Dr. Jeff D. Makholm
Managing Director
Economics and Accounting
Unique Deliveries LLC
France
Biography
Dr. Makholm specializes in the economics of regulated infrastructure industries in the energy (electricity, gas, and petroleum products), transportation (pipelines, railroads, and airports), water, and telecommunications sectors. He has directed projects on competition, pricing, financing, privatization, and industrial development for many utilities and other infrastructure businesses in the US and more than 20 other countries. Dr Makholm was commended in Who's Who Legal Arbitration Expert Witness Guide 2016 for his appearances as an expert witness in LCIA and ICSID cases. In the US, Dr. Makholm has directed cases regarding tariffs, cost of capital, regulation, planning, competition, and restructuring for regulated businesses in many state and federal regulatory jurisdictions. Beyond the US, he has assisted regulated industries, governments, and the World Bank with regulatory laws, proposed financing plans, and the pre-privatization restructuring of regulated businesses.
Research Interest
Expert testimony and reports on over 150 occasions for electricity companies