Managing Consultant
Vivan Malkani

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Vivan Malkani

Vivan Malkani joined E3 in 2020 after completing his master’s degree in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University. At E3, Vivan has worked on projects with state agencies and utilities on topics within E3’s Climate Pathways and Electrification practice area, such as developing long-term economy-wide emission reduction roadmaps in California, exploring the economics of building electrification in New York, and exploring long-term gas system decarbonization strategies across different states..

Vivan is a graduate from the energy and environment track of Stanford’s management science and engineering program, where his coursework focused on different forms of engineering-economic analysis, econometrics, and data science. His undergraduate coursework was in political science and economics, also at Stanford. Prior to joining E3, his past work and research experience has focused on energy efficiency, utility adoption of new technologies, and the socio-economic impacts of climate.

Outside of work, Vivan enjoys playing soccer, spending time outdoors, and pursuing glory at local trivia nights.

Education: MS, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University; BA, Political Science, Stanford University

Projects

DER Roadmap Development | Tata Power-DDL, 2018-2022

With a United States Trade and Development Agency, E3 supported Tata Power-DDL as it explored the regulatory and business cases for a broader set of distributed energy resources including electric vehicles, demand response, storage, and energy efficiency in India. E3’s support began with analyzing Tata Power-DDL’s system to understand 1) the cost-effectiveness of DER technologies from different perspectives in the benefit-cost analysis framework, 2) the optimal DER portfolio that maximizes the benefits for the entire system, and 3) the pathway to realize the optimal portfolio through proper incentive structures or other mechanisms.

The project developed least-cost DER portfolios under low, medium, and high scenarios. These scenarios were crafted based on varying levels of load forecast, distribution deferral values, and technology costs. For each scenario, the project employed the IDSM tool to first assess the cost-effectiveness of various DER technologies, including electric vehicles (EVs), efficient air conditioners (ACs), efficient fans, solar panels, and Demand Response (DR) programs. The IDSM tool then simulated customer adoption decision-making processes and the final adoption level. Based on E3’s analysis, Tata Power-DDL decided to focus on a subset of DER programs and identified two DER pilots for the beginning of a distributed energy transition roadmap: EV charging centers and the DR Hotspot Program.

Read the detailed project description.

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