CRA supported a European utility to review long-term trends that shape energy consumption and understand implications on its customer-facing business units. CRA’s team interviewed this utility’s customer solutions leadership team and the corporate strategy lead. Additionally, the team analysed energy consumption drivers across other industries, incl. mobility, retail, consumer goods and tech. As an outcome, CRA presented to the client’s leadership a view on overall trends, must haves, potential disruptors and opportunities to optimize future portfolio decision making.
Weathering the storm: Utility resource planning in the face of weather-driven reliability risks
The authors assessed how modeling different weather year scenarios in capacity expansion planning can impact resource investment decisions and the resulting...