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Lon W. House

Lon W. House
Founder and President, Water and Energy Consulting

Years of Experience: 25+ years
Areas of Expertise: Investment Management Expert for Water and Energy Sectors
Dr. House has a Bachelor’s, Two Masters, and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Economics from University of California at Davis. He is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and a Certified Sustainable Development Professional (CSDP) with the Association of Energy Engineers.  He taught engineering in Graduate School at U.C. Davis for a number of years and is the founder and Co-Director of Hydropower for the U.C. Davis Energy Institute.  He worked for the California Energy Commissionas a utility planner, and he was the chief utility planner for the California Public Utilities Commission.  In 1992 he started his own business (Water and Energy Consulting), providing consulting services to clients in the water and energy sectors.  He has been the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) energy consultant; is the California Rural Water Association (CRWA) energy specialist; and is the energy trainer for the Rural Water Association of Arizona (RWAA) and National Rural Water Association (NRWA). 
Dr. House also works for the California Public Utilities Commission as an expert witness on transmission issues and is their water-energy expert, and for the California Energy Commission as a researcher.  He is an investment management expert consultant in the water and energy areas for: GersonLehrman Group-GLG Scholar Program,  eWork Markets, Price Waterhouse-Vantage Marketplace, Roundtable Group, Standard & Poor’s–Society of Industrial Leaders, Coleman Research, and Guidepoint Advisors. He is a member of the American Water Works Association (AWWA), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Sigma X - the National Research Honor Society, Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) and the International Association of Energy Economists.

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