ABOUT
I am deeply committed to fostering innovation and driven by impact.
My enthusiasm lies in spearheading initiatives that push the boundaries of clean energy technology and electricity market design. I find great satisfaction in pioneering projects that not only advance the state of the art in energy economics and engineering systems but also promise to make a meaningful difference in the world.
I thrive in environments where I can collaborate with other like-minded professionals committed to leveraging advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for the greater good. As I navigate the evolving landscape of my career, I am invigorated by the complex challenges that come with it and am eager to address them collaboratively.
Drawing from my wealth of experience in both industry and academia, I lead with a vision to accelerate the energy transition. My focus is spearheading the pivotal elements of decarbonization, decentralization, and digitalization, thus enabling governments, energy firms, and communities to thrive in an era of significant transformation.
Electricity MARKET Design. POWER & UTILITIES INNOVATION EXPERT. ADVISOR. INVENTOR. AUTHOR.
Dr. Joe Nyangon is the Deputy Director for Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP). He is a distinguished energy economist with engineering education and an expert in electricity market innovation and power systems. He was most recently a Power and Utilities Innovation Lead and Senior Consultant at SAS Institute, based in North Carolina. There he led the development of advanced new solutions for the energy and utilities industry by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and predictive analytics technologies, leading to improved strategic investment decisions, integration of clean energy technologies, and accelerated commercialization of groundbreaking technologies.
With 15+ years of industry and research experience
A well-published author, Dr. Nyangon has written 70+ papers for academic journals, industry publications, and mainstream media publications on energy systems optimization, energy economics, policy design, forecasting methodologies, and climate risk and pricing strategies, including aggregation of distributed energy resources (DERs) into wholesale electricity markets.
He joined SAS Institute in 2020 to spearhead innovation in new field-engineered advanced analytics solutions targeting decarbonization, decentralization, and digitalization domains in the power and utilities industry. SAS is the global leader in advanced analytic solutions, including machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), cloud applications, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
He serves on the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, an opt-in research community of business professionals, and has led technical teams that developed platforms for:
Techno-economic Analysis and Modeling of Energy Technologies
Integrating Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) into Wholesale Electricity Markets
Electricity Market Design and Power System Resilience
Energy Forecasting, e.g., Short- and Long-Term Modeling, Distribution Load Forecasting
Evaluating Impacts of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) and Energy Efficiency Policies and Programs
Electric Vehicle and Smart Charging Infrastructure.
Smart Grids and Smart Cities
Climate-Proofing Critical Energy Infrastructure
Risk Modernization and Pricing Strategies
Areas of expertise
Quantitative research: predictive modeling, econometrics, optimization, and numerical methods
Energy modeling and decision analytics
Energy/engineering economics and policy analysis
Risk pricing strategies: climate analytics, carbon and transition risk
Electrified transportation and charging infrastructure
Electricity generation and transmission asset management and planning
New emerging and disruptive technologies
BACKGROUND
Prior to SAS, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher in Energy Economics and Engineering Systems at the University of Delaware, where he led research efforts funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Science Foundation (NSF) on the current trends driving electric power system transformation, including the rapid growth of distributed energy resources, community choice aggregation schemes, policy design of renewable portfolio standards (RPS), and regulatory drivers that are accelerating innovations in the electricity sector.
Dr. Nyangon is also a Non-Resident Fellow of the Payne Institute at the Colorado School of Mines and a Research Fellow in the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP) at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies.
He earned a Ph.D. and two master’s degrees focusing on energy systems engineering, computing systems, and energy economics from Columbia University, the University of Delaware, the University of Greenwich, and has a bachelor’s degree in engineering.
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