 Areas of Expertise
Competitive Procurement Available Transmission Capability Contract Development, Evaluation and Negotiations Electric Retail Competition and Customer Choice Market Power Analysis Market Price Surveys Price Forecasts Procurement and Management of Energy and Energy-Related Products Request for Proposals
Cost of Service/Rate Design Ancillary Service Rates Avoided Cost Rates Cost of Service Demand-Side Management Interruptible Rates Open Access Rates, Terms and Conditions Prudence and Used/Useful Evaluation Purchase Power Contracts Rate Design and Tariff Analysis Real-Time Pricing Resource Planning Standby Rates Stranded Costs Transmission Planning and Operations Transmission Pricing and Access
Financial Fuel Cost Recovery Fuel Purchasing Strategies
Special Projects Economic Dispatch Generation Interconnection Legislation and Public Policy Load Flow Studies Market Structure Production Cost Studies Stability Studies Transmission Line Routing Training Seminars
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Mr. Dauphinais is a Managing Principal at BAI. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hartford. He has also completed several graduate level courses in Electric Power Engineering through the Engineering Outreach Program at the University of Idaho.
Prior to entering the consulting field in 1997, Mr. Dauphinais was a Senior Engineer with Northeast Utilities (NU). His work there included the preparation of numerous transmission studies involving load flow and stability analysis. He was also responsible for spearheading NU's open access transmission tariff filing and was instrumental in the development and implementation of NU's Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS). Mr. Dauphinais has testified on a variety of issues in over 100 regulatory proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the public service commissions of 15 states and provinces. Mr. Dauphinais also has extensive experience with the procurement of electricity, resource planning, transmission line routing and Regional Transmission Organization issues. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Project Work

Other Project Work
- Alberta
- Edison Electric Institute
- Electric Power Research Institute
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
- Joint Transmission Services Information Network (JTSIN)
- Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. (MISO)
- New England Power Pool
- North American Electric Reliability Corporation
- Northeast Power Coordinating Council
Honors:
- Awarded the NU Chairman's Award in 1993 for his work in power system stability analysis
- Awarded the NU Energy Resource Group President's Award in 1996 for his work in open access issues
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