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Geoff Keith
Geoff Keith is an Associate at Synapse Energy Economics. His focus is on energy and the environment and on the interaction between these two areas of policy. For over seven years, Mr. Keith has been analyzing the electric industry restructuring process, focusing on the effects of changing market structures and environmental policy initiatives. He has worked with clients to analyze changes in the utilization of different types of power plants, the impact of environmental regulations on power generation technologies, the emergence of distributed generation and the development of renewable portfolio standards and disclosure requirements.
Before joining Synapse, Mr. Keith was a consultant with M. J. Bradley & Associates, a strategic environmental consulting firm with expertise in the energy sectors. There he worked with several energy companies to assess market opportunities around clean power generation and to support more stringent emission standards such as EPA's revised fine particulate and ozone standards and the "NOx SIP Call." At M. J. Bradley, Mr. Keith also worked with northeastern environmental advocates, monitoring the environmental impacts of electric restructuring and developing proposals for policies to minimize adverse impacts.
Mr. Keith has worked extensively with advocates and technology manufacturers to support the commercialization of fuel cells and other clean energy technologies. In 1999 he wrote Emission Trading Markets and Fuel Cells: Issues and Opportunities for the Northeast Fuel Cell Work Group. Later he directed an inventory and analysis of distribution utility tariffs, focusing on aspects of these tariffs that impact the economic viability of distributed generation. Most recently, he was the lead researcher in the development of the Natural Resource Defense Council's Distributed Resource Emissions Model, developed to assess the emissions impacts of policies related to distributed generation.
Prior to working with M. J. Bradley, Mr. Keith was a Research Associate with the Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers. Among other projects there, he worked with stakeholders to develop the Division's electric restructuring plan in 1995. Mr. Keith holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University and a Masters degree in Environmental Studies from Brown University.
