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Lucy Johnston

Lucy Johnston is a Senior Associate with Synapse Energy Economics. Ms. Johnston has analyzed electricity and environmental policy and regulatory issues since 1986 through her work for Synapse, the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy, graduate study, and various public interest organizations.

Ms. Johnston's recent work focuses on climate change policies, anticipating financial risks in the electric sector associated with greenhouse gas emissions, and incorporating environmental compliance costs in electric resource planning and investment decisions. Recent projects include preparation of reports and testimony on the impact of environmental regulations on the electric sector, on greenhouse gas mitigation strategies, on incorporating financial risks of greenhouse gas emissions into electric sector planning and resource procurement, and on forecasting costs of carbon emissions. Previous work includes development of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, distributed generation policy and load response in wholesale markets with a particular focus on ensuring environmental benefit from load response and the deployment of "clean" technologies, wholesale market design, RTO issues, resource planning in the electric sector, and coordination of state economic and regulatory policy.

Lucy has an M.S. in Energy and Resources from U.C. Berkeley, and a B.A. in History and Literature from Harvard College.