For more than four decades, Elliot Roseman has been at the forefront of the global transformation of the electric power industry, helping utilities, regulators, investors, governments, and energy organizations navigate periods of unprecedented technological, regulatory, and market change. As President of Strategic Energy Advisors LLC, he brings together an extraordinary combination of executive leadership, public policy expertise, strategic planning, market analysis, and international experience to help organizations make informed decisions that strengthen reliability, encourage investment, improve sustainability, and prepare for the future. Throughout his career, he has remained committed to one central objective: helping organizations anticipate change rather than simply react to it.
Mr. Roseman’s career began during the formative years of modern renewable energy when he joined the U.S. Department of Energy as a Solar Energy Economist. At a time when solar energy was still considered an emerging technology, he helped develop some of the federal government’s earliest incentives designed to accelerate commercialization and encourage broader adoption. That early experience established the foundation for a career defined by innovation, strategic thinking, and a willingness to embrace transformational ideas long before they became mainstream. It also sparked a lifelong passion for helping shape the evolution of energy policy and infrastructure.
Throughout the following decades, Mr. Roseman steadily expanded his influence across virtually every segment of the electric power industry. He held senior leadership positions with respected consulting organizations including PA Consulting, Resource Management International (later Navigant), PricewaterhouseCoopers, and ICF International, where he advised hundreds of executives, regulators, utility leaders, investors, financial institutions, independent power producers, government agencies, and multinational organizations. His work consistently focused on helping organizations solve complex challenges involving electric transmission, market design, regulatory strategy, corporate planning, investment evaluation, competitive procurement, environmental policy, and emerging technologies.
His consulting career placed him in the boardrooms of many of the industry’s most influential organizations. Companies including Florida Power & Light, Southern California Edison, Delmarva Power & Light, Northern States Power, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, Maine Public Service, Manila Electric Company, Mitsubishi Corporation, National Grid, Duke Energy, and numerous others have sought his guidance on strategic initiatives that shaped long-term investment decisions, regulatory strategy, system planning, competitive markets, and organizational transformation. Equally important, he has advised dozens of Boards of Directors, chief executive officers, presidents, and senior leadership teams, providing the independent perspective that effective governance requires during periods of significant industry disruption.
Mr. Roseman has built a reputation as one of the industry’s leading authorities on the intersection of energy markets, regulation, technology, and investment. His expertise spans electric transmission, system reliability, resilience, resource adequacy, sustainability, renewable energy integration, competitive electricity markets, environmental policy, commercialization, strategic planning, and corporate governance. In recent years, he has become particularly well known for his leadership in queue management, one of the electric industry’s most significant emerging challenges. As demand for grid access from renewable generation projects and large-scale data centers continues to accelerate, his work has helped utilities, grid operators, and policymakers develop objective frameworks for evaluating competing projects and ensuring that limited transmission capacity is allocated efficiently while maintaining system reliability.
Most recently, Mr. Roseman served as Program Director for the United States Energy Association’s Just and Secure Energy Transition initiative, funded by USAID. In this role, he led sustainability and resource adequacy efforts across eleven countries in Southeast Europe during one of the region’s most consequential periods of energy transition, including the disruption created by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Working closely with transmission operators, regulators, ministries, market operators, and international organizations, he helped strengthen regional reliability, improve market integration, accelerate clean energy deployment, reduce barriers to investment, and facilitate greater cross-border coordination. His leadership contributed to practical solutions that balanced energy security, affordability, environmental stewardship, and economic development.
Internationally, Mr. Roseman’s experience is exceptionally broad. He has worked directly in more than twenty-five countries across North America, Europe, and Asia while evaluating policies, regulatory frameworks, investment opportunities, and electricity markets in more than sixty countries worldwide. His assignments for organizations such as USAID, the U.S. Department of Energy, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and numerous foreign governments have enabled him to develop a truly global perspective on energy policy and infrastructure development. This international experience allows him to recognize emerging trends, identify best practices, and help organizations adapt successful strategies across diverse regulatory and economic environments.
In addition to his executive leadership, Mr. Roseman has established himself as one of the industry’s most respected thought leaders. He has authored more than fifty published articles addressing critical issues such as grid resilience, transmission policy, market restructuring, resource planning, sustainability, competitive procurement, and investment strategy. He has delivered hundreds of presentations for consulting clients and has served as a keynote speaker at dozens of conferences, webinars, workshops, and executive forums throughout the United States and internationally. His testimony before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state public service commissions has further demonstrated his ability to communicate complex technical and regulatory issues with clarity and credibility. More recently, he was featured on a podcast discussing one of today’s fastest-growing industry challenges: integrating data centers into an increasingly constrained electric grid.
Mr. Roseman’s passion for education has been equally significant. For eight years, he served as an Adjunct Professor at George Washington University, teaching his self-designed graduate course, “Worldwide Energy Challenges and Opportunities,” in both the Graduate School of Business and the Graduate School of Political Management. His students consistently ranked him among the university’s top ten percent of professors, reflecting not only his command of the subject matter but also his ability to translate decades of practical experience into meaningful lessons for future leaders. Throughout his career, he has viewed mentoring and knowledge-sharing as essential components of professional leadership.
Governance has remained an important theme throughout Mr. Roseman’s professional journey. He currently serves on the Board of Animal Outlook, an organization dedicated to advancing the welfare of farmed animals. Previously, he served as the first non-attorney ever elected to the Board of the Energy Bar Association, an organization long recognized as one of the nation’s premier energy law and policy associations. He also served as Treasurer of the Energy Bar Association Charitable Foundation and has been an active member of the Yale Spizzwinks Alumni Association Board since its inception. Beyond these formal board positions, he has advised numerous corporate boards and executive teams on strategic planning, regulatory risk, organizational transformation, investment priorities, and long-term industry trends. His governance experience reflects an ability to provide thoughtful oversight, independent judgment, and balanced strategic counsel.
Mr. Roseman’s academic background further distinguishes his career. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University before completing both an MBA and a Master of Science in Engineering-Economic Systems at Stanford University. This unique combination of business leadership, analytical rigor, economics, and operations research has shaped the way he approaches complex challenges throughout his career. His ability to combine quantitative analysis with practical executive decision-making has enabled organizations to balance technical realities with long-term strategic objectives.
Despite decades of achievement, Mr. Roseman continues to be driven by the belief that the electric power industry is entering one of the most important periods in its history. Rapid advances in renewable energy, electrification, artificial intelligence, data center expansion, transmission development, grid modernization, and changing regulatory expectations are creating challenges unlike any the industry has previously experienced. Rather than viewing these changes as obstacles, he sees them as opportunities for thoughtful leadership, disciplined governance, and innovative strategic planning. His mission remains to help organizations navigate this historic transition with confidence, foresight, and practical experience.
The pace of change in the energy industry is perhaps greater now than ever before and requires a steady hand with the right experience to ensure a smooth landing. Elliot Roseman has dedicated his career to providing precisely that combination of strategic vision, operational insight, regulatory expertise, and collaborative leadership. Whether advising corporate boards, executive leadership teams, utilities, governments, investors, or international organizations, he continues to help shape a more reliable, sustainable, resilient, and prosperous energy future for generations to come.
Character:
Elliot Roseman demonstrates integrity by consistently placing long-term public and organizational interests at the center of his work. He approaches every engagement with professionalism, intellectual curiosity, and a genuine commitment to creating positive change. His passion for mentoring, public service, and responsible leadership reflects a career built on trust, credibility, and service to others.
Knowledge:
Decades of experience across utilities, consulting, government, international development, regulation, and finance have given him an exceptionally comprehensive understanding of the energy industry. He combines technical expertise with business insight to address today’s most complex strategic challenges. His global perspective allows him to apply proven best practices while recognizing the unique needs of each organization and market.
Strategic:
Mr. Roseman excels at helping organizations anticipate change before it occurs rather than simply responding after the fact. He evaluates challenges from multiple perspectives, enabling leaders to make informed decisions that balance operational, regulatory, financial, and stakeholder considerations. His experience advising boards, executives, and policymakers allows him to identify practical solutions that create lasting value.
Communication:
An accomplished communicator who translates highly technical issues into clear, actionable guidance for diverse audiences. His extensive experience as a professor, keynote speaker, published author, expert witness, and executive advisor reflects his ability to educate, influence, and inspire. Whether addressing a boardroom, classroom, conference, or regulator, he communicates with clarity, confidence, and credibility.
