About EnergyVeritas
EnergyVeritas is an independent economic research and advisory firm providing commission-grade natural gas market analysis to consumer advocates, environmental organizations, clean energy buyers, and regulatory counsel — with the same analytical rigor as formal expert witness testimony.
EnergyVeritas was founded on a single observation: the organizations best positioned to protect ratepayers in utility commission proceedings — consumer advocates, environmental groups, and public interest intervenors — rarely have access to the same quality of independent economic analysis that utilities bring to the table.
Utilities retain large consulting firms, proprietary data services, and teams of economists to defend their resource plans under adversarial cross-examination. Consumer advocates and commission staff frequently lack equivalent independent resources. EnergyVeritas exists to close that gap.
We provide the same commission-grade econometric analysis, data rigor, and methodological transparency that a formal expert witness brings to a docketed proceeding — made accessible to the organizations and institutions that serve the public interest.
Our independence is structural, not aspirational. EnergyVeritas is retained exclusively by public interest clients. We do not work for utilities, utility affiliates, or commercial energy traders. That independence is the foundation of our credibility before commissions and in the field.
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Chief Economist & Founder
PhD, Resource & Environmental Economics
Expert Witness · Missouri PSC · Kansas Corp. Commission · NC Utilities Commission
Analytical Partner — NRDC · CEBA · Energy Futures Group
Dr. Ouattara is a PhD economist specializing in resource and environmental economics with extensive experience filing formal expert witness testimony in docketed utility commission proceedings. His testimony has been submitted in proceedings before the Missouri Public Service Commission, Kansas Corporation Commission, and North Carolina Utilities Commission — involving publicly traded utilities with billions of dollars in ratepayer assets, subject to cross-examination by opposing counsel and scrutiny by presiding commissioners and hearing examiners.
In 2024, Dr. Ouattara filed 53 pages of Redacted Direct Testimony on behalf of the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) in the Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress biennial Consolidated Carbon Plan proceeding before the NCUC — one of the most consequential utility regulatory proceedings in the Southeastern United States, governing Duke Energy's 30-year resource plan for approximately 4 million customers.
Dr. Ouattara is the author of multiple analytical research reports and assessments spanning natural gas procurement economics, coal market transitions, electricity rate design, oil and gas market dynamics, and renewable energy integration. His work has been filed in coordination with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA).
Subject Expertise
Commission Experience
20+
State dockets with testimony filed
2M+
Ratepayers affected by proceedings
53
Pages direct testimony filed, 2024
3
Major utilities reviewed: PNM, NMGC, EPE
2
National partners: NRDC & CEBA
EnergyVeritas's commission practice spans over 20 docketed proceedings involving major regulated utilities including Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), New Mexico Gas Company (NMGC), and El Paso Electric Company — serving more than 2 million ratepayers in the Southwest.
Our testimony has addressed integrated resource planning methodology, natural gas procurement economics, fuel cost risk, and ratepayer exposure to price volatility — in proceedings subject to formal evidentiary standards, discovery by utility counsel, and adjudication by independent regulatory commissioners.
Our work has produced concrete, binding regulatory outcomes. Commission findings in proceedings where we have intervened have directly shaped utility resource planning requirements, procurement standards, and cost recovery determinations affecting millions of ratepayers. This is the most demanding standard of demonstrated impact in the energy regulatory profession.
CEBA engaged EnergyVeritas to provide expert witness testimony in the Duke Energy Carbon Plan proceeding before the NCUC in 2024. CEBA members represent Fortune 500 companies with over $1 trillion in annual revenue.
EnergyVeritas filed formal IRP comments before the Missouri PSC in alignment with NRDC's companion filing in the Ameren Missouri proceeding, with both organizations relying on analysis from Energy Futures Group.
EFG is a nationally recognized clean energy consulting firm that performs IRP modeling in over a dozen U.S. states. EFG has served as our primary modeling partner in multiple commission proceedings.
Independence
EnergyVeritas does not work for utilities, utility affiliates, or commercial energy traders. Our independence is the foundation of our credibility before commissions and with institutional partners.
Rigor
Every analysis we produce is built to withstand adversarial cross-examination, discovery by opposing counsel, and scrutiny by presiding commissioners — the most demanding analytical environment in the energy regulatory profession.
Transparency
Full documentation of every model, assumption, and data source. Our methodologies are published, our data is sourced, and our outputs are designed to be reproducible and peer-reviewable.