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Expert Witness

John Wolfram has testified many times as a utility rate expert witness, on behalf of utilities in rate and regulatory proceedings before federal and state regulators.

At FERC, he has sponsored Transmission Formula Rates, stated rates, and Generation Formula Rate filings, as well as assisting utilities with FERC compliance audits.

Before state regulators, he has testified on cost of service studies, retail rate designs, revenue requirements, special contracts, economic development / load retention rates, lighting tariffs, special cost recovery mechanisms, settlement agreements, rate class reviews, prepay metering programs, energy efficiency programs, purchased power agreements, integrated resource plans, green energy programs, and certificates of public convenience and necessity for new generating plants and transmission lines.

 

 

John Wolfram
Principal

Catalyst Consulting LLC
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Louisville, Kentucky 40241

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