At Raab Associates, Ltd., we provide expert facilitation and mediation services.  We run effective meetings keeping participants focused on the subject matter at hand, providing an atmosphere conducive to real dialogue and consensus building.  We also actively assist stakeholders in reaching mutually beneficial agreements and comprehensive settlements.  By employing the latest technology, we ensure that the entire process is efficient and smooth.  Often, we conduct detailed conflict assessments prior to commencing a project by interviewing key stakeholders.  We also utilize joint fact-finding and single-text document development techniques during the course of negotiations.

With particular expertise on energy, environmental, and regulatory issues, Raab Associates has served as a neutral third party on a wide range of subject matters including telecommunications, land-use issues, public health, education policy, organizational design, and scientific research.  We have particular expertise in complex, multi-party disputes often involving 15-25 different stakeholder groups.

Dr. Raab, an accomplished mediator and facilitator, serves on the mediation and arbitration panels for the PJM Power Pool, and on the dispute resolution rosters for the Environmental Protection Agency and the US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution.  He is also a member of the Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution.

We list some of our recent projects below.  The primary agency is listed after the project title.  However, each project includes representatives from a broad array of appropriate stakeholders groups.  Click on the project name for more information.

Some recent projects include:

A State Agency Guide to Effective Dialogue By Sara Cohen, a Senior Fellow, Consensus Building Institute

Alberta’s Market Participant Rules Alberta Department of Energy

Article in IEEE Smart Grid Written by Ben Davis, Justin Brant and Jonathan Raab

Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team Meeting NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service

Borealis and Borouge North American Energy Summit 2017 Borealis Compounds and Borouge Energy

Boston Microgrid Workshops City of Boston, Pace University Energy and Climate Center

Building Energy Data Exchange Specification LBNL, DOE

California Board for Energy Efficiency Stakeholder Group California Board for Energy Efficiency

California Energy Efficiency Coordinating Committee (CAEECC) Facilitation California Public Utilities Commission

Cape and Islands Offshore Wind Stakeholder Process Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund

City of Boston Climate Action Plan 2010 Update Process City of Boston, Office of Environmental and Energy Services

Clean Fuels Standard NESCAUM and Eleven Northeastern States

Connecticut Energy Conservation Management Board Workshop Energy Conservation Management Board

Connecticut Greenbank/CT CEFIA CT Greenbank, CT CEFIA

Connecticut Greenhouse Gas Monitoring and Evaluation Retreat CT Clean Energy Fund, CT Department of Environmental Protection, and US EPA

Connecticut Greenhouse Gas Planning Retreat CT Clean Energy Fund, CT Department of Environmental Protection, CT Department of Public Utilities, CT Department of Transportation

CVEC Board Strategic Planning Sessions CVEC, Cape Light Compact

Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative (EIPC)

Federal Energy Technology Center Merger and Consolidation Plan U.S. Department of Energy

FERC/NARUC Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission FERC, NARUC

Finding Common Ground Project Regulatory Assistance Project, National Consumer Law Center, Sierra Club

Housatonic River Project U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and General Electric

IDEA Partnership’s Cross-Partner Exploration of Issues Workshop Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act Partnerships

IPPNY Conference on NY Energy Vision Panel Moderation Independent Power Producers of New York (IPPNY)

Kleinman Center Workshop on Energy Storage, University of Pennsylvania Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania

Maine Greenhouse Gas Action Plan Development Process Maine Department of Environmental Protection

Maine Wind Power Workshop Natural Resources Council of Maine, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund

Massachusetts AGO Regional Electricity/Gas Study Advisory Committee The Office of Massachusetts Attorney General, Barr Foundation

Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Gas Demand Analysis Stakeholder Process Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources

Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities Electic Grid Modernization Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities

Massachusetts Distributed Generation Collaborative Multiple Massachusetts Stakeholders

Massachusetts Distributed Generation Interconnection Disputes Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities

Massachusetts Distributed Generation Working Group

Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee Stakeholder Process Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources

Massachusetts Gas DSM/Market Transformation Collaborative New England Gas Association

Massachusetts Grid Modernization Working Group MA DPU

Massachusetts GWSA Implementation Advisory Committee-Consultation and Facilitation Barr Foundation, MA Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

Massachusetts Military Reservation’s Citizen Advisory Panel Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Control & Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Massachusetts NOx Emission Allowance Allocation Mediation Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan Massachusetts Oceans Partnership

Massachusetts Renewable Energy Collaborative Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources

Massachusetts Renewable Portfolio Standard Advisory Group Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources

Massachusetts Sustainable Forest Bio-Energy Initiative Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources; Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation

MassMoves Public Engagement Workshops Barr Foundation, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

MISO Stakeholder Process Redesign Working Group Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO)

National Energy Policy Initiative U.S. Congress and Hewlett, Moore, Kirsch, and Belfer Family Foundations

National Marine Fisheries Service Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NEG/ECP Energy Dialogue 2008 New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers

New England Demand Response Initiative U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy, ISO-New England

New England Disclosure Project New England Utility Regulatory Commissions

New England Economic Partnership Energy Conference New England Economic Partnership

New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable Multiple New England Stakeholders

New England Energy Efficiency Strategic Planning Retreat EPA Region I

New England Interstate Homeland Security Environmental Summit Environmental Protection Agency

New Hampshire Energy Efficiency Working Group New Hampshire Public Utility Commission

New Hampshire Energy Facility Siting State of New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning

New Hampshire Grid Modernization Stakeholder Process New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission

NPFMC/IPHC Workshop on Halibut Ecology and Bycatch Issues International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC)

Philadelphia Sustainable Energy Hub University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University

PJM Board/Stakeholder IMM Liaison - 2021 to Present PJM Interconnection

PJM Governance and Stakeholder Process PJM Interconnection

PJM Panel Mediations PJM ISO and Members

Portfolio Management Workshop for Electricity Planning and Procurement National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) State Environmental and Utility Regulators from: CT, DE, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT (with MD, PA, and some Eastern Canadian Provinces actively observing)

Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Process Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Rhode Island Energy Office

Rhode Island Negotiated Rulemaking on Renewable Energy Standards Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission

Rhode Island PUC: Docket 4600 Stakeholder Process (Rate Modernization) Rhode Island PUC

Rhode Island Renewable Energy Fund Strategic Plan Rhode Island State Energy Office

Solid State Lighting Program Planning Workshop U.S. Department of Energy

State Policy Connections Retreat E4TheFuture

Tennessee Governor’s Task Force on Energy Policy Tennessee Governor’s Office

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Wind Turbine Guidelines (Federal Advisory Committee) US Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

Unexploded Ordnance Workshops U.S. Army

USDN Multi-User Microgrids & District Energy USDN, City of Boston (host), Pace University, Harvard Law School, IDEA

Vermont Electric System: Integration of Non-Transmission Alternatives Vermont Public Service Board

Vermont’s Energy Future Project Vermont Department of Public Service