Nicolás Puga has more than 20 years of experience as a senior energy advisor and executive of energy consulting services in international marketing, business development, and operations. Mr. Puga has worked as a technical advisor on energy infrastructure project development, energy end-use efficiency, renewable energy technology policies and marketing. He is an expert in U.S./Mexico cross-border energy trade and in the market, regulatory, and commercial aspects of energy project development in Mexico. Mr. Puga has advised numerous private and public sector clients in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, the Philippines, and Australia.

Prior to joining Bates White, Mr. Puga worked as an independent energy consultant. He also served as Director General and Director of International Management Consulting Services at Navigant Consulting, and he held several posts at Resource Management International, Inc., including Senior Vice President; Vice President, Resource Planning Division; and Vice President, Demand-Side Management. Mr. Puga was Vice President of Demand-Side Management at ANCO Engineers, Inc., and a research associate at the University of Arizona’s Department of Nuclear and Energy Engineering. Mr. Puga began his career as a Design Engineer at Comisíon Federal de Electricidad in Celaya, Mexico, and he also worked as a Research Engineer in the Alternative Sources of Energy Division, Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

M.S., Energy Engineering, University of Arizona; B.S., Electrical Engineering, Universidad de Guanajuato, Salamanca, Mexico

Languages: Spanish