Charles Wu

Boston
Education
M.B.A., enterprise management, MIT Sloan School of Management; M.A., economics, Northwestern University; S.B., economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Summary of Experience
Mr. Wu has experience consulting on energy economics, securities, trade disputes, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and statistics. He has expertise in economic impact analysis related to energy, electricity, and carbon allowance markets, and has designed and run simulations of large-scale distributed networks to predict operational efficiency and costs to consumers. Mr. Wu has developed operational models of power plant and natural gas availability to analyze fuel and energy security during extreme weather conditions. He has assisted market regulatory authorities with matters related to market and auction design, with impacts on millions of customers. Mr. Wu has supported academic affiliates in litigation matters, including damages estimation based on lost royalties, critique of statistical sampling for mortgage-backed securities, and Monte Carlo simulation modeling of statistical tests. Previously, Mr. Wu worked at Microsoft, where he used order-level data from across Microsoft’s hardware supply chain to visualize the timing of international distribution center inbound and outbound shipments.
Selected Publishing
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FERC’s acceptance of 2 capacity accreditation methods will complicate renewables development
Utility Dive, June 6, 2022
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Climate Change Impact and Resilience Study – Phase II: An Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Power System Reliability in New York State
White Paper, 2020
2020Hibbard PJ, Wu C, Krovetz H, Farrell T, Landry J
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Fuel and Energy Security in New York State: An Assessment of Winter Operational Risks for a Power System in Transition
White Paper, November 2019
2019
News
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June 10, 2022
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February 7, 2022
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April 23, 2021
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October 30, 2020