Utilities

Supporting the future growth of utilities and the communities they serve.

Program design and implementation

Changes across the utility industry are accelerating, from customer behavior to energy demand growth. We help utilities design programs that remain flexible and reliable amid disruption—using advanced data modeling and innovative technology solutions to unlock the possibilities of revenue growth, sustainability, and better customer and community outcomes.

Power reliability, strategy, and planning

Today’s utilities need to seamlessly transition to modern infrastructure, ensuring long-term cost savings and enhanced grid resilience. Our expert guidance empowers utilities to achieve reliable, affordable, and secure energy solutions by integrating cutting-edge technologies to build the grid of the future.

Our services

Strategy and planning

  • Demand management strategies
  • Integrated grid planning 
  • Transmission and distribution systems planning
  • Capacity planning
  • Environmental impacts 
  • Energy access
  • Target setting/road mapping
  • Integrated Resource and Resilience Planning (IRRP)
  • Utility resiliency strategy
  • Regulatory support

Implementation and engagement

Domain expertise

  • Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)
  • Renewables (wind, solar, battery storage)
  • Oil, gas, power, and coal
  • Non-wires / Non-pipes alternatives
  • Flexible load management
  • Load interconnections
  • Reliability/Resource adequacy analysis
  • Stakeholder facilitation
  • Technology and innovation

Engineering

  • Power system modeling
  • Substation design
  • Relay protection and analysis
  • NERC compliance
  • SCADA

Best-in-class support for energy project development and investment

Our strategic advisory services can also help you with comprehensive market analysis and forecasting, throughout the entire lifecycle of energy projects

Our work

Client story

How to reduce peak demand with smart home technologies

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Transmission infrastructure with minimal environmental impact

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Bringing energy efficiency to manufactured home communities

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Our insights

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Rethinking the pilot: A new path to utility innovation

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How state-level policy choices determine the pace of City Gas Distribution

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How utilities can align 3 urgent boardroom priorities

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