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We advise counterparties to power purchase agreements, electric power infrastructure asset transfers, and ‘Green Attribute’ (carbon credits; renewable energy) transactions, by providing |
- Commodity and asset valuations (NPV of future cash flows, replacement value, depreciated book value, fair market value, etc.)
- Negotiating strategies
- Drafting of Memoranda of Understanding and contracts
- Advice on indexation and escalation
- Credit and market risk mitigation and management.
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The need to act strategically is greater than ever. We help public and private sector stakeholders understand the strategic implications of their biggest decisions, plan their business moves and implement with success. |
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Our planning services include
- Market projections and load forecasts
- Integrated resource planning – often referred to as master plans or least cost investment plans
- Generation planning
- Transmission planning
- System impact studies
- Analysis of impacts of self generation, independent power producers, distributed generation, renewables, demand side management
- Rural electrification
- Environmental and social impacts.
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The infrastructure industries are facing rapidly changing regulatory and licensing requirements with more demanding scrutiny. We assist our clients in all phases of the regulatory process for rates, facilities and other approvals. |
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- Regulatory framework
- Establishment of regulatory agency
- Codes and licenses
- Procurement and dispatch procedures
- Tariff analysis and design
- Cost of service studies
- Submissions to regulatory agencies
- Regulatory strategy.
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Our reputation in economic analysis has been gained from many years of serving utilities and energy regulatory agencies in North America , utilities and planning agencies in developing countries, and through our close working relationships with international financing agencies. Our multidisciplinary approach to energy economics integrates engineering, economic, environmental and social issues. Much of our experience has been gained from power sector development plans, power purchase agreements for private sector investors, and individual tariff studies for national planning agencies. |
Our services include
- Economic analysis as part of feasibility studies
- Estimation of long-run marginal costs
- Environmental economics
- Price projections.
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As governance and ownership scenarios evolve, we can help you to assess the options and their implications. Our financial planning tools let you know where you stand—now and in the future. |
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- Financial forecasting
- Support in obtaining financing
- Management information systems
- Treatment of assets for regulatory purposes
- Feasibility studies
- Unbundling of vertically integrated utilities
- Corporatization
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