Carlos Batlle
Biography
Carlos Batlle is Associate Professor at Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid, part-time Professor of the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) and Research Affiliate of MIT CEEPR.
At Comillas he teaches Energy Economics and Electric Power Systems Regulation, and he is also member of the Institute for Research in Technology, where he leads research projects and supervises PhD and master dissertations.
At the FSR, an institution under the aegis of the European University in Florence, he is member of the Training Program for European Energy Regulators and (among other courses) Director of the FSR Annual Training on the Regulation of Energy Utilities.
From 2011 to 2024 he served at the MIT Energy Initiative and the MIT Sloan School of Management, teaching the course entitled “Engineering, Economics and Regulation of the Electric Power Sector” and also leading research projects and supervising master and PhD thesis.
He has worked and lectured extensively on electric power systems regulation, with special focus on markets and end-user rate design. He has also a vast experience on the operation, planning, and risk management modeling of electricity generation. He has rendered consulting services for (mainly) governments and international regulatory institutions in over 30 countries. He has published over 40 papers in national and international journals and conference proceedings and authored 10 book chapters.
He is also member of the Advisory Academic Panel of Ofgem, the UK energy National Regulatory Authority.
