Patrick Balducci
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
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Biography
Mr. Balducci is a Senior Economist at PNNL. He has been with Battelle since 2001. Mr. Balducci has developed program and project economic and financial analyses for a number of public agencies around the country, including the United States Department of Energy, Bonneville Power Administration, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Florida Department of Transportation, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Oregon Department of Transportation and Southern California Association of Governments.
He has provided on-site technical assistance to FHWA in support of the agency's innovative finance program, constructed cost analyses for alternative distributed generation utility investments, developed content for a NOAA website written in lay language describing key economic concepts and tools relevant to coastal habitat restoration, and examined motor fuel tax evasion for the IRS, MDT, NCHRP and FHWA.
Research Interests
- Benefit-Cost Analysis
- Tax Incidence and Evasion Analysis
- Highway Cost Allocation
- Environmental Assessment and Valuation
- Transportation Policy Analysis
- Revenue Forecasting, Financial and Budget Analysis
Education and Credentials
- B.S., Economics, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon, 1995
- M.S., Applied Environmental Economics, Imperial College London, England (Expected 12/2007)
Selected Publications
2009
- Scott MJ, OV Livingston, PJ Balducci, JM Roop, and RW Schultz. 2009. ImSET 3.1: Impact of Sector Energy Technologies Model Description and User's Guide. PNNL-18412, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2008
- Balducci PJ. 2008. Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Penetration Scenarios. PNNL-17441, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2004
- Balducci PJ, LA Schienbein, TB Nguyen, DR Brown, and EM Fathelrahman. 2004. "An examination of the costs and critical characteristics of electric utility distribution system capacity enhancement projects." In IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, 2004. Oct. 10-13 2004, vol. 1, p. 517. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ.
- Schienbein LA, PJ Balducci, TB Nguyen, DR Brown, JG DeSteese, and GA Speer. 2004. "Avoiding Distribution System Upgrade Costs Using Distributed Generation." In DistributTECH Conference and Exhibition 2004, January 20-22, 2004, Orlando, Florida, p. 26 pages. PennWell Publishing, Tulsa, OK.
2003
- Balducci PJ, JM Roop, LA Schienbein, JG DeSteese, and MR Weimar. 2003. "Electric Power Interruption Cost Estimates for Individual Industries, Sectors and the U.S. Economy." In Proceedings of 25th National Industrial Energy Technology Conference, pp. 109-118. Texas A&M, Houston, TX.
- Balducci PJ, JM Roop, and RA Fowler. 2003. "EIA and CHP: What is going on?" In Proceedings. 2003 ACEEE Summer Study in Efficiency in Industry : Sustainability and Industry: Increasing Energy Efficiency and Reducing Emissions, vol. CD-ROM, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Washington, DC.
- Young JK, MR Weimar, PJ Balducci, LL Fassbender, and M Hernandez. 2003. Tank Riser Pit Decontamination System (Pit Viper) Return on Investment and Break-Even Analysis. PNNL-14308, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2002
- Balducci PJ, JM Roop, LA Schienbein, JG DeSteese, and MR Weimar. 2002. Electric Power Interruption Cost Estimates for Individual Industries, Sectors, and U.S. Economy. PNNL-13797, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.