Chris Galantino
Chris Galantino is an associate principal in CRA’s Energy Practice. He advises infrastructure investors and regulated utilities on transaction diligence, regulatory strategy, and long‑term value creation across North American power and utility markets.
Mr. Galantino’s work centers on building decision‑ready analytics that link regulated utility fundamentals like rate base growth, capital recovery, regulatory lag, and revenue requirement drivers with market and technoeconomic inputs such as load growth and market dispatch. He has led and contributed to buy‑ and sell‑side diligence for multi‑billion‑dollar utility transactions, developing bottom‑up models to assess earnings trajectory, downside risks, and value drivers.
In parallel, Mr. Galantino supports utilities and public power clients on rate case strategy, cost of service and rate design, and decarbonization and electrification planning – translating complex regulatory requirements into practical, analytically defensible recommendations. He also supports procurement and planning efforts through project finance simulation, bid evaluation tools, and reliability‑informed capital planning that enables clients to prioritize investments and manage risk. His experience spans multiple FERC jurisdictions, including NYISO, ISO-NE, MISO, and PJM.
Chris holds an M.Eng. in Systems Engineering and a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Cornell University.