Hung-po Chao
Speaker

Hung-po Chao

Senior Director and Chief Economist

A Research Engineer with extensive worldwide experience in Electricity Market Platform Design advising companies and governments with problem-solving. Has a strong combination of technical and management skills. Proficient in partnering within and outside the organization to deliver solutions in a continuously changing environment. Well known for the depth and breadth of his expertise. Serving on the Editorial Board, Journal of Regulatory Economics. Author and co-author of three books, seven reports and over sixty published papers in some prestigious journals. Taught a course on market design economics at Stanford University for nine years. Recognized three separate times as the recipient of the prestigious Chauncey Starr Award, an honor named after the founding President of Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and a recipient of the Edelman Award from the Institute of Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS). Holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research and Economics (minor) from Stanford University.

Professional affiliations

PJM Interconnection