About Luminary Energy

Wholesale market experience for a changing energy landscape

Luminary Energy brings practical market design, grid operations, policy, regulatory, and electricity market rules experience to client decisions.

Our Story

Deep experience in market design and grid operation

With nearly 30 years of experience leading the design and operation of wholesale electricity markets, Luminary Energy brings practical experience across wholesale energy and capacity markets in North America.

The team has led market enhancements that improve market signals and incentives for power generation while advancing power system resources that support grid reliability needs and energy policy objectives.

Luminary Energy is well-versed in energy sector regulations, including federal, state, and international rules and laws related to energy generation, transmission, and distribution.

Experience includes landmark changes to NYISO capacity accreditation rules, the introduction of a multi-interval co-optimized real-time energy market, enhancements to ancillary service product and pricing designs, and improved transmission congestion pricing.

The company has expert knowledge of wholesale market designs for renewable generators, conventional generators, energy storage, distributed energy resources, and hybrid resources, plus deep knowledge of grid operations, transmission planning, interconnection, and interregional energy trading across the Northeast.

Explore Luminary Energy's energy consulting services or contact the team to discuss market and regulatory questions.

Our Team

Market, regulatory, operations, and analytics expertise

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Ray Stalter

Chief Operating Officer

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Jennifer Kearney

Chief Development Officer

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James Pigeon

Senior Director of Wholesale Markets

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Michael DeSocio

Director of Cyber Security and Compliance

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Eve Marenghi

Director of Data Analytics

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Kevin Santella

Development Lead

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Eleanor DeSocio

Administrative Assistant

Need a clearer view of market, regulatory, or grid reliability risk?

Luminary Energy helps clients evaluate changing rules, market structures, and asset implications with practical wholesale market experience.