About Us

In 2014, Alex Lau had a vision for a Consulting Firm that would bring innovation into our lives in a way that no other company had done before. This dream came true when IntelliQuest Energy Consulting was established in 2015. Since then, we’ve worked on many projects with the single goal of providing strategic and innovative solutions to our clients. IntelliQuest has provided independent consulting services to 7 Utilities, 10 Independent Generation Developers, 1 Independent Transmission Developer, and modeling support services to 5 major consulting firms in the US.

A Team of Pros

About Our Staff

Our talented team of engineers and analysts is behind everything we do at IntelliQuest Energy Consulting. We take pride in our technological culture, which enables us to achieve great things together every day. Whether we’re undertaking new projects or working in new sectors, we adhere to the highest industry and environmental standards.

Chun Lau (Alex), M.S.E, P.E.

Principal

Mr. Lau is an energy professional with twenty years of progressive technical, operational, problem solving and commercial experience in the electric power industry. He is skilled in technical and economic valuation, strategy formulation and plan implementation.

Areas of Expertise

Power System Planning, Resource Planning, Supply Side RFP evaluations, generation siting analysis, and Power Market Analytics. Subject matter expert and technical lead on production cost modeling.

Previous Experience

Manager, Generation Planning & Models (Entergy Services) Transmission Planner (Southwest Power Pool)

Education

M.S. Electrical Engineering (Kansas State University)

B.Sc. Engineering (McNeese State University)

Registered Texas Professional Engineer

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Michael Peveto

Associate

Mr. Peveto is an energy professional with over 35 years of experience and has been working for IntelliQuest Energy Consulting as an Associate for over 7 years. A valuable asset to the team, Mr. Peveto is efficient, detail-oriented and professional.

Areas of Expertise

Production Cost Modeling in support of Corporate Budgeting, Regulatory Filings, Resource Planning, Supply Side RFP Evaluations, and Transmission Planning Analysis.

Previous Experience

Senior Analyst, Generation Planning & Models (Entergy Services)

Education

B.B.A. in Accounting (Lamar University)

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Mike Charles

Consultant

Mike Charles, has 36 years of years of progressive technical, operational and problem solving experience in the electric power industry. He is skilled in technical and economic valuation, strategy formulation and plan implementation.

His specialties include strategic renewable siting studies, integrated resource planning and production cost/storage analysis. He is extensively involved in development and utilization of production cost models to perform economic planning and analysis, congestion assessment, and integrated resource planning. Mike Charles has extensive experience in AURORA studies in the short term, medium term and long term energy markets.

Areas of Expertise

Production Cost Modeling in support of Fuel Planning and Hedging, Current Day Operations, Transmission Congestion Assessment, Generation Siting Studies and Development of Utility Integrated Resource Plans

Previous Experience

Senior Energy Market Analyst (Entergy Services)

Power Plant Superintendent (Entergy)

Power Plant Engineer (Entergy)

Education

B.S Electrical Engineering, Louisiana State University

MBA, Louisiana State University

Registered Louisiana Professional Engineer

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