Energy Management

Consumers are managing their energy usage through advanced technologies, like programmable thermostats and “smart” household appliances. Energy suppliers are concerned with constrained supply resources hindered by carbon risk, high fuel costs, and aging and stressed delivery infrastructure.  A viable option that allows companies to manage these risks is energy efficiency/demand response (EE/DR). While energy efficiency reduces power consumption to complete the same tasks, demand response focuses on mechanisms used to encourage consumers to reduce demand.  As new technologies are deployed to modernize utility operations, EE/DR is being accepted and used more frequently as a reliable, dispatchable market-side resource in most US power markets. This is revolutionizing traditional utility operating and business models by providing new capabilities and benefits ranging from improvements in integrated resource planning (IRP) to carbon emission reductions to higher asset utilization.

Developing a cohesive strategy and enterprise-wide model, supporting business case, and capital investment plan for effective EE/DR are complex and time intensive. ScottMadden provides a unique combination of skills and energy industry experiences to assist companies with EE/DR services that include:

• EE/DR market application and market feasibility assessment
• EE/DR program and customer segment alignment
• Performance measurement and verification (M&V)
• IRP planning and supply integration
• T&D infrastructure planning and deployment (including Smart Grid)
• Regional power market and transmission integration
• Business case development (energy provider and user)
• Related financial and capital investment planning

We perform EE/DR projects for a variety of clients including utilities, regional power market participants, aggregators, retail energy users, industrial companies, and the federal government.