Mr. Al-Jabir is an Associate at BAI. He received the Degree of Bachelor of Arts in Economics with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1987 and a Master of Arts Degree in Economics from the same university in 1989. He has also completed course work at Harvard University. During his academic career, he was elected a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.

From 1988 to 1990, Mr. Al-Jabir taught economics at the University of Texas at Austin. From 1991 to 1996, he was employed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas as a Professional Economist. Starting with the Commission as an Electric Rate Analyst, he progressed to hold the positions of Electric and Telecommunications Policy Analyst, Acting Director of the Commission’s Economic and Regulatory Policy Division and Policy Advisor to the Chairman of the Commission. He has also served as a Technical Advisor to the 74th Texas Legislature, assisting in the development of the state’s policy toward competition in the electric utility industry. Mr. Al-Jabir has been an invited speaker at several electric utility industry conferences. He joined the utility consulting practice in January 1997 and is located in BAI’s Corpus Christi, Texas office.