John R. Morris Principal | morris.j@ei.com A.B. Georgetown University, 1981 M.A. University of Washington, 1983 Ph.D. University of Washington, 1985 Economists Incorporated, Washington, DC

John Morris studies competition in energy industries such as electric power, natural gas, petroleum products, and coal. He has been studying and consulting in these industries since joining the Federal Trade Commission in 1985. Since joining Economists Incorporated in 1992, he has consulted on many matters involving energy companies, including merger filings at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the antitrust agencies, applications for market-based rates, competitive issues relating to rate design, alleged market manipulation, monopolization claims, allegations of collusion and coordinated interaction, electric transmission pricing, relations between regulated and unregulated affiliates, and adequacy of market power mitigation. He has published articles on competition and energy matters, and he has spoken on numerous occasions concerning competition in natural gas, electric power and other industries. Dr. Morris is a contributing author to Electric Utility Mergers: Principles for Antitrust Analysis (1994). A recognized expert on using computer simulation models to measure the market power of electric utilities, he published Finding Market Power in Power Markets (2000). The paper shows that FERC's screening method for electric utility mergers is likely to find market power that does not actually exist. He has testified before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, state commissions, and in federal court. Dr. Morris previously served at the Federal Trade Commission as an Assistant to the Director for Antitrust in the Bureau of Economics, an Economic Advisor to a Commissioner, and a staff economist. He has taught at the University of Washington, Indiana University, and Stanford University (Washington campus).