Philip Jones is president of Phil Jones Consulting LLC, based in Seattle, Washington, which provides expert advice and consulting services for organizations in energy and utility regulation, communications regulation, and cybersecurity compliance and regulation. He works in market development, potential independent system operators (ISOs) in the Western States, EV (electric vehicle) infrastructure, and distributed energy resources. He provides advice at the C-suite level to utilities and organizations in assessing the future viability of utility regulation, given the changing dynamics in the regulated electricity and natural gas industries. Jones is a native of Spokane, Washington, and graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. with Honors in East Asian Studies in 1977.