Miriam is the Chief Executive Officer of EQ Research, a national energy consulting firm known for Policy Vista™, an online platform tracking and analyzing state regulatory proposals, state legislation, general rate cases, RPS and resource planning market data, electric vehicle regulation, and low carbon fuel policy. Miriam was a 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 (PG&E) procuring Resource Adequacy capacity and carbon compliance instruments.
Before PG&E, Miriam provided customized research to members of the Smart Electric Power Alliance. Ms. Makhyoun also published numerous energy industry reports while at North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association.
Makhyoun holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Appropriate Technology (Renewable Energy) from Appalachian State University, and is currently based in Raleigh, North Carolina.