Director
Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3)
Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Dr. Mettetal is an experienced energy and environmental economist and Director at Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc (E3), where she leads projects in E3’s Integrated System Planning practice. Her work supports clients with rigorous technical analysis and energy modeling. At E3, Dr. Mettetal has managed several studies evaluating the costs and feasibility of achieving electric sector decarbonization using E3’s electricity capacity expansion and loss-of-load probability models. This work enables utilities, states, and regulators to make informed decisions related to investments in clean energy and electric sector reliability in futures with high levels of renewable energy. Dr. Mettetal managed E3’s study, joint with Energy Futures Initiative, evaluating electric sector reliability under resource portfolios consistent with New England achieving economy-wide Net Zero GHG emissions. She has also led several studies related to hydrogen and other forms of long-duration energy storage. In 2019, Dr. Mettetal was lead author for a study for Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) on the role of hydrogen in the low-carbon West. She also led E3's support for Massachusetts on its long-duration storage roadmap, for NYSERDA on New York’s 2022 Storage Roadmap, and for Maine on its Energy Storage Market Assessment. Dr. Mettetal has also taught environment and climate economics at Harvard University, where she is an alumna of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program. Dr. Mettetal holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University and a B.S. in Environmental Engineering Science, with a minor in Economics, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Navigating the Northeast Hydrogen Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
4:05 PM – 5:00 PM ET