As a member of RAP’s U.S. team, Shawn Enterline is an energy analyst who specializes in energy efficiency and integrated resource planning (IRP).
Before joining RAP, Enterline worked for a series of investor-owned and municipal utilities including Green Mountain Power, Burlington Electric Department and Pacific Gas and Electric where he gained expertise in power and gas marketing, portfolio management and utility financial and regulatory affairs. He has also worked as a consultant to clients throughout North America as an employee of Dunsky Energy Consulting and the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation.
Shawn Enterline holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mineral economics from The Pennsylvania State University.
How Shawn Enterline is Energizing Change
Risky Reliability: Will Regulators Address the Price Risk of the Next Generation of Gas Power Plants?
Thanks to an increase in manufacturing development, electricity demand is rising faster than expected in the Southeast. Read More +
24/7 Carbon-Free Electricity Transition Tariffs: A Regulatory Tool for Accelerating Decarbonization [Technical paper]
(A summary version of this paper is also available.) An increasing number of national, state and… Read More +
How did you catch the “energy” bug?
I was smitten by the ability of regression analysis to explain and predict behavior. A combination of curiosity and luck lead me to apply those tools to forecasting energy demand, which lead to my first job with a utility. I've been a curious number cruncher and energy analyst ever since.
What is something that makes you feel hopeful about the future?
Two things make me optimistic: technology and people.
When I was 5, I was pretty sure I'd be an astronaut when I grew up.