Jane K. Kidd is an economist and economic expert witness with more than 30 years of experience in both industry and litigation. She provides economic and financial analyses in high-stakes, complex commercial disputes. Corporate clients, legal counsel, and government agencies retain Ms. Kidd to provide expert opinions regarding liability, causation, damages, valuation, profits, pricing methodologies, market definition, competitive effects, and related economic issues. She has served as an economic expert in federal and state courts, bankruptcy and claims courts, regulatory proceedings, and arbitration on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. While her experience encompasses a broad range of commercial matters, she has extensive expertise in petroleum, natural gas, electric power, and related energy industries and markets.

Her clients include utilities, supermajors, independent producers, national oil companies, oilfield service companies, midstream operators, refiners, LNG manufacturers, gas marketers, pipelines, and local distribution companies. She has been engaged by several state agencies, including the States of Alabama, Alaska, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and New York.

Ms. Kidd’s work has encompassed nearly every segment of the oil and gas industry─from exploration and production to refining, processing, transportation, marketing, and distribution─as well as related oilfield and maritime services sectors. Her analyses have included damages, netback calculations, comparable sales and costs, rate discrimination, market definition, market-based rates and rates of return, and tariff studies.

Ms. Kidd has addressed economic issues involving electric power and renewable energy. She also has advised regulated utilities about strategic initiatives pertaining to cost of service, rate design, and regulatory restructuring.

Ms. Kidd served as president of the International Association for Energy Economics Houston Chapter. Her work has been featured in national media, including the front-page Business section of the Los Angeles Times.