CRA led an innovative generation flexibility study for a major utility in MISO South. CRA developed a stochastic model for real time wind, solar, and load variability to assess generation flexibility need and then performed sub-hourly production cost modeling to assess adequacy of flexible generation to meet energy imbalances resulting from day ahead – real time net load forecast error.
Retail rate trends in the US: Fall 2026 update
Among the study’s primary findings were that retail rates had remained relatively stable in most locations, that factors other than data centers had put upward...