CRA Sessions | Always on: Reliability in focus – Emerging risks to grid reliability
As the head of NERC, Robb emphasizes the importance of grid security exercises, including NERC’s biannual GridEx exercises, and describes load growth due to...
CRA provides a comprehensive suite of services to help utilities enhance resilience, reliability, and risk preparedness in the face of an increasingly volatile operating environment. Our team collaborates closely with clients to design and implement programmatic strategies that strengthen system performance and mitigate the impacts of extreme weather events—such as wildfires, hurricanes, floods, heatwaves, cold snaps, ice storms, and high-winds.
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- 01Strategy development for western utility with electric and gas utility operationsFor a western utility with electric and gas utility operations dealing with the threat of wildfires and growing electricity rates, Jim McMahon and Arnie...View engagement
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2025 EBA Energy Forum
Andy Dressel is a speaker during the session titled “From Fault to Liability: What Energy Lawyers Need to Know About Catastrophic Wildfire Risk.” Attendees...
Burning Lessons: What Utility Wildfires Have Taught Us Webinar
Charles River Associates’ Utility Resilience experts Andrew Dressel and Matthew Moore delivered a fast-paced overview of several recent utility-caused...