Paul J. Hibbard, Chairman

Paul J. Hibbard was appointed Chairman of the Department of Public Utilities by Governor Deval Patrick in April, 2007.  Chairman Hibbard's background combines public and private sector experience in energy and environmental technologies, economics, market structures, and policy.  Paul previously worked for the DPU during the 1990s on integrated resource management, environmental, and industry restructuring policy, and later for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection on Clean Air Act compliance, power industry emission control requirements, and cap-and-trade program allowance allocation policies. 

Immediately prior to rejoining the DPU as Chairman, Mr. Hibbard was a Vice President at Analysis Group, Inc., consulting on energy and environmental strategy, economics, and policy.  Mr. Hibbard has written on a wide variety of energy and environmental topics, including:  U.S. energy infrastructure security and vulnerability; the allocation of carbon emission allowances under federal cap and trade programs; the design of power industry emission control programs in the U.S. and China; power plant siting strategy and policy; utility resource procurement; the intersection of energy policy and sovereignty on tribal lands; and prevailing supply, demand, and market factors influencing electric and natural gas industry conditions and prices.  As a consultant, Chairman Hibbard worked with foundations, public sector entities, and energy industry participants in both electric and natural gas industries on energy and environmental policy research, market structure development, business strategy, litigation and regulatory support, and policy advocacy.

Chairman Hibbard holds a M.S. in Energy and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley, where he focused on the environmental, safety, and economic aspects of nuclear power, and a B.S. in Physics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Paul grew up in Weymouth, and currently lives in Boxford with his wife and three children.

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