Expert reports in tax matters, reports and publications on telecommunications and energy policy in trade journals, and presentations at industry associations and conferences include the following:

Expert reports in tax matters:

• Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, In the Matter of Cable One, Inc. v. Iowa Department of Revenue, DIA 10DORFC014, SBTR Nos. 899 and 903, Property Tax Assessment, Expert Report, January 21, 2011 (on behalf of the Iowa Department of Revenue), deposed February 9, 2011.
• Level 3 Communications, LLC. v. Arizona Department of Revenue; Coshise County; Graham County; Greenlee County; La Paz County; Maricopa County; Mohave County; Pima Count, Pinal County and Yuma County, Superior Court of the State of Arizona in the Arizona Tax Court, No. TX-2007-000594, Expert Report, May 20, 2011 (on behalf of the Arizona Department of Revenue), deposed July 14, 2011.
• Bresnan Communications, LLC, Plaintiff, v. State of Montana Department of Revenue, Defendant, Cause No. DV-10-1312, July 5, 2011(on behalf of the Montana Department of Revenue), deposed July 29, 2011.
• Verizon California Inc., Plaintiff, v. California Board of Equalization, Defendants, December 18, 2015 (on behalf of the California Board of Equalization), deposed January 20, 2016.

Reports and Publications: 

For reports and publications between 1980 and 2010, download Ms. Baldwin’s Statement of Qualifications.

• “Are Consumers Benefiting from Competition? An Analysis of the Individual Residential Electric Supply Market in Massachusetts, prepared for Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, July 2019 Update.
• “Residential energy supply market: Unmet promises and needed reforms” (with Frank A. Felder), The Electricity Journal, 32 (2019) 31–38.
• “Maryland’s Residential Electric and Gas Supply Markets:  Where Do We Go from Here?” (with Sarah M. Bosley), prepared for the Maryland Office of People’s Counsel, November 2018.
•  “Are Consumers Benefiting from Competition?  An Analysis of the Individual Residential Electric Supply Market in Massachusetts” (with Sarah M. Bosley), prepared for the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, March 29, 2018.
• “The Cable-Telco Duopoly’s Deployment of New Jersey’s Information Infrastructure: Establishing Accountability” (with Sarah M. Bosley and Timothy E. Howington). Prepared for the Public Advocate of New Jersey, January 19, 2007.
• “Assessing SBC/Pacific’s Progress in Eliminating Barriers to Entry: The Local Market in California Is Not Yet ‘Fully and Irreversibly Open’” (with Patricia D. Kravtin, Dr. Lee L. Selwyn, and Douglas S. Williams). Prepared for the California Association of Competitive Telecommunications Companies, July 2000.
• “Where Have All the Numbers Gone? (Second Edition): Rescuing the North American Numbering Plan from Mismanagement and Premature Exhaust” (with Dr. Lee L. Selwyn). Prepared for the Ad Hoc Telecommunications Users Committee, June 2000.
• “Price Cap Plan for USWC: Establishing Appropriate Price and Service Quality Incentives for Utah” (with Patricia D. Kravtin and Scott C. Lundquist). Prepared for the Utah Division of Public Utilities, March 22, 2000.
• “Telephone Numbering: Establishing a Policy for the District of Columbia to Promote Economic Development” (with Douglas S. Williams and Sarah C. Bosley). Prepared for the District of Columbia Office of People’s Counsel, February 2000 (submitted to Eric W. Price, Deputy Mayor, April 6, 2000).
• “The Use of Cost Proxy Models to Make Implicit Support Explicit, Assessing the BCPM and the Hatfield Model 3.1” (with Dr. Lee L. Selwyn). Prepared for the National Cable Television Association, submitted in FCC CC Docket No. 96-45, March 1997.
• “The Use of Forward-Looking Economic Cost Proxy Models” (with Dr. Lee L. Selwyn). Prepared for the National Cable Television Association, submitted in FCC Docket No. CCB/CPB 97-2, February 1997.
• “Continuing Evaluation of Cost Proxy Models for Sizing the Universal Service Fund, Analysis of the Similarities and Differences between the Hatfield Model and the BCM2” (with Dr. Lee L. Selwyn). Prepared for the National Cable Television Association, submitted in FCC CC Docket No. 96-45, October 1996.
• “Converging on a Cost Proxy Model for Primary Line Basic Residential Service, A Blueprint for Designing a Competitively Neutral Universal Service Fund” (with Dr. Lee L. Selwyn). Prepared for the National Cable Television Association, submitted in FCC CC Docket No. 96-45, August 1996.
• “The Phone Wars and How to Win Them” (with Helen E. Golding). Planning, July 1996 (Volume 62, Number 7).
• “The BCM Debate, A Further Discussion” (with Dr. Lee L. Selwyn and Helen E. Golding). Prepared for the National Cable Television Association, submitted in FCC CC Docket No. 96-45, May 1996.
• “The Cost of Universal Service, A Critical Assessment of the Benchmark Cost Model” (with Dr. Lee L. Selwyn). Prepared for the National Cable Television Association, submitted in FCC CC Docket No. 96- 45, April 1996.
• “Funding Universal Service: Maximizing Penetration and Efficiency in a Competitive Local Service Environment” (with Dr. Lee L. Selwyn). Prepared for Time Warner Communications, Inc., October 1995.
• “A Balanced Telecommunications Infrastructure Plan for New York State” (with Dr. Lee L. Selwyn). Prepared for the New York User Parties, December 4, 1992.
• “A Roadmap to the Information Age: Defining a Rational Telecommunications Plan for Connecticut” (with Dr. Lee L. Selwyn, Susan M. Gately, JoAnn S. Hanson, David N. Townsend, and Scott C. Lundquist). Prepared for the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, October 30, 1992.
• “ISDN Rate-Setting in Massachusetts.” Business Communications Review, June 1992 (Volume 22, No. 6).
• “Analysis of Local Exchange Carrier April 1988 Bypass Data Submissions” (with William P. Montgomery and Dr. Lee L. Selwyn). Prepared for the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, August 1988.
• “Tariff Data is Critical to Network Management.” Telecommunications Products and Technology, May 1988 (Volume 6, No. 5).
• “Strategic Planning for Corporate Telecommunications in the Post-Divestiture Era: A Five Year View” (with Dr. Lee L. Selwyn, William P. Montgomery, and David N. Townsend). Report to the International Communications Association, December 1986.
• “Competitive Pricing Analysis of Interstate Private Line Services.” Prepared for the National Telecommunications Network, June 1986.
• “Analysis of Diamond State Telephone Private Line Pricing Movements: 1980-1990.” Prepared for Network Strategies, Inc., April 1985.
• “Analysis of New York Telephone Private Line Pricing Movements: 1980-1990.” Prepared for Network Strategies, Inc., February 1985.
• “Auction Methods for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve” (With Steven Kelman and Richard Innes). Prepared for Harvard University Energy Security Program, July 1983.
• “How Two New England Cities Got a $100 Million Waste-to-Energy Project” (with Diane Schwartz). Planning, March 1983 (Volume 49, Number 3).
• “Evaluation of Economic Development and Energy Program in Lawrence, Massachusetts.” (with Richard Innes). Prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, August, 1982.
• “Energy Efficiency in New England’s Rental Housing.” New England Regional Commission, 1981.
• “Low Level Radioactive Waste Management in New England.” New England Regional Commission, 1981.
• “The Realtor’s Guide to Residential Energy Efficiency.” Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Association of Realtors, 1980.

Presentations:

“Telecom Committee Panel: Like the Phoenix, Telecommunication Service Quality Issues are Rising Again,” National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, November 19, 2019.

• “Retail Supplier Abuses and High Prices for Consumers: Does Retail Choice Still Make Sense?” 2019 National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Mid-Year Meeting, Portland, Oregon, June 21, 2019.
• “The Battle for Net Neutrality,” lecture in “Methods of Policy Analysis,” MIT Department of Urban Studies & Planning, May 7, 2018.
• “Discussion of Massachusetts Report,” Presentation to Nevada Governor’s Committee on Energy Choice, Technical Working Group on Consumer Protection, April 20, 2018.
•  “Back to Basics: What Specific Consumer Protections Are Still Needed in Telecommunications Regulation?,” Presentation at the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners 21st Annual Education Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, June 23, 2016.
• “The Three Rs: The Need for Reliable, Redundant and Resilient Telecommunications in the New Age,” 2015 National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, November 9, 2015.
•  “Telecommunications in Transition: Advocating for 50+ Consumers in the Brave New World,”
• Presentation at AARP’s State Advocacy and Strategy Integration conference on “State Regulatory and Legislative Landscapes,” Portland, Oregon, September 16, 2014.
• “What the IP Transition Means for Consumers and a Ubiquitous, Affordable, Reliable National Communications System,” 2014 National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Mid-Year Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 2, 2014.
• “For Sale – The National Wireline Communications System,” 2014 National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Mid-Year Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 3, 2014.
• “FCC Review of Verizon’s Section 214 Application and Its Implications for the IP Transition,” NASUCA Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, November 19, 2013.
• “What gets lost in the IP Transition?” NASUCA Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, November 18, 2013.
• “Service Outage and Restoration,” NARUC Staff panel, NARUC 125^th Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, November 16, 2013.
• “You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Til It’s Gone – Utilities Consumer Protections,” Presentation at AARP’s State Advocacy and Strategy Integration conference on “Fighting for Consumers,” Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 19, 2013.
•  “Protecting Consumers’ Assets and Income,” Presentation at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Policy Institute on “The Changing Dynamics of the Latino 50+ Population,” Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 25, 2013.
• “Federalism in the 21^st Century,” Presentation at the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners 18th Annual Education Conference, Hershey, Pennsylvania, June 24, 2013.
• “Trials for the Transition from TDM to IP,” Presentation at the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners 66th Annual Symposium, Groton, Connecticut, June 11, 2013.
• “The 1996 Telecom Act Today: Universal, affordable, reliable access to telecommunications for all. Does the federal-state partnership still exist?”  AARP Telecommunications Summit, Pew Center for Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC, July 18, 2012.
• “Issues and Ramifications Arising From the FCC’s Connect America Fund Order Affecting High Cost Universal Service and Intercarrier Compensation,” 2012 National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates Mid-Year Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, June 24, 2012.
• “FCC Lifeline/Link Up Reform Order – What will it mean for regulators, consumers, and companies?” Presentation at the Mid-America Regulatory Conference, Des Moines, Iowa, June 11, 2012.
• “Improving the Separations Process: Consumer Impact,” panelist for Federal-State Joint Board on Separations on behalf of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates and the New Jersey Division of Rate Counsel, September 24, 2010, CC Docket No. 80-286, Washington, DC.
• “The Evolving Role of State Regulation in a Changing Industry,” Presentation at the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners 63th Annual Symposium, Brewster, Massachusetts, May 17, 2010.

Advisor to:

• United States General Accounting Office Report to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition, Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Characteristics and Competitiveness of the Internet Backbone Market, GAO-02-16, October 2001.