Utilities

The challenges facing today’s utility leadership are unprecedented.

The landscape of the utility industry is changing rapidly, with rising fuel and operating costs, a growing demand for alternative energy sources, increasing demand for energy efficiency, and an emerging need for new generating capacity amidst rapidly escalating construction costs. At the same time, it is increasingly difficult to increase rates.

We possess broad, deep utility industry expertise gained from 25 years of working with innovative leaders. We assist our clients in developing and implementing strategies to succeed in today’s turbulent times. We listen to our clients carefully, tailor our solutions to their needs, and work collaboratively with them to achieve results. Although when it comes to utilities and general management, we do it all, key areas in which we focus include:

Strategy development and business planning
Corporate marketing planning
Organization design and staffing
Regulatory strategy and rate case support
Sustainability strategy development
M&A preparation, analysis, and integration
Customer-focused operations and growth initiatives
Business process redesign and results improvement
Fossil fleet management best practices and optimization
Nuclear fleet management best practices and optimization
Transmission organization design and management
Emerging technologies and markets
Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) implementation
Project management and change management

We perform projects for a variety of clients including traditional utilities, competitive energy suppliers, retail energy suppliers, energy delivery specialists, trading and marketing firms, regional transmission companies, gas pipelines, electric distribution companies, global independent power producers, regulators, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies. As a testament to the quality of our service, over 80% of our work comes from repeat clients.