Kajal
Kapur, Ph.D.
Dr. Kapur has consulted on energy and environmental issues
for the last twelve years. She has extensive experience
training electric industry professionals on pricing
electric power in a deregulated market, new pricing
mechanisms used by electricity providers, and differences
in pricing methods used. Other areas of expertise include
demand side management and integrated resource planning.
Dr. Kapur has trained Korean management personnel on
important deregulation issues experienced in the U.S.
electric industry by lecturing on topics related to
customer satisfaction, market segmentation, and pricing of
services. She has helped a Japanese utility understand the
effects of deregulation on the business practices of
American gas pipeline companies.
Previously, Dr. Kapur has consulted to a major Midwest
nuclear utility and a Mid-Atlantic natural gas utility on
restructuring issues. She helped the Midwest utility
develop a promotional strategy for the company’s energy
efficiency programs, renewable energy/distributed power
options, and other environmental stewardship efforts, given
restructuring developments in the state. Dr. Kapur advised
the Mid-Atlantic utility on gas regulatory trends in an
increasingly competitive gas industry, and addressed the
implications of these trends for the company’s base rate
filing.
Dr. Kapur has also consulted on economic, policy and
environmental issues related to the regulation of electric
and gas utilities, presenting written and oral testimony in
cases before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. She
conducted economic analyses related to Indiana utilities’
clean coal technology project and clean air compliance
plans.
Dr. Kapur earned a Ph.D. in economics from Cornell
University in 1990 with a major in Industrial Organization.