Jim McMahon, Patrick Augustine, and Anant Kumar assisted a midwestern utility in a resource planning engagement, with carbon capture and storage (CCS) on existing coal plants being one of the primary decarbonization pathways. CRA developed CCS and alternative gas and renewable portfolio options, developed a rate forecasting model, and analyzed the economics of CCS versus other options, taking into account 45Q tax credits available to the CCS facility. CRA’s work was presented to the executive leadership team and the company board.
Data center growth: implications for the power and utilities sector
This unprecedented demand for power requires new approaches from utilities and system planners around load forecasting, resource planning, load queue design,...