Peter Balash

Dr. Peter C. Balash is senior economist at the United States Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)

He has followed energy markets, energy security, and technology issues for NETL since 2002, focusing on the interaction of upstream fuel market developments with downstream, or end-use, sectors.

Previously Dr. Balash was engaged in multinational corporate audits and transfer pricing issues for the Internal Revenue Service in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Balash earned his doctorate in economics in 1992 from the University of Texas at Austin. He received a bachelor’s in economics from Xavier University, Cincinnati, in 1987.