About.

The CAEE-ACEE strives to increase the understanding of how energy and economics relate to each other, and to provide a forum for the free exchange of these concepts. ​

The CAEE is an independent membership organization that brings together individuals from academia, business organizations, and government from all areas of the energy industry. CAEE strives to increase the understanding of how energy and economics relate to each other, and to provide a forum for the free exchange of these concepts. We hold meetings and conferences each year, which cover energy topics and issues here at home, and discuss how these issues relate to the broader issues of the global energy scene.

The CAEE-ACEE aims to:
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• Provide a platform for high-quality debates over Canadian energy industry topics. 
• Become the primary facilitator of Canadian energy economics discussions between industry, government, and academia.
• Support scholastic research in energy economics through scholarships and funding programs.
• Facilitate the use of energy economics research as the basis for sound policy decisions.

As a member of IAEE, you will be able to take part in the international energy scene by making personal and professional contacts with others around the world. You will also be afforded the opportunity to take part in events such as the International Energy Conference hosted by IAEE, along with conferences held by our national affiliate.
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The CAEE is the Canadian affiliate of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE). If you are ready to join IAEE, you may sign up online by using the IAEE's application form. If you would like to learn more about the benefits of IAEE membership, take some time to review the membership section. If you have any unanswered questions, you may contact IAEE Headquarters at iaee@iaee.org for further information.


CAEE Bylaws and Resolution

• CAEE Bylaws
• Special Resolution

CAEE-ACEE Board

David Brown
President

David Brown is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta's Department of Economics. His research lies at the intersection of energy economics, industrial organization, and regulatory policy with a focus on the impacts of regulatory policies on the performance of electricity markets. This includes research that measures market power execution in wholesale power markets, analyzes the impacts of mergers and market structure changes, designing regulations to motivate utilities to invest in cost-effective distributed energy resources, and analyzing the impacts of compensation policies on renewable investment. ​David has published over 20 articles in peer-reviewed journals ranging from the Canadian Journal of Economics, The Energy Journal, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Energy Economics, among others. 

Ali Madiseh
 Member-at-Large

Ali Madiseh is Canada Research Chair in Advance Mine Energy Systems and Assistant Professor of the Mining Engineering Department at the University of British Columbia. Ali's research includes large-scale mechanical and energy systems used in mining and petroleum industries. His research focuses on developing novel solutions for maximizing energy efficiency, improving system performance, prevening waste of energy, and replacing fossil fuels with renewable energies. Ali has more than 36 journal publications which are published in various journals including the Journal of Energy, Applied Energy Journal, Renewable Energy Journal, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, and the International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 

​Derek Olmstead
Treasurer

Derek Olmstead is the Administrator at Alberta's Market Surveillance Administrator (MSA). Previously, he was a Principal Economist at the MSA, Economic Advisor to the Alberta Electric System Operator, Assistant Director at the Australian Energy Regulator, and Analyst at Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Carleton University and is an Adjunct Asisistant Professor in Economics at the University of Calgary and Adjunct Research Professor in Economics at Carleton University. His research related to electricity markets has appeared in the Canadian Journal of Economics, The Energy Journal, and The Electricity Journal. 

Maya Papineau 

Member-at-Large

Maya Papineau is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Carleton University. Her work has addressed several research questions in empirical energy economics. Recent work includes quantifying a tenant-side split incentives problem among large commercial customers of a Connecticut utility, evaluating the realized cost-effectiveness of building energy standards, and implementing a randomized control trial in Alberta to test the effect of visualizing home heat loss on energy consumption. She has published in The Energy Journal, Energy Policy, and Energy Economics, among other journals. Between 2013 - 2020, Dr. Papineau has been a primary recipient, co-applicant, or team member for over $600,000 in grant funding to conduct her research.

Emily Zong

Secretary

Emily managed small teams of PhDs to build patentable algorithms in predictive analytics at RS Energy Group. She joined the company as one of the early employees, right before it was bought by Warburg Pincus, and exited the firm when it was sold for $1 billion as one of the larger private equity acquisitions this year in oil and gas analytics. At RS, Emily's teams rapidly prototyped early stage product concepts to test and validate hypotheses for handoff to products and data science teams. Every member of her team filed for a patent within the first year of their tenure. Emily holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts Honours in Economics, and a Masters of Arts in Economics from Queen's University. She is currently on Sabbatical and will return as the Chief Data Scientist at a small oil and gas company in 2021.