Our core expertise lies in estimating impacts from data-rich offerings such as behavioral conservation, demand response, and time-varying pricing. The proliferation of advanced metering has created a wide range of new opportunities and Demand Side Analytics can help leverage the AMI investment to test and measure the effectiveness of new strategies. Our goal is to help clients incorporate experimental design into the program delivery process and provide actionable insights for program improvement taking into account both the impacts and the economics through benefit-cost modeling.

Understanding end-use and premise load characteristics is a critical component of system planning, rate design, and time-differentiated energy savings. With the rapid growth of solar photovoltaic and distributed energy resources, utility investments and conservation efforts are increasingly focused on managing peak loads on the transmission and distribution system. Understanding how loads and DSM load impacts align with peaking conditions is a key part of properly valuing resources and comparing options. We have also performed demand response potential studies which look at the achievable, economic, and program potential of various DR products and produce a supply curve of DR options system planners can integrate in with traditional generation resources.