Bruce Phillips is a Director and co-founder of The NorthBridge Group, an economic and strategic consulting firm serving the electric and natural gas industries. Mr. Phillips works with clients on competitive market and regulatory initiatives to improve their economic performance. In over 25 years of consulting, he has advised companies in the electric utility, merchant power, power marketing, natural gas pipeline, and gas marketing industries, as well as government agencies and non-profit organizations. His recent work has focused on electric generation planning, investment analysis, and the economics of greenhouse gas emissions abatement. Prior to helping establish The NorthBridge Group in 1992, Mr. Phillips was a Principal with Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett, an economic and management consulting firm. He holds a B.A. from College of the Atlantic, a M.F.S. from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Science, and an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management.