Biography:

Carlos Batlle is Associate Professor at Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid, where he teaches Energy Economics and Electric Power Systems Regulation. He is also member of the Institute for Research in Technology of this university. Since 2011 he is member of the MIT Energy Initiative, where as part of the Electric Power Systems Low-Carbon Energy Center, he has been leading research projects, supervising PhD and master dissertations. He teaches the course entitled “Engineering, Economics and Regulation of the Electric Power Sector” at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is part-time Professor of the Florence School of Regulation (FSR), an institution under the aegis of the European University in Florence, where he is member of the Training Program for European Energy Regulators and (among other courses) Director of the FSR Annual Training on the Regulation of Energy Utilities. He is also member of the Advisory Academic Panel of Ofgem, the UK energy National Regulatory Authority. He has worked and lectured extensively on electric power systems regulation, with special focus on markets and end-user rate design. He has also a vast experience on the operation, planning, and risk management modeling of electricity generation. He has rendered consulting services for governments, international institutions, industrial associations, and utilities in over 30 countries. He has published over 40 papers in national and international journals and conference proceedings and authored 10 book chapters.