[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Data Science Community Members,

Happy Monday and I hope you all had a nice weekend! This is just a quick reminder to join us tomorrow, Tuesday, February 16th at 1:00 PM, for or February Data Science Community Meeting around “Estimating Electricity-Elasticity of Gross Regional Product in the United States.” To join our meeting please use the Microsoft Teams link below (also provided on our calendar placeholder) and let us know if you have any questions or issues getting in.

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Thanks and we look forward to connecting!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-08-2021 17:56
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming February 16th Community Conversation

Hello Data Science Community Members,

I hope all is well! We have a very exciting Community Conversation planned for this month and hope you all can join us. On Tuesday, February 16th at 1:00 PM CST, we’ll be joined by Alex Elder, PhD, Data Scientist from The Energy Authority, and his presentation, “Estimating Electricity-Elasticity of Gross Regional Product in the United States”. Please see below to learn more about Alex and his session.

Alex Elder, PHD, Data Scientist – The Energy Authority

Alex Elder is a Data Scientist at The Energy Authority where he focuses on load forecasting, economic analysis, and renewable resource optimization. Prior to joining TEA in July of 2020, Alex spent two years developing quantitative multi-asset trading strategies at Diversified Trust, an investment management firm in the southeast. Alex holds a PhD in physical chemistry and an MS in chemical engineering from Georgia Tech as well as a BS in math and chemistry from the University of Puget Sound. 

Session Description:

Energy’s role in the economic growth of industrialized nations has shifted over the past few decades as production efficiency has improved and manufacturing’s share of GDP has decreased. This process has been associated with increased demand for electric power as a clean and efficient alternative to other fuels such as gasoline and diesel. In this talk, Alex will explore how we can measure the effects of regulation and technological change on electricity demand with county-level granularity. His goal is to demonstrate how publicly available data can be incorporated into decision processes for individual utilities when their own historical data is sparse or non-representative due to technological and regulatory changes.

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I’ll be providing our Microsoft Teams link one day prior to the meeting. If you have any questions in the meantime please reach out and let us know.

Thanks!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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