Jeffrey A. Bloczynski, MS

Jeffrey A. Bloczynski is an energy economist with more than 25 years of experience in policy and regulatory analysis, litigation support, commodity trading, and risk management within the electric power, commodity fuel, and environmental sectors. He is an expert in energy market modeling and market assessment, financial analysis, econometric modeling, and risk analysis. His clients have included the federal government, public utilities, national trade organizations representing the electric power generation value chain, private equity companies, and state regulatory agencies and legislatures. Mr. Bloczynski has assessed the economic viability of new nuclear, renewable, and conventional power plants across the globe, with clients including merchant energy companies, utilities, and national governments. In both litigation and arbitration cases, he has built detailed statistical models of electricity and natural gas trading activity and assessed trading strategies and risk management procedures.

Before joining Bates White, Mr. Bloczynski was a founding partner of Mosaic Economic Consulting, where he assessed the economic implications of electricity decarbonization for investors, trade associations, and regulators. Prior to that, he served as the lead economist for America’s Power, an electric power industry trade association. There he was responsible for conducting policy studies of the impacts of regulations and market dynamics on the electric power sector as well as the broader economy.

MS, Systems Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

BS, Systems and Control Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

• Developed a model to assess the impact of changes in the PJM capacity market design for a consortium of consumer advocacy groups.
• In Texas Senate proceedings, submitted a study on the impact of proposed market rule changes in the ERCOT power market on behalf of an electric power generator with substantial wind and energy storage assets.
• Served as the consulting expert in power markets and electricity supply auctions for a power plant engineering, procurement, and construction contractor in an international arbitration dealing with Brazilian electricity markets.
• Conducted a study of the outlook for energy storage deployment in US power markets. The analysis covered technology cost and performance, required grid improvements and changes to market rules, and the resulting impacts on market prices and grid reliability.
• Advisor to a consortium of power generators and fuel suppliers regarding the impact of electricity market rule changes in US electricity markets.
• Evaluated the surveillance procedures of a major commodity exchange to identify practices that might be manipulative or disruptive.
• For an electric power trade association, designed and prepared studies to assess the economic impact of new and potential environmental regulations, including the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Rule and the Clean Power Plan.
• Provided power market assessment and risk analysis for a private equity client seeking to acquire North American electric generating assets.
• Served as consulting expert to the state of California in a litigation case regarding the market value of natural gas transactions with embedded optionality.
• As consulting expert in international arbitration proceedings over construction delays at a first-of-its-kind nuclear power plant, developed a model of the Scandinavian power market to determine damages.