Inside North American Power Markets: Risks, Opportunities, and Careers

Name: Inside North American Power Markets: Risks, Opportunities, and Careers
Start: 2026-03-12T17:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-12T18:00:00-04:00
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Thu, Mar 12, 2026

5 PM – 6 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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Join Patrick Huang from Wood Mackenzie for a practitioner’s view of how North American power markets actually work and why they matter for the energy transition. The session will cover key market structures, how power price expectations and capacity signals shape investment decisions in renewables, gas, storage, and transmission, and what this means for decarbonization. Patrick will also discuss his career path into Wood Mackenzie, what a “day in the life” looks like as an energy consultant, and the skills that are most valuable on his team. Join us to gain practical, insider advice for launching your own path in energy consulting and the power markets!

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Patrick Huang

Senior Research Analyst

Wood Mackenzie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-j-huang/

Patrick is a senior analyst on Wood Mackenzie’s North America power service team. He primarily focuses on the Midcontinent ISO region and ongoing developments in utility scale storage, while also supporting the improvement and building of data and analytics tools.

Prior to Wood Mackenzie, Patrick studied mechanical engineering as an undergraduate at Princeton University. At Princeton, he wrote a senior thesis on the optimisation of electrical vehicle battery design for stationary storage applications and completed several courses and internships that focused on data analysis and power markets.

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