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A peer reviewer of one of DHInfrastructure’s tariff studies (an accountant at a large international financial institution) once made the following comment: “Modern double-entry accounting as a profession has developed over the last seven centuries, with highly advanced standards that are clearly explained in the International Financial Reporting Standards…. We see no reason for [country[…]

When I founded DHInfrastructure in 2007, I had few aspirations of building a large consulting firm, but definitely had in mind that—whatever size we got to—our work would be global. I cut my teeth in consulting at National Economic Research Associates (NERA) in the mid-1990s. There had been a lot of recent geopolitical change in[…]

DHInfrastructure recently contributed to a significant report published by the Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI) titled “Powering the Pacific: The Cost Implications of Renewable Energy.” The study examines the impact of transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources on power generation costs and consumer tariffs in six Pacific developing member countries of the[…]

Sustainable Energy Transformation in Fiji! Thrilled to see the successful endorsement of Fiji’s Renewable Energy Integration (REI) Investment Plan (IP) by the governing board of the Climate Investment Funds. A huge congratulations to the Government of Fiji for this achievement. We are delighted to have had the opportunity to support Fiji throughout the preparation of[…]

Krissy Barshevsky and Denzel Hankinson again had the pleasure of joining the Annual Meeting of the Office of Pacific Energy Regulators Alliance (OPERA https://lnkd.in/etT7HVEY). This round was graciously hosted by the United Nations ESCAP, in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and parallel to the Asian and Pacific Energy Forum (#APEF3) in Thailand. Denzel[…]

We are pleased to announce the publication of our collaboration with The World Bank on a framework for sustainable heating in Europe and Central Asia, where heating remains dependent on fossil fuels and inefficient technologies. The new framework calls for reducing heating demand through energy efficiency in buildings and changing user behaviors, bolstering and decarbonizing[…]

We are working with Maryland’s residential utility consumer advocate to protect gas customers. Our report, “Maryland Gas Utility Spending”, found that without significant regulatory action, gas utility customers will see substantial and continuing increases in their gas bills in the coming years to pay for accelerating capital investment spending by utilities. DHInfrastructure’s Director of Utility[…]

Citizens Utility Board of Minnesota just released a study on gas infrastructure spending in Minnesota that was prepared by DHInfrastructure’s Brendan Larkin-Connolly and Christopher Parcels. We are always proud to support utility consumer advocates, like CUB, that play a vital role in the regulatory process. This topic of gas infrastructure capital investment is highly relevant[…]

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will hold the PPP Americas Conference in Panama City next week to bring together public and private-sector professionals to discuss groundbreaking topics and exchange ideas on planning, structuring, and managing public-private partnerships (PPPs). In preparation for this year’s conference and together with the IDB, we recently wrote a Discussion Paper[…]

A few weeks ago, after a long hiatus, some of us were again able to get together–in person–for a short company retreat. The pandemic years were challenging but also forced some useful changes, and created new opportunities. One of the changes was the opening of a new office in Worcester MA (more on that later),[…]