Derek Hagaman
Derek Hagaman, Senior Associate, has over 8 years of experience in energy and utility policy-related issues. He provides support on a wide range of regional transmission organization (RTO) issues including resource adequacy, price formation, and generator interconnection processes. He also performs quantitative analysis of power market issues.
As a part of Gabel Associates’ RTO group, Mr. Hagaman engages in stakeholder affairs across several markets including CAISO, NYISO, ISO-NE, and PJM. Mr. Hagaman closely monitors market rule and policy changes made at the federal, state, and stakeholder level and analyzes the potential interaction effects on market outcomes, as well as provides strategic advice that is tailored to each client’s business interests.
Prior to joining Gabel Associates, Mr. Hagaman worked as an Energy Industry Analyst in the Office of Energy Policy and Innovation at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In this role, Mr. Hagaman performed quantitative and qualitative analysis on proposed market rule changes and reported findings to FERC commissioners and staff.
Mr. Hagaman also served as a policy analyst on FERC Order 845 compliance and was one of the lead analysts on an internal report that monitored interconnection study deadlines following the implementation of Order 845. As part of this role, Mr. Hagaman built a database that tracked interconnection study timing relative to relevant tariff-defined interconnection study deadlines. This database served to inform FERC staff of the magnitude and trends in interconnection study delays across the country.