Sarah Shenstone-Harris

Sarah Shenstone-Harris performs consulting, conducts research and quantitative analysis, and writes reports and testimony on various electricity-sector issues including wholesale markets, electric vehicles and beneficial electrification, grid-connected energy storage, and clean energy. Her recent work includes analysis of capacity and transmission costs in PJM, the rate impact of electric vehicle adoption across the country, and analysis of new and existing regulations and laws in the northeast. Ms. Shenstone-Harris has provided testimony in proceedings in Kentucky, Missouri, and Kansas as well the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC). She has also assisted in drafting comments and testimony in several other jurisdictions, including Hawaii, Maryland, Wisconsin, and New Mexico.

Prior to joining Synapse, Ms. Shenstone-Harris worked at Reading Municipal Light Department, Massachusetts largest public utility, helping to manage its energy portfolio and secure low-carbon and cost-competitive long-term power contracts. She also helped manage the rate increase process and the design of new rate structures, such as a residential electric vehicle time-of-use rate. She was also involved in the administration and development of energy efficiency and electrification programs, including incentive programs for air-source heat pumps, electric vehicle chargers, residential solar, and various commercial programs.