William R. Hopkins, Executive Advisor, is an expert in utility pricing, costing and regulation matters, with over 30 years of experience and expert testimony before regulatory bodies. Mr. Hopkins specializes in national and international gas, electric and water utility tariff designs; including rate case preparation, pricing design, incentives, cost of service studies, special contracts, tariff terms and conditions and regulatory issues. Mr. Hopkins has testified as a utility pricing expert in over 15 jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada, and has lead utility pricing and regulatory reform projects internationally in South America, the Caribbean, Central America, Africa, and China. His consulting expertise also includes consulting experience with utilities in the forecasting of operating results, economic analyses of investment alternatives, load research, market surveys and valuation studies. He has extensive experience in the leadership of consulting teams on large client projects. Prior to joining CEA, Mr. Hopkins served as Director at Navigant Consulting, Inc. and led the utility rate and regulatory consulting activities of Stone & Webster for over twenty years. He received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.