Dia Dean Koujak, a director in Guidehouse’s Energy practice, provides advisory services to utilities, developers, investors and other stakeholders in the electric power industry. Having more than 14 years of industry experience, Dean has advised on several key decisions in power procurement, large scale renewable development, renewable portfolio standards compliance, transmission infrastructure planning, grid modernization, non-wires solutions, RTO markets (NYISO/PJM/ISO-NE), energy efficiency program implementation, utility contract negotiations, procurement standards and compliance, electric resource planning, M&A and industry litigation. He has managed multiple key utility initiatives throughout all stages of the projects including planning, design, implementation and execution. Over time, Dean has enabled electric utilities to successfully plan, evaluate, select, and contract over 4,600 MW of electric generating facilities. He has supported and been engaged on competitive power procurement and electric market matters in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Hawaii, California, Ohio, Massachusetts, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and North Carolina. Over the course of multiple resource planning and procurement engagements, he led the comparative evaluation of energy storage, renewable and conventional generation resources.