Shiv Mani develops, leads, and implements national electricity policy with respect to new energy technologies, renewable energy and innovative electricity market design as Group Manager in the Office of Energy Policy and Innovation at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Over the past 20 years, he has provided policy and technical analysis as well as strategic advice to utilities, governments, corporations, financial institutions and consumer advocates in transmission planning, incentive regulation, electricity market design, natural gas market dynamics, energy efficiency, demand response and the integration of distributed generation and variable resources. Shiv has a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics from the University of Delhi and a M.S. degree in Environmental and Regulatory Economics from the University of Wyoming.