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Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

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Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

Leonard S. Hyman is an economist and financial analyst specializing in the energy sector. He headed utility equity research at a major brokerage house and has provided advice on industry organization, regulation, privatization, risk management  and finance to  investment bankers,  governments and private firms, including one effort to place nuclear fusion reactors on the moon. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and author, co-author or editor of six books including  America’s Electric Utilities: Past, Present and Future and  Energy Risk Management: A Primer for the Utility Industry. 

You can find Leonard Hyman's lastest book Electricity Acts on Amazon 


William I. Tilles is a senior industry advisor and speaker on energy and finance. After starting his career at a bond rating agency, he turned to equities and headed utility equity research at two major brokerage houses and then became a portfolio manager investing in long/short global utility equities. For a time he ran the largest long/short utilities equity book in the world. Before going into finance, Mr. Tilles taught political science .

Latest articles from Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

  • How The Oil & Gas Industry Can Prepare For Peak Demand

    Published 15 April 2023 | viewed 6,909 times

    Not long ago we argued that as a rational business strategy, oil producers should raise prices, hold back production, restrain capital spending and make hay…

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    Published 11 April 2023 | viewed 3,180 times

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    Published 10 April 2023 | viewed 8,236 times

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  • Vogtle Nuclear Unit Begins Producing Power

    Published 06 April 2023 | viewed 6,690 times

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  • Small Modular Reactors Are Gaining Ground

    Published 05 April 2023 | viewed 9,992 times

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  • U.S. Company Signs Deals In Europe For Small Nuclear Reactors

    Published 01 April 2023 | viewed 11,653 times

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    Published 13 March 2023 | viewed 5,196 times

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  • Costs Continue To Rise For Hinkley Point Nuclear Megaproject

    Published 22 February 2023 | viewed 4,933 times

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  • Why Biden's State Of The Union Remarks About Oil And Gas Make Sense

    Published 09 February 2023 | viewed 5,698 times

    During the State of the Union address, President Biden wandered off script for a minute and ad-libbed, “We’re going to need oil for another decade.”…

  • Small Modular Reactors Struggle With Scalability

    Published 06 February 2023 | viewed 7,145 times

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    Published 04 January 2023 | viewed 8,962 times

    Winter storm Elliott, a mass of frigid, arctic air and blizzard conditions enveloped much of the eastern two thirds of the US with the worst…

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    Published 02 January 2023 | viewed 6,210 times

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  • The Right Strategy For Oil Companies In 2023

    Published 31 December 2022 | viewed 14,900 times

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  • Is The Texas Grid Well Prepared For Another Arctic Blast?

    Published 20 December 2022 | viewed 6,477 times

    Beginning this Thursday (December 22, 2022), another cold front will engulf Texas. Night time low temperatures in Dallas, TX for example are forecast to be…

  • 5 Important Energy Questions For 2023

    Published 08 December 2022 | viewed 4,036 times

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    Published 06 December 2022 | viewed 6,972 times

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    Published 21 November 2022 | viewed 7,244 times

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    Published 16 November 2022 | viewed 2,581 times

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    Published 09 November 2022 | viewed 1,970 times

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