John Elkins

Research Associate

John Elkins was until three years ago managing editor of the Gas Strategies publications department, responsible for Gas Matters, Gas Matters Today and other publications. He is still actively involved as Associate Editor, and is a regular presenter at the Gas Strategies Gas Chain training course. He joined Gas Strategies as a consultant in 1995 after leaving British Gas HQ where he held various posts involving liaison with Regions on annual and peak forecasting methodology and preparation of amalgamated national annual and peak supply and demand forecasts. He was Secretary of the Matching Panel, which advised the British Gas board on supply/demand issues for company plans and negotiations with Ofgas, OFT and the Monopolies Commission. He joined the Institute in January 2008 and, apart from editing many of its gas programme working papers, has written “Natural Gas in the UK: An Industry in Search of a Policy?”, which was published in 2010.

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