Nat Treadway is a CAEM Senior Research Fellow specializing in analysis of barriers to competition in the electric industry and development of market and regulatory reforms to enhance performance. From 1995 to 1999, he advised the Texas Public Utility Commissioners as they focused on the electric utilities’ role in the retail energy services sector. He took a leading role in promoting the unbundling of utilities through the separation of distribution wires from competitive energy services. In late 1998, he managed the development of guidelines for the interconnection of distributed generation. He developed and implemented resource planning rules that required utilities to competitively procure power through long-term, bilateral contacts. Nat has a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Princeton University and an master’s degree in agricultural economics from Michigan State.