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Biography
Dr Macatangay is an energy sector specialist with professional experience in North America, Western Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Previous to CEPMLP, he was Manager, Transaction and Market Analysis at NV Energy Inc. (“NVE”), the utility holding company serving the State of Nevada in the US. At NVE he led a team of quantitative specialists structuring physical and financial instruments for electric power and natural gas, and provided oral and written expert testimony in Nevada regulatory proceedings. Previous to NVE, he was a Vice President at Economists Incorporated (“EI”), a specialist consulting firm with offices in California and Washington DC. At EI he provided oral and written expert testimony in Federal court proceedings, and delivered both expert reports and technical workshops in Hawaii regulatory proceedings.
Earlier in his career, he worked on nodal price simulation and asset valuation at California software firm LCG Consulting, the creator of the UPLAN optimisation model for electric power markets, and held senior positions at the Center for Research and Communication (“CRC”), a think-tank now known as University of Asia and the Pacific in Manila, the Philippines. At LCG he delivered analytical work products to the Electric Power Research Institute, the Balancing Pool of Alberta in Canada, San Diego Gas & Electric, Alliant Energy Resources Inc., Taiwan Power, BC Hydro in Canada, US law firm Hennigan, Bennet & Doreman, and EPCOR in Canada. At CRC he prepared energy sector reports for the World Bank, the Japan External Trade Organization, international energy companies, and Philippine government agencies.
Dr Macatangay has a PhD from the University of Manchester, UK and was a Visiting Research Associate at the University of California Energy Institute in Berkeley for his post-doctoral work. He is a US citizen and has indefinite leave to remain status in the UK.
Research
Dr Macatangay is a specialist in electric power, natural gas, and related energy commodities, with emphasis on the law and economics of the energy transition. His interdisciplinary research is on the cognate areas of risk management, competition and regulation, and natural resource policy. He is keen on numerical methods implemented in specialist software, and on qualitative approaches auditing the alignment between theory and decision-making. His work has received funding from the UK Economic and Social Research Council, the UK Department for International Development, the Energy Technology Partnership in Scotland, and the African Center for Economic Transformation in Accra. He has conducted research in collaboration with academics from the UK, China, and Africa.
Dr Macatangay is a member of the International Association for Energy Economics (“IAEE”). He has had academic visits with the MIT Energy Laboratory, the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, the Stanford University Economics Department, Resources for the Future, the World Bank, the IMF, and the Environmental Defense Fund in New York. He has provided advisory for governments, development agencies, energy companies, investment houses, and professional services firms. He recently engaged in knowledge exchange on US natural gas markets for nearly two person-months at the Oxford office of a London investment firm (with about $30B under management and hundreds of employees in offices worldwide).
Dr Macatangay has supervised PhD students working on the optimisation of electricity market structures in Indonesia, supply risk and strategic behaviour in global natural gas markets, the economic benefits of electricity market integration in East Africa, capacity markets in the UK, and social accounting and conflict resolution in the mining industry. He has also supervised MSc students working on a wide range of topics, including the energy transition, energy security, hedging instruments for energy commodities, liquidity and price discovery in energy markets, economic signals for investments in electricity generation or transmission, the optimisation of natural gas pipeline capacity, competition in electricity markets, privatisation and liberalisation of energy markets, regulatory capture, road pricing, and local content requirement policies for extractive industries.
Dr Macatangay would be delighted to provide supervision for PhD students whose interests are related to his research activities.
Teaching
Dr Macatangay teaches three contextualised postgraduate modules using the lens of law and economics to examine the energy transition. Each of them features hands-on exercises using statistical, optimisation, or simulation models.
CP52071 Economics of Electric Power covers scheduling, balancing, despatching renewable energy, transmission congestion and nodal pricing, fuel markets (especially natural gas), risk management (in particular, hedge design), economic regulation (with emphasis on integrated resource planning), and optimal expansion decisions.
CP51003 Analytical Tools for Energy Economics covers accounting and intensity indicators, price statistics, market model parameter calibration, optimal procurement, nodal price modelling, power plant-gas pipeline linkages, levelised cost analysis, and computable general equilibrium modelling.
CP52002 Contemporary Issues in Energy Economics covers "the grand energy transitions," strategic behaviour in energy markets, price formation processes (especially for oil, natural gas, and electric power), competition and regulation (including electricity market design), environmental issues (in particular, emissions trading), energy security, renewables, and investments and access.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Social Science, University of Manchester
Award Date: 1 Jan 1999
Master of Economics, University of Manchester
Award Date: 1 Jan 1995
Master in Science, University of Asia and the Pacific
Award Date: 1 Jan 1990
Bachelor of Economics, University of the Philippines
Award Date: 1 Jan 1988
Keywords
- H Social Sciences (General)
- natural gas, electric utility, economic regulation, prudent procurement, risk management, hedging, fixed-for-floating swap, collar, volatility term structure, two-factor mean-reverting model, stochastic optimisation, Monte Carlo simulation, international treaty, contract law and economics, watercourse management, agriculture, hydroelectric generation, asset management, continuous portfolio optimisation, calibration, economic welfare functions, hydrological conditions
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Chinese National Oil Companies and the Economic Development of African Oil Producers (joint with Open University)
Bastida, A., Bergmann, A., Liao, X., Macatangay, R. & Mu, X.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/06/15 → 30/11/18
Project: Research
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Natural Resources Development Projects as a Pathway Towards the Transformation of Africa's Economies
Bergmann, A., Desta, M. & Macatangay, R.
African Center for Economic Transformation
1/08/12 → 30/11/12
Project: Research
Research output
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Towards Electricity Markets’ Integration and Investment in Transmission Capacity: East African Community Power Markets
Mabea, G. A. & Macatangay, R. E., 2021, In: Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy. 10, 1, p. 211-228 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Managing the threat of regulatory capture under the European Energy Union
Macatangay, R. & Roeben, V., 2020, The Global Energy Transition: Law, Policy and Economics for Energy in the 21st Century. Cameron, P. D., Mu, X. & Roeben, V. (eds.). 1 ed. Hart Publishing, (Global Energy Law and Policy).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Conciliation for marine transboundary energy resources: A law and economics approach
Röben, V. & Macatangay, R., 2019, The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road: Challenges and Opportunities for Asia and Europe. Zou, K., Wu, S. & Ye, Q. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Routledge, 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Optimising Indonesia’s Electricity Market Structure: Evidence of Sumatra and Java-Bali Power System
Hakam, D. & Macatangay, R., 30 Apr 2018, Proceedings - 2018 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, ICIT 2018. IEEE, Vol. 2018-February. p. 1266-1271 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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The role of valuation and bargaining in optimising transboundary watercourse treaty regimes
Macatangay, R. & Rieu-Clarke, A., Jun 2018, In: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. 18, 3, p. 409-428 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus)149 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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CEPMLP Staff Seminar
Rafael Macatangay (Participant)
8 Nov 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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"Competition and Regulation in the Energy Sector"
Rafael Macatangay (Speaker)
28 Sep 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Analysis of Supply and Demand Data on Energy Commodities
Rafael Macatangay (Consultant)
24 Jul 2017 → 9 Sep 2017Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
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35th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference
Rafael Macatangay (Participant)
12 Nov 2017 → 15 Nov 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Imperial College Press (Publisher)
Rafael Emmanuel Macatangay (Peer reviewer)
2014Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity