Duane Rowe
Office of Utilities Regulation, Jamaica
Director — Regulation, Policy, Monitoring & Enforcement
Duane Rowe is an accomplished energy economist, regulatory strategist, and energy transition executive with more than 20 years of international experience spanning utility regulation, electricity markets, power system planning, investment analysis, and strategic advisory work.
He is Director of Regulation, Policy, Monitoring and Enforcement for the Electricity, Water and Sewerage sectors at Jamaica’s Office of Utilities Regulation, where he leads a multidisciplinary team focused on strengthening regulation, performance monitoring, and long-term sector transformation.
Duane has contributed to major international energy transition initiatives, including NEOM’s planned 100% renewable electricity system, where he led energy flexibility planning and developed advanced analytical frameworks to assess resilience, system flexibility, and investment trade-offs at scale.
He has also served as an Advisor to the Electric Power Research Institute on flexibility and resource adequacy assessment with emerging technologies, reflecting his commitment to modernising reliability frameworks for high-renewable power systems. He also previously served as Deputy Director of Research for Energy and Environment at the Blockchain and Climate Institute, a global non-profit think tank focused on advocating the use of blockchain and emerging technologies in climate change mitigation.
Recognised for combining technical expertise with commercial and policy judgement, Duane brings strong leadership, stakeholder management, and analytical discipline to complex energy challenges involving flexibility, infrastructure risk, decarbonisation, and long-term system transformation.
Duane holds master’s degrees in Business Administration from the University of Warwick, Engineering for Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge, and Power Systems from UWI, all awarded with distinction.