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Alberto J. Lamadrid
Professor
Economics
Alberto Lamadrid, Ph.D., holds the James T. Kane Faculty Fellowship
Office: RBC 451
all512@lehigh.edu
610-758-0239
Alberto Lamadrid is a professor in the economics department, part of the Integrated Networks for Electricity Research Cluster, and the Institute for Cyber Physical Infrastructure and Energy at Lehigh University.
His interests lie at the intersections of energy and electricity economics, complex stochastic dynamic systems, and mechanism design.
In his work so far he has focused on the development of methodologies and tools that allow to study of the economic decision-making processes in the electrical network for operations, planning and regulation with large-scale penetration of renewable energy sources with uncertainty; and the probabilistic analysis and design of resilient interdependent systems, considering the recovery for communities post extreme disruption events, the interactions among electrical and transportation infrastructure, communications systems, and social structures.
His methods use continuous and discrete optimization, geographic information systems, statistical analysis and engineering models that reflect the physical behavior of the system.
Alberto has successfully supported his research extramurally, with sponsors including the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, EPRI, the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and others. More recently, Alberto has been the principal investigator on a USD 2.5 million grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) of the U.S. Department of Energy to develop tools to manage risks in electricity systems.
Education
- Universidad de los Andes, B.Sc. Electrical Engineering
- New York University, M.A. Economics
- Cornell University, Ph.D. Applied Economics and Management
Research Interests
- Electricity markets
- Power systems
- Energy economics
- Resource economics
Household evacuation decisions and relationship to infrastructure disruption using evidence from Hurricane Irma, with with M. Escaleras, D. Mitsova, A.M. Esnard and A. Sapat. Environment Systems and Decisions, 45 (3), 2025.
A Robust Alternative to Critical Peak Pricing for Electricity Using Distributed Energy Storage, with W.Y. Jeon and T.D. Mount. The Energy Journal, 46 (2), 259-296, 2025.
Efficiency and consumer welfare under retail electricity deregulation: Analysis of Ohio's retail choice markets, with N. Dormady, W. Welch, Y. Ji, S. Pedron, A. Shafieezadeh, M. Hoyt and S. Fox. Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, 6 (1), e12031, 2025.
Uncertainty-Informed Renewable Energy Scheduling: A Scalable Bilevel Framework, with D. Zhao, V. Dvorkin, S. Delikaraoglou and A. Botterud. IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation, 2 (1), 132-145, 2024.
Co-optimizing the Smart Grid and Electric Public Transit Bus System, with M. Yetkin, B.R. Augustino and L.V. Snyder. Optimization and Engineering OPTE, 2024.
A Simple Way to Integrate Distributed Storage Into a Wholesale Electricity Market, with H. Lu and T.D. Mount. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2023.
Won't you be my neighbor? Local community identification predicted decreased stress over the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with N. Ungson, K. Bucher, J. Marsh and D. Packer. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, e12764, 2023.
"The Effects of High Penetrations of Renewable Energy Sources in Cycles for Electricity Markets: An Experimental Analysis." with J. Arias-Gaviria and S. Arango-Aramburo. Energy Policy, 166 (113014), 2022.
"The Impact of Convexity on Expansion Planning in Low-Carbon Electricity Markets." with S. Wogrin, D. Tejada-Arango, S. Delikaraoglou and A. Botterud. TOP, 30 (3),574-593, 2022.
"A Robust Decision-Support Method Based on Optimization and Simulation for Wildfire Resilience in Highly Renewable Power Systems," with T. Tapia, A. Lorca, D. Olivares and M. Negrete-Pincetic. European Journal of Operational Research, 294 (2), 723-733, 2021.
"A Coordinated Scheme of Electricity-Gas Systems and Impacts of a Gas System FDI Attacks on Electricity System," with B. Zhao, R.S. Blum and S. Kishore. International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 131, 107060, 2021.
"Effects of Infrastructure Service Disruptions Following Hurricane Irma: Multilevel Analysis of Postdisaster Recovery Outcomes," with D. Mitsova, A.M. Esnard., A. Sapat, M. Escaleras and C. Velarde-Perez. Natural Hazards Review, 22 (1), 04020055, 2021.
"A trilevel model against false gas-supply information attacks in electricity systems," with B. Zhao, R.S. Blum and S. Kishore. Electric Power Systems Research, 189 (2), 106541, 2020.
"Evaluating the Impact of Infrastructure Interdependencies on the Emergency Services Sector and Critical Support Functions Using an Expert Opinion Survey," with D. Mitsova, A. Sapat and A.M. Esnard. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 26 (2), 04020015, 2020.
“The Economic Value of Distributed Storage at Different Locations on an Electric Grid,” with W.Y. Jeon and T.D. Mount, The Energy Journal, 40 (4), 165–190, 2019.
“Pricing In Non-Convex Markets with Quadratic Deliverability Costs,” with X. Kuang and L.F. Zuluaga, Energy Economics, 80, 123–131, 2019.
“Pricing In Non-Convex Markets with Quadratic Deliverability Costs,” with X. Kuang and L.F. Zuluaga, Energy Economics, 80, 123–131, 2019.