Max Luke is a Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at VEIR, a Breakthrough Energy Ventures-funded company developing the next generation of long-distance cost-effective superconducting electric transmission lines. He oversees VEIR's strategic engagements with governments and regulatory bodies in the United States and globally. He leads advocacy for new policies and regulations, and changes to existing policies, that improve prospects for the rapid deployment of transmission capacity necessary for least-cost deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions; and he ensures that such policies and regulations are inclusive of innovative, advanced transmission technologies that greatly increase the transfer capacities of existing infrastructure corridors. He also directs the company’s policy and regulatory research and strategies to support VEIR’s commercial project pipeline. In his consulting roles at NERA and Highland Energy Analytics, Max supported the design of transmission tariffs in the electric power and natural gas sectors and the design of retail rates associated with renewable and distributed energy technologies. He analyzed the impacts of such technologies on utility business models and regulatory strategies. He assessed the effects on regional economies of emerging energy industries such as offshore wind and electric vehicle charging. He considered regulatory remedies to deal with rising utility costs associated with catastrophic weather events. He supported the mergers of electricity companies and facilitated the entry of companies into retail electricity and natural gas markets. He was involved in numerous cases related to the bankruptcies of electricity, natural gas, and oil companies. He supported more than 40 clients in such capacities, in more than a dozen countries, frequently in the context of regulatory proceedings and litigated disputes. He published and delivered presentations frequently on these and other topics. Max Luke was a principal researcher in the MIT Energy Initiative’s Utility of the Future study and a graduate of MIT, where he completed a Master of Science in Technology and Policy, specializing in economics, engineering, and regulation of electric power systems. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree at McGill University, majoring in Environmental Science (Honours) and minoring in Economics.