Cathy Kunkel
Cathy Kunkel is the Energy Program Manager at CAMBIO PR, a non-profit organization based in Puerto Rico that designs, promotes and implements sustainable policies and practices.
Cathy also served as an IEEFA Energy Finance Analyst for 7 years, researching Appalachian natural gas pipelines and drilling; electric utility mergers, rates and resource planning; energy efficiency; and Puerto Rico’s electrical system. She has degrees in physics from Princeton and Cambridge.
Research from Cathy Kunkel
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Has the Bakken peaked?
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Puerto Rico grid privatization flaws highlighted in first two months of operation
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IEEFA: Puerto Rico has chance to use billions in federal aid for creation of resilient, renewable grid
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IEEFA: Puerto Rico tiene la oportunidad de usar miles de millones en ayuda federal para la creación de una red resiliente y renovable
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IEEFA: La red eléctrica de Puerto Rico sufre una serie de reveses bajo la gestión de LUMA Energy
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IEEFA: Puerto Rico’s electric grid suffers series of setbacks under Luma Energy management
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IEEFA: Proposed budget for Puerto Rico’s electricity system fails test of balance, compliance and transparency
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IEEFA: Propuesta de presupuesto para el sistema eléctrico de Puerto Rico no pasa prueba de balance
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IEEFA U.S.: Poor decisions on LUMA contract put Puerto Rico’s workers and communities at risk
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Paying for failure: High fees for consultants shortchange Puerto Rico electrical grid
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IEEFA: Savings from Puerto Rico grid privatization off to a bad start
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IEEFA EE. UU.: El ahorro de la privatización de la red de Puerto Rico tiene un mal comienzo
Analysis
Posts from Cathy Kunkel
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Delays, damages and poor service: LUMA Energy’s first two months highlight privatization flaws
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Retrasos, daños y mal servicio: los dos primeros meses de LUMA Energy ponen de relieve los defectos de la privatización
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IEEFA: Consultants poised to make more than $1 billion from bankrupt Puerto Rico utility
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IEEFA: Consultores listos para ganar más de $1,000 millones de la corporación de servicios públicos de Puerto Rico en bancarrota
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IEEFA: Puerto Rico can provide resiliency to 100% of homes through solar expansion
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IEEFA U.S.: Financial rationale for Mountain Valley Pipeline has evaporated in changing market
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IEEFA U.S.: Biden administration has historic opportunity to rebuild Puerto Rico electricity grid
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IEEFA report: West Virginia shale development falls short of economic promise
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IEEFA report: Privatizing the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority is not the answer
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IEEFA report: The vanishing case for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
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IEEFA report: Effects of long-running oil-purchase scandal undermine privatization and contract-reform initiatives at PREPA
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IEEFA Puerto Rico: PREPA’s Approved Budget Faces Five Years of Shortfalls
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