AboutPracticesProfessionalsNewsCareers
Professionals
Overview

Directory

Practice area
Energy

1300 Eye Street NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005

phone: 202.652.2184
fax: 202.408.7838

Nicolás Puga, M.S.

Principal

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

Back

Areas of expertise

Cross-border energy trade and infrastructure

Supply and demand assessment

Demand-side management

Market, regulatory, and tariff analysis

Risk management strategy

Feasibility studies

Renewable energy

Spotlights
Spotlights
Presentations
Recent Developments in U.S.-Mexico Electricity Trade: A Tale of Two Borders

“Renewable Energy Resources in the Baja California Border Area and the Clean Development Mechanism” (in Spanish)

Press releases
Bates White issues report on need for new high-voltage transmission line in Virginia

Bates White Principal, Nicolás Puga, plays key role in FERC U.S.-Mexico electricity interconnection case

Publications
PV vs. Solar Thermal

“Northern Mexico Has Big Wind Potential; New Wires, Cross-Border Cooperation Needed,” and “Mexico Could Be Wind Hotspot If Wires, Border Issues Are Solved”

Challenges and Opportunities to Deliver Renewable Energy from Baja California Norte to California (prepared for the California Energy Commission)