Evaluating utility business models, market designs, policies, and regulations within the energy system

Utility Financial Analysis

We perform qualitative and quantitative analysis to assess the financial impacts of distributed energy resources, changes in regulations and policies on key stakeholders, and trends in utility regulation, business models, commercial opportunities, and rate design.

Utility regulation and business models are centered on financial opportunities and outcomes. EMP quantitatively assesses the financial implications associated with different adoption and utilization levels for distributed energy resources (DERs), as well as common regulatory approaches to incentivize these resources with customers. EMP also qualitatively frames and explores tradeoffs among different utility regulatory and business models and potential impacts on key electric industry stakeholders. We research these issues using a variety of methods and approaches, including:

• Pro-forma financial models (FINDER and SUPRA) that quantify the financial impacts of DERs on utility managers, ratepayers, and shareholders
• A stock price analysis tool that quantifies changes in electric utility stock prices based on different utility investment scale, risks, and returns
• Qualitative frameworks describing recent trends in regulatory and business models, rate design, and utility grid services, products, and market opportunities

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