CEO
EQ Research
Miriam Makhyoun is the Chief Executive Officer of EQ Research, a U.S.-based energy policy consulting firm known for Policy Vista™, a subscription-based platform providing online access to detailed data from more than 100 electric utility integrated resource plans, as well as tracking and analysis of regulatory proposals, state legislation, and general rate cases. Miriam has over a decade of utility and energy industry experience. Before joining EQ Research, she was the Power Supply Contracts Manager at MCE, California’s first Community Choice Aggregation Program, where she managed MCE’s 2018 Energy Storage Request for Offer process. Other experience includes portfolio management for Pacific Gas & Electric, procuring and selling Resource Adequacy capacity and carbon compliance instruments. In addition, Miriam provided customized research to members of Smart Electric Power Alliance and published numerous energy industry reports while at North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association. Miriam is Egyptian-American and holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Appropriate Technology-Renewable Energy from Appalachian State University.