Dr. Robert Loube has participated in the major debates and changes that have transformed the regulatory landscape over the last sixteen years.

His work at the state and federal level has focused on the use of economic and embedded cost analyses to determine rates and subsidy levels. He has developed mechanisms that allocate universal service support among states and carriers. He has testified on a range of telecommunications issues, including rate design, incremental cost studies, and tests for the existence of competition.

He also has testified on electric utility issues such as rate design, least cost planning and the financial viability of electric utilities. With the NARUC staff subcommittee on telecommunications and with various federal-state joint boards, he has worked to enhance mutual understanding and cooperation among federal and state agencies.

Telecommunications Policy Analyst,
GS 301-15
Federal Communications Commission
May 1996 to April 2001

Director, Office of Economics
Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia,
July 1993 to May 1996

Acting Director, Office of Economics
Public Service Commission
of the District of Columbia,
February 1993 to July 1993

Senior Telecommunications Economist
Public Service Commission
of the District of Columbia,
May 1989 to the February 1993.

Econometrician,
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
February 1986 to May 1989

Principal Utility Analyst,
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
January 1985 to February 1986

Assistant Professor,
James Madison University,
September 1983 to December 1984

Instructor,
James Madison University,
September 1979 to June 1983

Economist in the Office of Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce, Washington D.C.,
November 1972 to September 1975

Michigan State University
Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, June 1983

University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Master of Arts, June 1971

University of Maryland-College Park, Bachelor of Science, June 1969

PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION EMERITUS AFFILIATIONS:

Member of the state staff, 'Separations' Federal-State Joint Board (FCC CC Docket No. 80-286).

Member of the federal staff, 'Universal Service' Federal-State Joint Board (FCC CC Docket No. 96-45).

Member of the federal staff, 'Separations' Federal-State Joint Board (FCC CC Docket No. 80-286).

Staff member, NARUC Universal Service Work Group and Access Issues Work Group.