Michael Deupree, Research Consultant

michaeldeupree@acadianconsulting.com

Michael Deupree is an expert in the analysis of economic and public policy issues in regulated industries.  He has worked in consulting and public service for more than fifteen years, including more than a decade at Acadian Consulting Group (“ACG”).

Mr. Deupree has provided expert analysis and testimony in proceedings involving class cost of service, rate design, alternative regulation, net energy metering of distributed resources, resource planning, and the regulation of ratepayer-financed energy efficiency programs during the course of his career.  Mr. Deupree is well versed in most pressing policy issues in utility regulation including alternative regulation, regulatory lag, cost trackers, performance incentives, and mergers and acquisitions.  This also includes extensive experience in conducting embedded class cost of service studies and marginal cost of service analysis, as well as emerging utility rate design issues such as residential demand-based rates and large load data center tariff design.

Mr. Deupree has served as the primary staff manager at ACG since taking the position of Research Consultant in the Summer of 2021.  In this role he manages day-to-day staff issues, supervising ACG’s technical review and work product, and serving as the principle contact for most clients.  Mr. Deupree also works closely with clients regarding settlement discussions, evidentiary hearing preparations, and assisting in developing post-hearing briefs.

Mr. Deupree holds a Masters of Arts in Economics from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa.