Summary
Sam Huntington is a Director at S&P Global with a decade of experience specializing in energy transition and North American wholesale power markets, where he leads WECC market research and renewables/storage forecasting. He combines rigorous modeling expertise—from optimization and capacity expansion at MIT Energy Initiative to proprietary Excel/VBA tools used in regional markets—with public-facing analysis as a regular industry speaker. Sam’s background spans consultancy, academic research, and regulatory presentations, giving him a practical grasp of market design, distributed energy resources, and capacity markets. Based in Burlington, Vermont, he brings a rare mix of quantitative depth and clear communication, often translating complex power models into actionable insights for policymakers and market participants.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Technology and Policy Program, Master’s Degree, Technology and Policy Program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS, Math, Art, BS, Math, Art at Colby College