Buck Hagood

Buck Hagood joined ScottMadden in 2016. Since joining the firm, he has focused on utility operations and clean energy technologies (e.g., electric vehicles, battery energy storage). Projects in these fields have been diverse, with the deepest experience being in design and implementation of utility-led heating and transportation electrification programs. Outside of clean energy technologies, Buck has supported and led projects, conducting workload efficiency analysis for large utilities in the Mid-Atlantic and California and FTE analysis for an international nuclear operator. He has also supported the resulting organizational design, cost-savings identification, and the necessary change management for implementation. Alongside this experience, he has supported utility rate cases, drafting testimony and creating financial-based ROE models. Buck earned an M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina and a B.A. in economics and philosophy from the University of Virginia.