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Date: March 31, 1997
"Revolution in Energy Policy" to be Discussed in Princeton Lecture
Princeton, N.J. -- Richard O'Neill, director of the Office of Economic Policy at the Federal Energy Regulation Commission, will give a talk titled "The Revolution in Energy Policy" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, April 8, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1.
O'Neill is also the chief economist for the Commission, an independent regulatory agency within the Department of Energy. His office is responsible for economic analysis and regulatory policy in the natural gas, electric power, and oil pipeline industries.
O'Neill was previously director of the Commission's Office of Pipeline and Producer Regulation, where he was in charge of technical staff work on the regulation of the natural gas and oil pipeline industries. He holds a B.S. in chemical engineering, an M.B.A., and a Ph.D. in operations research from the University of Maryland. He has worked with countries, states, and energy and computer companies in developing mathematical software, energy modeling, forecasting, and regulation. His work has appeared in a variety of journals in the fields of applied math, optimization, operations research, computer science, electrical engineering, and energy economics.
His lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School.