Mike Sloan
Principal, ICF International
Mr. Sloan is a Principal and Senior Economist with ICF International’s Energy and Resources Group, with more than 30 years of experience in the energy field. Mr. Sloan provides a wide variety of market trend analysis and demand forecasting services to the propane industry, including US propane supply outlook, propane demand assessments at the national, state and county levels, and market trend analyses on issues related to use per customer, new construction market share, and propane competition with alternative fuels in different end-uses and regions. As part of his propane supply analysis, Mr. Sloan tracks and projects a variety of supply trends impacting propane supply, including natural gas liquids production, refinery activity, propane imports and exports, and propylene demand and production trends. Mr. Sloan recently completed major studies on propane exports for NPGA, the impact of the Cochin Pipeline Reversal for PERC, and the economic impact of the propane industry for PERC. Mr. Sloan is a frequent speaker at natural gas and propane conferences and association board meetings. He has testified on a variety of issues related to propane market economics and pricing practices, natural gas storage market power, pipeline facility expansion economics, natural gas storage economics and landowner issues, and natural gas market liquidity. He has also has submitted testimony to the FERC on natural gas liquidity issues in California, and has prepared estimates of economic damages related to non-performance on long term energy contracts.