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Google and Microsoft Testify on Behalf of Themselves in Iowa Utilities Commission Docket No. RPU-2025-0001

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Isaac Gabel-Frank, Senior Vice President of Gabel Associates, Inc., has submitted direct testimony on behalf of Google LLC and Microsoft Corporation in the Iowa Utilities Commission Docket No. RPU-2025-0001. The testimony focuses on MidAmerican Energy Company's Resource Evaluation Study, which took place in 2024, and its implications for the Tech Customers' rates and the types of resources that serve their load.

Key Takeaways:

  • Gabel-Frank has over 15 years of experience in the energy industry, with expertise in economic, financial, tariff, regulatory, and marketplace analysis.
  • He will be shifting to Co-CEO of Gabel Associates, Inc. in July, in addition to his current role as Senior Vice President.
  • Gabel-Frank has worked with various public and private clients in the energy industry, including MidAmerican Energy Company, and has participated in proceedings in Iowa.
  • He received a BA in Economics, Political Science, and English Writing from the University of Pittsburgh.
  • The Tech Customers, Google LLC and Microsoft Corporation, are large energy users in Iowa with an interest in MidAmerican Energy Company's decisions that impact their rates and the types of resources that serve their load.
  • Gabel-Frank's professional experience spans renewable energy, energy efficiency, cogeneration, traditional generation sources, gas transactions, rate design, cost-of-service, revenue requirements, incentive regulation, resource adequacy, cost-benefit analysis, and infrastructure analysis.

Statistics:

  • 15 years: The number of years Isaac Gabel-Frank has been working in the energy industry.
  • 4: The number of sectors Gabel-Frank has a unique perspective on, including market, regulatory, wholesale, and retail energy issues.
  • 20 players: Number of market players that are impacted by regulatory and policy decision makers.
  • 2024: The year in which MidAmerican Energy Company's Resource Evaluation Study took place.

Sources:

  • STATE OF IOWA IOWA UTILITIES COMMISSION IN RE: MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY DOCKET NO. RPU-2025-0001 DIRECT TESTIMONY OF ISAAC GABEL-FRANK ON BEHALF OF GOOGLE LLC AND MICROSOFT CORPORATION ("TECH CUSTOMERS") MAY 29, 2025 Filed with the Iowa Utilities Commission on May 30, 2025, RPU-2025-0001 Gabel-Frank Direct Testimony Docket No. RPU-2025-0001 PUBLIC

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