What We Do

Continental Economics provides expert economic services for a wide range of energy-related matters, including all aspects of rate regulation in state, national, and international venues; regulatory and public policy analysis; litigation; market power analysis; asset valuation studies; market analysis, market design; transmission system modeling and analysis; environmental policy; and finance. To all of these issues, we provide rigorous, defensible, and understandable economic analysis, a solid grounding in economics, finance, and regulatory law, in-depth research, and tremendous industry experience.

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Recent News

Now Available. Click to order: Principles of Utility Corporate Finance

Also Available. Click to order: Fundamentals of Energy Regulation

Just Published. The Economic Impacts of U.S. Shale Gas Production on Ohio Consumers, Report for the Industrial Energy Users of Ohio

Just Published in the March 2012 issue of Natural Gas and Electricity: "Pipeline Petulance"

Just Published in the January 2012 issue of Natural Gas and Electricity: "Global Warming, Climate Change, er, Climate Volatility: 2012 and Beyond"

Published in the November 2011 issue of Natural Gas and Electricity: "Sunburnt: Solyndra, Subsidies, and the Green Jobs Debacle"

Report for the COMPETE Coalition "Electricity Competition at Work: The Link Between Competitive Electricity Markets, Job Creation, and Economic Growth"

Published in the September 2011 issue of Natural Gas and Electricity: "Illinois an Example of When the Wind Doesn’t Blow"

Published in the July 2011 issue of Natural Gas and Electricity: "Salmon and Wind Dueling for Subsidies in the Pacific Northwest"

Published in the May 2011 issue of Natural Gas and Electricity: "Nuclear Fallout"

Published in the March 2011 issue of Natural Gas and Electricity: "Texas Two-Step: EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Permitting Takeover"

Published in the January 2011 issue of Natural Gas and Electricity: "Looking Forward: Energy and the Environment Through 2012"

Published in the Winter 2010-2011 Issue of Regulation: "Gresham's Law of Green Energy"

Published in the November 2010 issue of Natural Gas and Electricity: "First Mover Disadvantage: Offshore Wind's False Economic Promises"

Published in the August 2010 issue of The Electricity Journal: "Renewable Energy and the Fallacy of Green Jobs"

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Publications

The staff of Continental Economics is continuously involved in contributing to various publications. For past articles that have been in circulation from various industry journals, visit the Publications section.