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We are excited to announce that as of February 1, Wood Mackenzie is a portfolio company of Veritas Capital, a leading investor at the intersection of technology and government. Our focus remains on providing you with the best intelligence, analytics, data and tools to ensure you are making the best data-driven business decisions with confidence.  

Read more in our news release here. 

Research

Chris DaCosta

Research Manager, CAISO Desk, Short-term Analytics

Expertise

  • United States
  • Power and renewables

Get in touch with Chris

Chris is a power industry expert with more than a decade of experience in wholesale markets, and a focus on the dynamic western US region.

As the research manager for the California ISO (CAISO) and Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) desk, Chris manages a team responsible for research related to power markets in the region. His team covers everything from long term hydro forecasts for the Pacific Northwest to daily congestion patterns caused by the large amount of renewable generation in California.

Chris has been analysing the CAISO market in depth since it went nodal in 2009. He uses his extensive experience, along with models and tools he helped to develop, to provide custom market insights to a large variety of customers, from asset owners to virtual traders to utilities.

Education

BA, International Relations, Boston University