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William M. (Mike) WarwickBattelle Portland Operations |
Mr. Warwick has over 24 years of experience in energy planning, including work for the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., state governments, public and private utilities, and consulting and contract research firms. His role as a research scientist in Battelle-Northwest's Portland, Oregon office allows him to focus on strategic issues for utilities, regulators, U. S. Departments of Energy, Defense, and State, Federal Power Marketing Administrations (i.e., the Bonneville Power Administration). Typical subjects include the areas of industry restructuring, energy resource performance and program evaluation, energy markets, and utility management consulting. Prior to joining Battelle, Mr. Warwick was with ERC International where he managed the company's integrated planning and DSM program evaluation staff as well as leading their utility management audit activities. In addition, Mr. Warwick spent over 10 years on the staff at the Bonneville Power Administration and Pacific Power and Light. At these utilities he managed departments in economic and load forecasting, load research, DSM program planning and resource evaluation, and integrated resource and transmission planning. Mr. Warwick graduated with a BS in 1971 and MS in 1976 in resource economics from Oregon State University.
Since joining Battelle-Northwest in January 1990, as a Program Manager, Mr. Warwick has managed projects in integrated resource planning, DSM program evaluation, and energy resource performance assessment and demonstration. Currently, he leads the laboratory's electricity industry restructuring efforts. Previously, he led a support contract with regulators in North Carolina overseeing the implementation of least-cost plans by Duke Power, CP&L, and Virginia Power and advised them on industry restructuring. He managed an umbrella contract to evaluate the Bonneville's multi-million dollar DSM programs and led a team of technologists working with Bonneville to improve the efficiency and productivity of their generation, transmission, environmental and customer service assets and investments.