For a midwestern utility with electric and gas utility operations, Jim McMahon, Patrick Augustine, and Anant Kumar analyzed how the company would be affected under different future states of the world. We analyzed the expected performance of and risks to each operation and the company overall and then developed alternate strategies that included changes in capital spending and potential divestiture of operations.
Next-Generation IRP: Planning for a Grid in Flux
The foundations of utility planning are shifting. Rapid load growth, evolving reliability requirements, transmission constraints, and increasing...