Spencer S. Yang

Spencer Yang is a testifying expert specializing in reliability analysis, power flow analysis, renewable energy and transmission disputes.

Summary

Spencer (Songhoon) Yang provides expert testimony and consulting services for renewable energy development, due diligence for electric power generation projects, electricity market analysis, litigation, and energy-related regulatory proceedings. He has extensive experience applying quantitative analysis to a broad range of business issues and challenges.

Spencer has served as an energy policy advisor and a co-chair of the Renewable Energy Committee for South Korean President Moon Jae-In in developing South Korea’s Energy Transformation Plan (providing a transition to a sustainable energy system). He has also advised both US and Korean IPPs in developing renewable energy projects; he has advised major US solar QF developers on QF interconnection and PPA issues; he has evaluated solar PPAs on behalf of state regulators; he has advised private equity funds on utility mergers; and he has analyzed the benefits of adding renewable generation into a portfolio of fossil fuel generation on behalf of Airtricity, the European Investment Bank, and the California Energy Commission. He is currently an advisor to a developer of solar and storage projects in Africa and to an acquirer of renewable energy projects in the Americas. He is also a member of the Electricity Policy Review Committee in South Korea, where he is responsible for reviewing and approving national electricity policies, energy mix objectives, and integrated resource plans.

Spencer has served as both a testifying and consulting expert in a wide array of cases, including the Exelon–Constellation merger, a FERC PURPA section 210(m) proceeding on behalf of QFs located in the Entergy Balancing Authority Area, various proceedings before federal and state regulatory commissions, applications for market-based rate authority, reliability needs assessments of transmission lines, the potential impact of the retirement of nuclear generation facilities, an assessment of global nuclear power plant construction and decommissioning services, and various civil damages cases.