Nicholas Crowley is a network industry expert specializing in electric and gas utility regulation, with additional experience in telecommunications and railroads. Nick testifies on cost of capital and performance-based regulation issues in the United States and Canada, and his reports have been filed before regulatory authorities across North America. Nick calculates total factor productivity for gas and electric utilities and participates in the development of cost benchmarks for power systems. He assists utilities with embedded and marginal cost-based analysis to inform practical and innovative rate design. He assists in the evaluation of leading demand response programs. His research has been published in The Electricity Journal and the journal Utilities Policy.
Prior to joining Christensen Associates, Nick served at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, assisting with energy industry benchmarking, incentive regulation of oil pipelines, and evaluation of natural gas pipeline rate cases. He is a CFA charterholder.
Key Cost Drivers of Mobile Wireless Services in Canada: Implications for Pricing
October 05, 2020 - TELUS, a Canadian national telecommunications company, engaged Dr. Mark Meitzen and Nick Crowley of Christensen Associates to conduct a benchmarking analysis of wireless telecommunications cost drivers in G7 nations.
Christensen Associates Benchmarks Wireless Telecom Cost Drivers for Canada
February 05, 2020 - TELUS, a Canadian national telecommunications company, engaged Dr. Mark Meitzen and Nick Crowley of Christensen Associates to conduct a benchmarking analysis of wireless telecommunications cost drivers in G7 nations.