Tyler Comings
Principal Economist (he/him)
Tyler Comings is a Principal Economist at the Applied Economics Clinic. He has 18 years of experience in economic research and consulting. He has authored more than 60 expert comments and written testimony in public proceedings in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, West Virginia, and Nova Scotia (Canada). He has also authored more than 65 reports and papers. His work focuses on energy system planning (including integrated resource plans), cost of capital, utility finance, and economic impact analyses.
Mr. Comings has provided expertise for many public-interest clients including state consumer advocates, state energy offices, environmental advocates, federal agencies, and utility commissions. He is a Certified Rate of Return Analyst (CRRA), as designated by the Society of Utility and Regulatory Financial Analysts (SURFA).
Mr. Comings was previously employed at Synapse Energy Economics, where he provided expert testimony and reports on coal plant economics and utility system planning. He also worked at Ideas42 where he performed research on consumer finance and behavioral economics. Prior to that, he conducted economic impact and benefit-cost analysis of energy and transportation investments at EDR Group (now EBP).
He has a MA in Economics from Tufts University and a BA in Mathematics and Economics from Boston University.