SPEAKER

Michael Stavy
Consulting Energy Economist

Since 1990, Michael Stavy has been an independent economic consultant with a specialization in wind economics, climate change, the Kyoto Protocol and the purchase of electricity in US states with competitive markets. He helps clients develop wind projects, arranges private placements of debt and equity financing and works for public policies that support wind projects. He frequently helps Illinois (USA) and Massachusetts (USA) clients buy electricity in their states’ competitive retail electric markets. Michael has 26 published papers and presentations. His prior papers/presentations on wind, climate change and the Kyoto Protocol are An Analysis of the Policies Required to Earn Carbon (CO2) Emissions Credits When Generating Electricity at Wind Power Plants, Windpower 2000 Conference, Palm Springs, CA. USA; The Effect That the Kyoto Protocol Will Have on the Cost of Wind Power in the Signatory Countries, Global WindPower 2002 Conference, Paris, France; The Use of the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to Help Finance Wind Projects in Developing Countries, Global WindPower 2004 Conference, Chicago, IL USA and An Analysis of Whether the Kyoto Protocol is Reducing the Cost Advantage of EU Fossil Electricity Over EU Wind Electricity, 2008 European Wind Energy Conference, Brussels, Belgium. Michael received his MBA (1969) from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management (USA) and his BA (1967) from the University of Illinois. Michael passed (1979) the Illinois CPA exam. He has taught at the Ecole Supériere de Affairs (ESA), Université Pierre Mendès France, Grenoble, France (2002), the University of Illinois at Chicago (1997-8) and at the College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL USA (1970-99).