RVC International (RVC) Enhances Energy Practice

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RVC International, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVCC), a worldwide leader in providing economic, financial, and management consulting services, today announced the addition of David Smith as a Vice President in the firm’s Energy Practice. Mr. Smith will be based in RVC’s Boston, MA office.

Mr. Smith brings over two decades of experience advising executive management of investor-owned utilities on rates and pricing, regulatory affairs and strategy, rate design, revenue requirements, cost of service and cost allocation, and regulatory compliance and market planning topics. He has provided expert testimony on issues such as utility cost of service, rate design, and regulatory policy and compliance matters to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and in state and Canadian provincial jurisdictions.

He was most recently Director in the Energy Advisory and Planning practice at Black & Veatch Management Consulting, LLC. In the past two years, Mr. Smith has led and provided oral testimony in several higher-profile regulated electric rate setting proceedings addressing cost of service, rate design, and regulatory policy involving distributed energy resources and distributed generation rate setting topics for clients across the United States.

“We’re excited to welcome David to our Energy Practice,” said Paul Jones, RVC’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “David’s regulatory acumen and testifying expertise alongside his practical rate-setting experience will strengthen RVC’s ability to deliver effective and supportable services to our clients in the utility space.”

Mr. Smith is an active member of the Energy Bar Association’s Electricity Regulation Committee. He is a frequent speaker at energy industry conferences and has published articles in the energy trade press and is a regular contributor to the Energy Law Journal. Mr. Smith holds a BA in Economics from College of the Holy Cross and an MBA – Awarded with Distinction from Babson College.

About RVC's Energy Practice

RVC’s Energy Practice blends decades of industry knowledge with world-class economic and analytical expertise. Investors, executives, and litigators from across the energy sector have turned to RVC for expert advice in hundreds of successful engagements. RVC’s expertise is grounded in a comprehensive understanding of the energy sector, including electricity and gas markets, litigation and regulatory support, market analytics and strategy, energy asset and enterprise valuation, and energy trading and risk management.