Michael Allan Giberson

Update: Beginning in August, 2008, Michael Giberson will be joining the faculty of the Center for Energy Commerce in the Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University.

Dr. Michael Giberson is an economist with Potomac Economics, Ltd, a leading provider of independent market monitoring, expert analysis and advice, and litigation support services to the electricity and natural gas industries.  Prior to working for Potomac, Giberson worked for five years as an independent energy industry analyst and spent one year as a research fellow with George Mason University's Critical Infrastructure Protection Project and the Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science.  He has also worked for the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets and Argonne National Lab. 

Giberson has been published in the Electricity Journal, the Journal of Regulatory Economics, and the Pacific and Asian Journal of Energy, and has written on U.S. energy policies and federal electric power issues for trade publications.  He received a BA in Economics from Texas Tech University, and an MA and PhD in Economics at George Mason University.

He is a regular contributor to two economics-related blog, as co-author with Lynne Kiesling on her Knowledge Problem blog discussing economics, energy policy, music, technology and many other topics, and as a contributing author at Midas Oracle, the group blog on prediction markets.  Giberson is chair of the Advisory Board for Midas Oracle.  Views expressed by Michael Giberson on the blogs are his own and do not necessarily reflect the positions of any persons or organizations he may associate with, including his employer.

Selected Publications

“Post-Blackout Transmission Policy: A Dynamic 21st-Century Grid,” in Andrew Kleit, ed., Electric Choices: Deregulation and the Future of Electric Power. Rowman and Littlefield, 2007. With Lynne Kiesling.

“L’électricité: est-elle un bien public?” (“Network reliability in electric power: Is it a public good?”)  Revue de l'OFCE, 2007, Vol. 101, p. 399-420. With Evens Salies and Lynne Kiesling (in French).

“Analyzing the Blackout Report Recommendations: Alternatives for a Flexible, Dynamic Grid.” Electricity Journal, July 2004, 17(6), 51-59.  With Lynne Kiesling.

Retail Energy Deregulation Index, 2000 (March 2000, Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets). With Ken Malloy.

“Cost of service regulation: Lessons from the US experience.” Pacific and Asian Journal of Energy, December 1995, 5(2), 165-73.  With RJ Sutherland.

“Scale Scope, and Regulation in the Texas Gas Transmission Industry.” Journal of Regulatory Economics, 1993, 5(1), 79-90.  With Jerry Ellig.

Citizens Guide to Energy and the Environment. February 1993. (Citizens for the Environment.)

Presentations

“Electric Network Reliability as a Public Good,” Presentation at CMU Conference: Electricity Transmission in Deregulated Markets: Challenges, Opportunities, and Necessary R&D Agenda, December 15-16, 2004; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [PDF File] With Lynne Kiesling.

“Uniform Pricing at Power Market Seams: Economic and Political Considerations,” Presentation at NSF Workshop on Seams, October 29, 2004; Arlington, Virginia. [PDF file]

Dissertation

Improving Coordination Between Regional Power Markets. [Abstract]

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