Benjamin Chee Email & Phone Number

I have over 20+ years of experience in advising on market design issues, and have specific expertise in introducing competitive mechanisms including auctions in the context of the embedded market structure to the benefit of ratepayers.I lead a dedicated team of market design and auction implementation specialists passionate about making competition work and that has been involved in the design and implementation of over 200 auctions and competitive bid processes. We have a long history of working with utilities, regulatory commissions, governments, and state power agencies in managing and overseeing competitive processes for spectrum, water rights, capacity, energy, demand response, nuclear, renewable resources as well as for carbon credits.We regularly engage with governments, utilities and industry stakeholders on market design issues and best practices in introducing competition and use of auctions in telecom, water, energy, renewable energy and climate change policy.Specialties: market design, RFPs, auctions, spectrum, climate change, electricity markets, capacity markets, water, renewable energy.If I can be of help, please do connect.

Listed skills include Auction Implementation, Competitive Tendering, Strategy, Energy, and 7 others.

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  Senior Managing Director

  Nera Economic Consulting

  2002 - Present - Greater New York City Area

  Market design economist and auction specialist providing end-to-end auction management services including bid product design, choice of auction format, market assessment and benchmarking, development of tender documents, contract and credit requirements, regulatory support, stakeholder engagement, bidder communications, bidder qualifications, bid evaluation and post-bid contract administration.Expert on power contracts with knowledge in areas critical to stable and low-cost supply arrangements for customers including knowledge of wholesale power markets and RTOs; worked with many standard power contracts in the industry including the EEI Master Power Agreement, the ISDA Master Agreement, the EFET General Agreement, and the ABA-EMA-ACORE Master REC Agreement as well as contracts developed for particular non-standard transactions. Expert in renewable energy familiar with key success drivers and best practices for market incentives related to distributed generation development and uptake; consulted on the economics of RECs and is familiar with the commercial arrangements in the renewable industry, integration and interconnection issues, renewable portfolio standards, State certification requirements and renewable credit registries.Public-Private Partnership professional (Foundation Certified) involved in the structuring of PPP contracts, and the implementation and procurement of PPP Projects.

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  University Of Southern California

  Magna Cum Laude