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Frank  Graves

Frank Graves specializes in regulatory and financial economics, especially for electric and gas utilities, and in litigation matters related to securities litigation and risk management. 

 

He has over 30 years of experience assisting utilities in forecasting, valuation, and risk analysis of many kinds of long-range planning and service design decisions, such as generation and network capacity expansion, supply procurement and cost recovery mechanisms, network flow modeling, renewable asset selection and contracting, and hedging strategies. He has testified before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and many state regulatory commissions, as well as in state and federal courts, on such matters as integrated resource planning (IRP), the prudence of prior investment and contracting decisions, risk management, costs and benefits of new services, policy options for industry restructuring, adequacy of market competition, and competitive implications of proposed mergers and acquisitions. 

 

In the area of financial economics, he has assisted and testified in civil cases in regard to contract damages estimation, securities litigation suits, special purpose audits, tax disputes, risk management, and cost of capital estimation, and testified in criminal cases regarding corporate executives’ culpability for securities fraud. 

Programs by Frank  Graves.

What is old will become new again. While the idea of producing electricity/steam and delivering them to the customer on-site with less dependence on traditional utility-supplied power has been around for decades, it has in recent years seen a re-em...

Program Number
31263
Program Date
2021-10-28
Category
Business Organizations & ContractsContractsEnergyEnvironmental LawFederal CourtsOil & Gas Law
State
CaliforniaColoradoGeorgiaNew JerseyNew YorkTexas Self Study
Program Credits
Areas of Professional Practice:1 Credit
Total Credits
CLE Credit: 1