DOE-EM)
- Economic Impact Module for a Life-Cycle Analysis Software Prototype (LDRD)
- Economic Impact of the US Materials and Process Industries (EE-OIT)
- Energy Planning and Marketing Program EIS (Western Area Power Administration)
- Government Performance and Results Act [GPRA] Metrics (EE-BTS)
- Hanford Environmental Dose Reconstruction - Food Consumption (DOE-EM)
- Hanford K-Basins Spent Nuclear Fuel EIS - Socioeconomic Impacts (DOE-EM)
- Impact of Emerging Information Technology on US Energy Security (DOE-NN)
- Interindustry Characteristics of the US Steel Industry (EE-OIT)
- Middle Columbia River Summer Recreation Survey (Office of River Protection)
- Northwest Case Study of Regional Climate Change (DOE-SC)
- Environmental Standard Review Plan - Socioeconomics (Nuclear Regulatory Commission)
- Waste Isolation Pilot Project EIS - Socioeconomic Impacts (DOE-EM)
- Yakima Fisheries Project EIS - Socioeconomic Impacts (Bonneville Power Administration)
Dave's earlier job experience includes 6 years working in food processing plants in Oregon's Willamette Valley, Park Ranger jobs with the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Land Management, work as an environmental interpretation consultant, and tourism/recreation market research projects.


