Scott Hempling became Director of the National Regulatory Research Institute October 1, 2006. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Hempling owned and managed a national law practice providing representation and policy advice on matters involving regulated utilities. His expertise includes market structure, including implementation and monitoring of retail and wholesale competition; mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring; utility diversification; revenue requirements and rate design; transmission policies affecting renewable and other energy producers; proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; state investigations into utility financial difficulties; and state-federal jurisdictional issues. His former firm’s clients included state commissions and legislatures, independent power producers and marketers, investor-owned utilities, municipal power systems, ratepayer representatives and public interest organizations.

Mr. Hempling has appeared frequently before Congressional and state legislative
committees, and as a lecturer at industry conferences and training programs. Since 1997 he has organized semiannual legal seminars on introductory and advanced topics in electricity law. Mr. Hempling is a member of the Bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland.

Education

B.A. cum laude, Yale University (majors: Economics and Political Science; Music),
1978. Recipient of a Continental Grain Fellowship and a Patterson Research Grant.
J.D. magna cum laude, Georgetown University Law Center, 1984. Recipient of
American Jurisprudence Award for Constitutional Law; editor of Law and Policy in
International Business; instructor, legal research and writing.

Professional Experience

Director, National Regulatory Research Institute, Ohio State University (2006 -).

Founder and President, Law Offices of Scott Hempling, P.C. (1990-2006).

Attorney, Environmental Action Foundation (1987-1990).

Attorney, Spiegel and McDiarmid (1984-1987).

Past Clients

Independent Power Producers and Marketers

California Wind Energy Association, Cannon Power Company, Electric Power Supply
Association, EnerTran Technology Company, National Independent Power Producers, SmartEnergy.com, U.S. Wind Force.

Investor-Owned Utilities

Madison Gas & Electric, Oklahoma Gas & Electric.

Legislative Bodies

Vermont Legislature, South Carolina Senate.

Municipal Power Systems

Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative, Iowa Association of Municipal
Utilities, City of Winter Park, Florida.

Public Interest Organizations

American Association Retired Persons, American Public Power Association, Consumer Federation of America, Energy Foundation, Environmental Action Foundation, Illinois Citizens Utility Board, Union of Concerned Scientists.

State Commissions and Consumer Agencies

Arkansas Public Service Commission, Arizona Corporation Commission, Connecticut
Department of Public Utility Control, Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, Delaware Public Service Commission, Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission, Kansas Corporation Commission, Massachusetts Attorney General, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, Missouri Public Service Commission, Montana Public Service Commission, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Nevada Consumer Advocate, Nevada Public Service Commission, New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, New Jersey Division of Ratepayer Advocate, North Carolina Utilities Commission, Ohio Public Utilities Commission, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, South Carolina Public Service Commission, Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, Vermont Department of Public Service, Virginia State Corporation Commission, Wisconsin Attorney General.

Legislative Testimony

United States Senate

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Feb. 2002 (analyzing bill to amend the
Public Utility Holding Company Act) (PUHCA).

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, May 1993 (analyzing bill to transfer
PUHCA functions from SEC to FERC).

Committee on Banking and Urban Affairs, Sept. 1991 (analyzing proposed amendment to PUHCA).

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, March 1991 (analyzing proposed
amendment to PUHCA).

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Nov. 1989 (analyzing proposed
amendment to PUHCA).

United State House of Representatives

Subcommittees on Energy and Power and Telecommunications and Finance, Commerce Committee, Oct. 1995 (regulation of public utility holding companies).

Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Energy and Commerce Committee, July 1994
(analyzing future of the electric industry).

Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Energy and Commerce Committee, May 1991
(analyzing proposed amendment to PUHCA).

Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources, Government Operations Committee, Oct. 1990 (assessing electric utility policies of FERC).

Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary, Apr. 1989 (discussing proposals to increase staff administering PUHCA).

Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Sept. 1988 (discussing "independent power
producers" and PUHCA).

State Legislatures

Committee on Energy and Public Utilities, California Senate (December 1989)
(discussing relationships between electric utilities and their non-regulated affiliates).

Interim Committee on Electric Restructuring, Nevada Legislature (1995-97) (discussing options for structuring the electric industry).

Committees on General Affairs, Finance, Vermont Senate (February-March 1997)
(discussing options for structuring the electric industry).

Task Force to Study Retail Electric Competition, Maryland General Assembly (1997).

Electricity Restructuring Task Force, Virginia General Assembly (1999).

Judiciary Committee, South Carolina Senate (Fall 2000).

Publications

“Corporate Structure Events Involving Regulated Utilities: The Need for a Multidisciplinary, Multijurisdictional Approach,” The Electricity Journal (Aug./Sept. 2006).

"Reassessing Retail Competition: A Chance to Modify the Mix," The Electricity Journal (Jan./Feb. 2002).

The Renewables Portfolio Standard: A Practical Guide, National Association of
Regulatory Utility Commissioners (Feb. 2001) (with N. Rader).

Promoting Competitive Electricity Markets Through Community Purchasing: The Role of Municipal Aggregation, American Public Power Association (Jan. 2000) (with N. Rader).

Is Competition Here? An Evaluation of Defects in the Market for Generation (National
Independent Energy Producers, Jan. 1995) (co-author).

The Regulatory Treatment of Embedded Costs Exceeding Market Prices: Transition to a Competitive Electric Generation Market (Nov. 1994) (with K. Rose and R. Burns).

"Depolarizing the Debate: Can Retail Wheeling Coexist with Integrated Resource
Planning?" The Electricity Journal (Apr. 1994).

Reducing Ratepayer Risk: State Regulation of Electric Utility Expansion (American
Association of Retired Persons 1993).

"'Incentives' for Purchased Power: Compensation for Risk or Reward for Inefficiency?"  The Electricity Journal (Sept. 1993).

"Making Competition Work," The Electricity Journal (June 1993).

"Confusing 'Competitors' With 'Competition,'" Public Utilities Fortnightly (March 15,
1991).

"The Retail Ratepayer's Stake in Wholesale Transmission Access," Public Utilities
Fortnightly (July 19, 1990).

"Preserving Fair Competition: The Case for the Public Utility Holding Company Act,"
The Electricity Journal (Jan./Feb. 1990).

"Opportunity Cost Pricing," Wheeling and Transmission Monthly (Oct. 1989).

"Corporate Restructuring and Consumer Risk: Is the SEC Enforcing the Public Utility
Holding Company Act?" The Electricity Journal (July 1988).

"The Legal Standard of 'Prudent Utility Practices' in the Context of Joint Construction
Projects," NRECA/APPA Newsletter Legal Reporting Service (Dec. 1984/Jan. 1985) (co-author).

Other Activities

Lecturer

Regulatory Studies Program, sponsored by the Institute of Public Utilities at Michigan
State University in association with NARUC (1988-present).

India’s Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (2001).

Member

Research Advisory Committee, National Regulatory Research Institute (1994-1999).

Roster of Experts, U.S. Dept. of Energy National Electricity Forum (1994).

Editorial Advisory Board, The Electricity Journal.

Conference Speaker

American Antitrust Institute, American Association of Retired Persons, American Bar Association, American Power Conference, American Public Power Association, American Wind Energy Association, Chicago Bar Association (Energy Section), Electric Power Research Institute, Electric Utility Week, Electricity Consumers Resource Council, Energy Daily, Executive Enterprises, Exnet, Federal Energy Bar Association, Harvard Electricity Policy Group, Infocast, Management Exchange, National Conference of Regulatory Attorneys, Midamerica Association of Regulatory Commissioners, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, National Independent Energy Producers, New England Conference of Public Utility Commissioners, New England Public Power Association, Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, World Regulatory Forum, U.S. Department of Energy Forum on Electricity Issues.