Mario S. DePillis

Chief Economist Associate Consultant

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Dr. Mario DePillis is an economist and expert in electricity markets, market design, and market monitoring with over 20 years of experience. He has worked in various roles, including market operator, market monitor, and regulator, and is currently the Lead Market Monitor for the Mexican wholesale electricity market. In this capacity, he has overseen and supported the implementation of market design and mitigation software.

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Dr. DePilllis' professional experience spans both the public and private sectors. Since December 2015, he has been advising the government’s market vigilance unit in Mexico, focusing on market design issues, evaluating operator performance, and assessing generation offers.

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Prior to his work in Mexico, Dr. DePillis spent 17 years at the Independent System Operator of New England (ISO-NE), where he served as both a market monitor and market designer. In his market monitoring role, he designed offer mitigation rules, reviewed new market designs, managed daily generation offer mitigation, and oversaw market reporting. As a market designer, he developed a unique market for advance purchase of reserve capacity and contributed to the design and review of various market modifications. Dr. DePillis was involved in all phases of new market implementations, from initial design to post-implementation reviews. Before his time at ISO-NE, he worked at the Public Utility Commission of Texas, where he focused on integrated resource planning, retail access pilots, and market power issues.

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Dr. DePillis has published and spoken on a wide range of topics, including simulation, demand response, market design, and the coordination of gas and electricity markets.

 

​Years of Experience

20 years

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Countries of Work Experience

Mexico, Vietnam, Guatemala, and U.S.

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Education

Ph.D. / Economics / University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX (1996)

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Languages

English, Spanish