Summary of Experience
Lisa Quilici is a financial and regulatory consultant with nearly three decades of experience advising energy clients throughout North America on a wide range of strategic, financial, transactional, and regulatory matters. Ms. Quilici has advised clients on mergers and acquisitions involving electric, natural gas, thermal, and water utilities in more than 20 states and managed or advised the sale of nuclear, fossil, and hydroelectric generation transactions with an aggregate valuation in excess of $20 billion.
Ms. Quilici has extensive experience supporting her clients’ Boards and senior management on regulatory analysis, policy formation, and resource planning and has run or monitored numerous competitive solicitations. She has provided expert testimony on transaction and regulatory matters on more than a dozen occasions before state regulatory agencies and courts.
After graduation from Purdue University, Ms. Quilici worked in human resources before earning her MBA from Northeastern University. She then joined the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities where she worked as an economist, lead negotiator in integrated resource management, and assistant director of the rates and revenue requirements division. Ms. Quilici joined REED Consulting group in 1994, becoming one of the youngest officers named in that organization. REED was acquired by Navigant Consulting in 1997, where she served as an executive until leaving Navigant to form Concentric. Ms. Quilici is a member of Concentric’s Board of Directors and acts as its corporate secretary.
Education
M.B.A., Northeastern University
Certificate Program in Employee Relations, Rutgers University
B.A., Purdue University
Testified Before
Colorado Public Utilities Commission; Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board; Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission; Iowa Utilities Board; Missouri Public Service Commission; New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; New Mexico Public Regulation Commission; New York Public Service Commission; Philadelphia City Council; Public Utilities Commission of Texas; Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Experience
Economic Impact Study
As part of our work in a proposed utility merger, our team modeled the broader economic impacts to the impacted state of a proposed electric rate reduction for all the […]
Plant Retirement and Redevelopment
Our utility client owns and operates coal-fired generating stations in the Midwestern U.S. Following the decision to retire certain coal-fired generating assets, the company’s decommissioning team was faced with the […]
Generating Facility Reliability Support
We provided assistance with a RFP for reliability services related to the retirement of the client’s power generating facility. This work involved a review of the RFP, including the review of […]
Spent Nuclear Fuel Litigation Support
We have provided litigation support and expert testimony to clients in six separate legal proceedings before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on the government’s breach of the Standard Contract […]
Power Supply Procurement Advisory
We assisted a utility with the design, administration and evaluation of its power supply procurement processes. Specifically, we developed and administered the request for proposals (“RFP”), managed the due diligence process […]
Day One Merger Integration Preparedness
“The importance of a strong Integration Management Office, and effective and engaging communication with the buyer’s and seller’s workforces through well-organized, multi-functional teams with clear mandates and workplans cannot be […]
Multi-Utility Rate Case and Regulatory Support
Concentric worked closely with the regulatory team for a Midwestern U.S. investor-owned energy services utility to develop, file and support multi-utility general rate cases before the state regulatory commission by […]
Utility Merger Integration Project Management
In 2020, a Northwestern U.S. investor-owned electric utility acquired a municipal electric utility in the same area. Prior to the closing of the transaction, Concentric worked closely with both companies […]
Deregulation Petition and Fiscal Impact
Concentric was retained to support three Southeastern U.S. electric utilities in responding to initiatives to deregulate state electric markets and prohibit the currently vertically integrated utilities from providing generation service […]
Rate Proceeding Expert Testimony
Concentric provided expert testimony on behalf of a Florida electric utility in a rate proceeding regarding the utility’s relative cost, reliability, and capital deployment efficiency compared to three peer groups […]
Market Test Strategy and Regulatory Support
Concentric developed, documented, and supported a 3-5 year plan responding to a client’s hostile investor. We worked with the client to develop forecasts and projections, strategic assessments of different business […]
Cost of Capital Expertise
Concentric was retained by a U.S. investor-owned electric services company to provide cost of capital analysis and expert testimony in their Missouri rate cases. We provided an assessment of economic […]
Publications
Retail Competition in Electricity: What Have We Learned in 20 Years? PDF
