Load Growth & System Transformation for ISOs & RTOs

CRA helps ISOs and RTOs understand and plan for the implications of rapid changes in electricity demand, generation, technology, and customer behavior.

Data centers and other large loads, electrification, distributed resources, storage, renewable generation, and generator retirements are changing both the scale and characteristics of the power system. CRA helps clients evaluate how these developments may affect load forecasts, transmission needs, resource adequacy, market outcomes, and reliability.

We combine detailed market and system analysis with an understanding of the commercial drivers behind new generation and load development, helping system operators distinguish among potential futures and develop strategies that remain robust under uncertainty.

Our services include:

• Long-term load forecasting and scenario development
• Data center and large-load analysis
• Large-load interconnection and system-impact assessment
• Load flexibility and demand-response analysis
• Electrification and distributed-energy-resource forecasting
• Generation additions and retirement analysis
• Renewable energy and storage integration
• Resource-mix and system-transition analysis
• Transmission and resource-adequacy implications
• Market-price and investment impacts
• Scenario planning and uncertainty analysis

Please contact energypractice@crai.com for more information.